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SNL comedian gives the worst apology for anti-gay slurs.

Saturday Night Live‘s new cast member Shane Gillis gave the worst ‘apology’ to those accusing him of racism, sexism and homophobia. Gillis, 31, made the offensive comments in a 2018 episode of his podcast, Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast…

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Ex-Gay suing Vimeo for censoring conversion therapy videos.

A California pastor and self-proclaimed “former heterosexual” is suing Vimeo after the ad-free video platform closed his account and took down videos in which the former gay-turned-straight pastor promoted conversion therapy.  James Domen is a pastor at Church United, a California based…

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These LGBT seniors are building a shared community.

In 2007, after 30 years in the city, Christopher Ross and Allan Keech left New York and moved to a 58-acre property outside the small town of South Boston, Virginia, near the border with North Carolina. Ross, a priest in the Independent…

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Debate: Pete Buttigieg movingly shares his decision to come out.

In a candid moment during the third 2020 Democratic debate on Thursday, South Bend, Indiana mayor and 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg shares why he decided to come out as gay, despite the repercussions it may have had in his “socially conservative” community…

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Governor rejected $70 million in HIV funding. How many died?

Former Florida Governor and current U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R) refused $70 million in federal money to fight HIV/AIDS, according to an investigation. The Guardian reports that the Scott administration forced the state health department to reject around $54 million in HIV medication rebates from…

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New study ties “conversion therapy” to suicide attempts.

In news that is simultaneously depressing, obvious, and now scientific, conversion therapy is shown to encourage suicide and suicidal thoughts in trans people. Researchers looked at survey data from 27,715 transgender adults to examine the impact of the pseudoscientific practices, which are also known as…