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This LGBT coffee ad is going viral for all the right reasons.

An online spot for coffee brand Douwe Egberts, featuring a teenager, her girlfriend and her father, is going viral after being retweeted by influencers including “The Good Place” actress Jameela Jamil.  The ad, created by BBDO Belgium, is titled “Something to Share”…

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Trump moves to give religious groups more money before election.

In a move that will certainly appease his base of voters as election season winds up, Donald Trump’s administration has launched a full-court press effort to reward discriminatory organizations, “even if the organization is anti-LGBTQ or has an anti-LGBTQ record.”…

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Calif. seeks to pardon gay activist Bayard Rustin posthumously.

Today, California state Senator Scott Wiener (chair of the Senate LGBTQ caucus) and assemblymember Shirley Weber (chair of  the Senate Black Caucus) are asking Governor Newsom to posthumously pardon gay activist and organizer Bayard Rustin. Sixty-seven years ago to the day, on…

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Cluck off! UK’s only remaining Chick-fil-A has closed.

The only Chick-fil-A in Scotland has shut its doors after facing a fierce public boycott. The US chicken chain’s attempts at a UK expansion have been hindered by protests against its funding of anti-LGBT+ causes, which forced the closure of…

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Trump fumigated Mar-A-Lago after visit from person with AIDS.

A forthcoming book is revealing details about Donald Trump’s relationship with lawyer Roy Cohn, a legal and personal director. One such alleged story is that Trump had his entire Mar-A-Lago resort and historical landmark cleaned and fumigated following a visit from…