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Russia rips children from their dads under ‘gay propaganda’ law.

For the first time, Russia has used its 2013 federal law prohibiting “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relationships” to split a male same-sex couple from their legally adopted 12- and 14-year-old sons. The fathers brought their sons to a Moscow hospital in June…

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Former megachurch pastor apologizes to LGBT community.

Author of best-selling Christian relationship guide, Joshua Harris, has apologised to LGBT+ people after his marriage ended and he lost his faith. Harris, a former megachurch pastor in the US, said sorry to the queer community for contributing to a…

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The under-the-radar group that protects pedophile priests.

The visiting priests arrived discreetly, day and night. Stripped of their collars and cassocks, they went unnoticed in this tiny Midwestern town as they were escorted into a dingy warehouse across from an elementary school playground. Neighbors had no idea…

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HIV status used to justify family separation at border.

As President Trump continues to praise his administration’s plan to beat the HIV epidemic by 2030, a top Trump administration official says an immigrant’s HIV status is enough to justify family separation at the border. Brian Hastings, chief of Customs & Border Patrol…

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Gay wedding photos from 1957 spark a mystery and a hunt.

The daughter of a since-deceased employee who worked at a now-long-gone photo shop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania recently discovered some photos from a 1957 gay marriagehidden in her mom’s attic. And now Our One Story — a documentary series uncovering the stories behind…