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Why Trump’s worst judges should worry the LGBT community.

Senate Republicans are confirming so many of President Donald Trump’s nominees to lifetime federal court seats, it’s hard to keep up. Who are these people? What difference will they make in my life, anyway? You’re in luck: We’re going to break it down here!…

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Los Angeles to record LGBT suicides and hate crime murders.

Los Angeles County is believed to have become the first jurisdiction in the US to monitor the unnatural deaths of LGBT+ people in the area. Campaigners said the move will help them to track where the LGBT+ community are disproportionately affected by…

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Right-wingers have lower emotional intelligence – study.

A study recently published in the journal Emotion showed that “people with deficits in emotional abilities — like people with deficits in cognitive abilities — are more likely to hold right-wing and prejudiced views,” according to Big Think, a site that discusses…

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One of the world’s most homophobic dictators has died.

One of the world’s most virulently anti-LGBTQ+ figures has died. Robert Mugabe, the former dictator of Zimbabwe, has reportedly passed away at the age of 95 at a hospital in Singapore, where he had been receiving treatment for the past five months…