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How the homophobic media covered the Stonewall riots in 1969.

The most striking thing about the media coverage of the Stonewall riots — the 1969 uprising that was a turning point in the gay rights movement — is how offensive much of it was. “Homo Nest Raided, Queen Bees Are Stinging Mad” blared the headline…

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How did Americans’ views on gay rights change so quickly?

Steve and Teri Augustine met, fell in love and got married in a conservative evangelical Christian community. They grew up believing homosexuality was a sin, and that the “gay agenda” was an attack on their values. Then, six years ago…

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Another country just decriminalized homosexuality.

Bhutan’s LGBT community celebrated Saturday after the tiny Himalayan kingdom’s parliament became the world’s latest to decriminalise homosexuality. The lower house overwhelmingly voted late Friday to repeal two sections of the 2004 criminal code which made “unnatural sex” illegal…

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Christian hate group cheers as Trump shuts down HIV research.

The Trump administration announced that it would immediately shut down an HIV research contract with a university and the move was hailed by an anti-LGBTQ hate group. In a statement, the Department of Health and Human Services said that it…

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Trump tells U.S. embassies they can’t fly pride flag.

The Trump administration is rejecting requests from U.S. embassies to fly the rainbow pride flag on embassy flagpoles during June, LGBTQ Pride Month, three American diplomats told NBC News. The U.S. embassies in Israel, Germany, Brazil and Latvia are among…