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Church to screen banned Arthur episode with gay wedding.

A Methodist church in Alabama will hold a public screening of an episode of the PBS children’s show Arthur that has been shunned by Alabama Public Television for featuring a same-sex wedding. AL.com reports that the First United Methodist church in…

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Madonna to appear at WorldPride in New York.

NYC Pride, organizers of WorldPride NYC 2019 and Stonewall 50, announced Monday that Madonna will make an appearance, and is expected to perform a few songs, at Pride Island on Sunday, June 30.  Madonna announced the news through a video aired during the…

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Catholic bishop calls Pride parades ‘harmful for children’.

On Saturday, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, a Roman Catholic leader who by his own admission ignored incidents of child sexual abuse when they occurred in his church, tweeted the following message: A reminder that Catholics should not support or attend LGBTQ “Pride Month”…

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Anti-LGBT politician expects a cure for homosexuality.

Brexit Party MEP Ann Widdecombe has defended her stance on so-called gay conversion therapy and said that “science may yet produce” a cure for homosexuality. The veteran anti-LGBT campaigner made the comments today (June 2) on Sky Newswhen pressed about a…

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Hero dads adopt six siblings from foster care.

On May 23, 2019, Steve Anderson-McLean and Rob Anderson-McLean – a same-sex couple of 18 years living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — adopted a group of six brothers and sisters who had spent 1,640 days in foster care just to keep them all together, according to Yahoo News…

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Conservatives likely to kill same-sex marriage bill in Japan.

Japan’s major opposition parties submitted a bill Monday calling for same-sex marriage in the world’s third-biggest economy, a move that comes weeks after Taiwan became the first place in Asia to legalize gay marriage. The bill is unlikely to go far…

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Inside the glorious ‘Rocketman’ orgy scene that almost got cut.

As one would expect from a movie about Elton John, “Rocketman” peaks during its musical sequences. There’s the downcast family singalong set to “I Want Love,” the perky carnival boogie set to “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting,” the surreal tavern performance…