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American anti-LGBT hate preacher’s UK tour left in tatters.

More venues have cancelled planned appearances by anti-LGBT preacher Franklin Graham, leaving his plans to tour the UK up in the air. The Trump-supporting preacher, who is known for praising Vladimir Putin’s anti-gay laws and blaming gay people for…

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Politician behind anti-gay crackdown barred from U.S.

Paul Christian Makonda, an anti-LGBTQ politician from Tanzania who launched an anti-LGBTQ crackdown in the country, has been barred from entering the United States. Makonda is the governor of Tanzania’s economic capital, Dar es Salaam, and in 2018 ordered a…

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This year’s Superbowl ads will be Supergay.

When Rich Ferraro first started working at GLAAD in the mid-2000s, he says, “the Super Bowl was always a dreaded day. Instead of hanging out with my friends, I’d have to monitor ads with homophobic traits.” A particular low point was…