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Priest defrocked for abusing Scouts in landmark case.

France’s Catholic Church pronounced a priest guilty of sexually abusing multiple Boy Scouts over several years and defrocked him Thursday, an unusually strong move that reflects France’s growing reckoning with clergy sex abuse. The ruling by a church tribunal was…

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HIV poster refers to homosexuality as abnormal.

A school in southwestern China has taken down an HIV prevention poster suggesting gay people are “abnormal” and live shorter lives after it triggered a furious backlash. The poster in No 2 High School in Hengxian county, Guangxi region, listed five dangers from homosexuality…

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Calls for UK to expel anti-LGBT countries from Commonwealth.

The Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry is calling on the UK to demand Commonwealth countries abolish anti-LGBT+ laws or be expelled. The Labour MP gave an impassioned speech for LGBT+ rights at the PinkNews summer reception at Church House in Westminster…

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AARP backs initiatives to better the lives of older LGBTs.

AARP, continuing its long-standing anti-discrimination advocacy on behalf of older Americans, is backing Congressional and legal initiatives to better the lives of older LGBT individuals. In one action, AARP Executive Vice President and Chief Advocacy and Engagement Officer Nancy LeaMond has written…

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Scientists eliminate HIV virus in living animal for first time.

Scientists have eliminated the HIV virus in a living animal for the first time ever. Researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and the University of Nebraska Medical Center eliminated the replication-competent HIV-1 DNA from the…

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Anti-gay pastor admits molesting underage boy to entire church.

John Martin, the lead pastor of Lighthouse Baptist Church, resigned from his position on June 23 after confessing to what he called “an affair” with an underage boy. Churchgoers reported his confession to local authorities, who have charged him with four counts…

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Amazon removes books by ‘father of conversion therapy’.

Amazon has removed English-language books by a man largely considered “the father of conversion therapy” from its site following mounting pressure from LGBTQ activists. Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, founder of the now-shuttered Thomas Aquinas Psychological Clinic, as well as the National Association for…