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The reason why LGBT folks love Halloween so much.

Give me your fearsome ghouls and your flaming gays, your slutty zombies and your zany queens, for it is time for Halloween. Halloween isn’t just a holiday for LGBTQ people — it’s an institution. But why? Sure, there are the obvious parallels…

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Facebook is now censoring the peach and eggplant.

Facebook and Instagram are now prohibiting the use of peach and aubergine emojis in sex-related posts and nude images, reports indicate. The new rules form part of the platforms’ new Community Standards which were implemented at some stage between 7 September and now…

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The battle begins about taking the T out of LGBT.

Last week, a new organisation held its first meeting in London. Named “LGB Alliance”, it claims to aim to refocus rights onto an LGB movement, by decidedly dropping the “T”.  “Our group focuses on sexual orientation. This has become necessary…

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Facebook rejects a PrEP campaign because it contains ‘politics’.

As Facebook comes under fire for allowing lies in political advertising, the platform has rejected a PrEP awareness campaign because it contained “social issues, elections or politics”. Apicha Community Health Center wanted to run advertising on Instagram (which is owned by Facebook)…