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China: Only straight marriages ‘suit country’s condition’.

The spokesman of China’s Parliament has confirmed that the country will continue to support only heterosexual unions, and nothing more. According to reports, Zang Tiewei, the spokesman for Parliament’s legal affairs commission, claims only heterosexual marriage “suits our country’s national condition and…

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Trump steadily fulfills goals on religious right wish list.

When Donald Trump assumed the presidency, conservative religious leaders drew up “wish lists’ of steps they hoped he’d take to oppose abortion and rein in the LGBTQ-rights movement. With a flurry of recent actions, Trump’s administration is now winning their praise for…

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Are the Log Cabin Republicans falling apart?

The Log Cabin Republicans have begun shedding members after endorsing Donald Trump last week.  The defections began with Robert Turner, the former president of its Washington, D.C chapter, leaving the organization, citing the gay GOP group’s endorsement of the president’s…

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The European countries where homophobia is rising.

Homophobia has risen in European countries that do not legally recognize same-sex relationships, while acceptance of gay and lesbian people has jumped in states where they can marry, research released on Wednesday showed. Most European countries saw a rise in acceptance of…

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Berlin memorial to gay victims of Nazis is vandalized.

Berlin police say a central memorial to the gay victims of the Nazis has been vandalized. The concrete memorial in Berlin’s Tiergarten park, near the memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, features a window into which visitors can…