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Senate leader: Sexual assault, bad parenting make people gay.

Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka defended conversion therapy and claimed that sexual assault can cause homosexuality, all in a wide-ranging interview with televangelist Andrew Wommack. Gazelka, who once sent a child of his to a clinic run by…

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Pastor loses his “right” to share anti-gay propaganda.

A pastor who claims to be ex-gay lost his lawsuit against the video-sharing site Vimeo, which he accused of discriminating against him when it deleted his account for posting conversion therapy videos. In 2018, Vimeo told pastor James Domen of…

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Kanye West’s dark turn to the anti-gay Christian right.

In the latest born-again-Kanye news, it’s been reported that the newly-saved rapper is headlining the prayer rally Awaken 2020, which will also be headed up by a bunch of Trump-supporting anti-LGBTQ rights fanatics. He’ll bring his Sunday Service choir to a…

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Florida Republicans submit 4 anti-gay bills on last day to file.

Seven Republican lawmakers in Florida filed anti-LGBTQ bills late Monday, just hours before the deadline to file new bills for the coming legislative session. If passed, the bills would ban gender-affirming health care for transgender children, repeal municipal and county ordinances…

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American women are more prejudiced than men against lesbians.

A landmark study has revealed some startling information about people’s perceptions of homosexuality. The team of researchers tested people from 23 countries on their attitudes about gays and lesbians. In America, men and women “did not significantly differ in their attitudes…