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Polish bishops accuse Ikea of ‘LGBT indoctrination’.

Polish bishops on Saturday denounced Swedish furniture giant Ikea for what they called “LGBT indoctrination” after an employee was sacked for refusing to take down a homophobic comment he posted on the firm’s internal website…

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‘Straight Pride’ guys called bomb squad over glitter bomb.

The organisers of a so-called “straight pride” parade in Boston have claimed to be victims of terrorism after receiving envelopes full of glitter. Three members of Super Happy Fun America called the authorities over envelopes filled with a “granular substance”…

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Alabama police shut down drag show during Pride celebration.

Police shut down a drag show at Montgomery, Alabama’s Touch of Soul Cafe during the city’s Pride weekend celebrations, leading the city’s LGBTQ community to publicly decry that it occurred during the 50th anniversary of the police raid at the Stonewall Inn…

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Lesbian couple makes history playing at Wimbledon.

When Alison van Uytvanck and Greet Minnen stepped onto the court at Wimbledon on Tuesday, it was their first time playing doubles together in a grand slam tournament match. Off-the-court, however, they have been paired for three years…

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Historian unearths one of America’s earliest gay rights activists.

In May 1933, the Nazi-sympathizing German Student Union entered Magnus Hirschfeld’s Institute of Sexual Research in Berlin. Hirschfeld’s expansive library of sexual and gender studies was confiscated and later burned in the streets of the German capital, one of many book…

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Border Patrol agents allegedly gay-shamed a migrant with a sign.

US Customs and Border Patrol agents at a migrant processing center in Texas allegedly attempted to humiliate a Honduran migrant by making him hold a sign that read, “I like men,” according to emails written by an agent who witnessed the incident…