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Trump just appointed his first openly gay cabinet member.

US president Donald Trump Wednesday appointed Richard Grenell, the gay ambassador to Germany and staunch loyalist, as acting head of intelligence. Grenell takes the position over from former US Navy admiral, Joseph Maguire, who himself was there acting director since…

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KY governor makes history by attending gay rights rally.

Gov. Andy Beshear spoke against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and supported a ban on conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth during a historic appearance at a gay-rights rally Wednesday at Kentucky’s Capitol. Beshear became Kentucky’s first…

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What the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy means to the abused.

The Boy Scouts of America announced on Tuesday that its national organization filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to enable it to restructure its finances and keep the 110-year-old organization going and “equitably” pay hundreds of claims by former scouts seeking compensation…

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French town severs ties with homophobic sister city in Poland.

The French town of Saint-Jean-de-Braye has broken its partnership with its sister city of Tuchów in Poland after the latter declared itself an “LGBT-free zone”. A recent upswing in anti-LGBT+ sentiment in Poland has resulted in more than 80 municipal or…