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Buttigieg: ‘I can’t even read the LGBT media anymore’.

Gay presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg was dismissive of the LGBT media Wednesday in comments falsely suggesting LGBT outlets were responsible for stories accusing him of not being “gay enough.” Buttigieg made the remarks during an interview on Sirius XM…

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Ben Carson thinks trans women are ‘big, hairy men’.

Donald Trump’s Housing and Urban Development secretary Ben Carson made anti-transgender remarks in a meeting with staffers, it has been alleged. According to The Washington Post, Carson embarked on an anti-trans tirade during an internal meeting on Tuesday…

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A quarter of all LGBT people have been bullied at work.

A quarter of LGBT+ people around the world have experienced bullying in the workplace, a new inclusion study has shown. The Kantar Inclusion Index asked 18,000 people in 14 countries and 24 industries about equality, diversity and inclusion in business…

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Anti-LGBT senator charged with sexual abuse of a minor.

Pennsylvania Republican state senator Mike Folmer has been arrested and charged with sexual abuse of a minor, possessing child pornography, and criminal use of a communications facility. Police were tipped off by the micro-blogging platform Tumblr after Folmer uploaded an…