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Summer reading: Memoir released of Pride flag designer.

In his entertaining and historical memoir, the Pride flag creator recalled an early debate over which way to hang the flag for its inaugural flight. The solution was to fly two of them. “We’d hang one with the pink stripe…

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Politician: Christians suffered because of same-sex marriage.

Right-wing Australian politician Lyle Shelton has claimed that Christians have suffered as a result of equal marriage in the country. Shelton, a strategist for the Australian Conservatives, led the fight against equal marriage during the country’s 2017 postal vote on the issue…

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Acceptance of same-sex relationships is dropping.

Britain’s liberalism towards same-sex relationships has declined for the first time in nearly 40 years, with experts suggesting levels of tolerance may have peaked.  In 1983 in the UK eight out of 10 people said homosexual relationships were wrong at a time when…

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5 really bad LGBT movies to avoid at all costs.

While LGBTQ representation in media is (slowly) getting better, it’s important to reminisce on the awful films that came before to remind ourselves what not to do when writing stories about people who exist along the sexual spectrum…