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Lesbian defeated sheriff in Dem primary after he fired her.

A lesbian candidate who is suing the sheriff of Hamilton County, Ohio, has beaten him in the Democratic primary for the office. Charmaine McGuffey, a former Hamilton County deputy sheriff, defeated Jim Neil by winning nearly 70 percent of the vote…

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Gay fmr ambassador named Biden’s deputy campaign manager.

Rufus Gifford, a former U.S. ambassador during the Obama administration who has served as a high-profile fundraiser for the Democratic Party, has been named deputy campaign manager for Joseph Biden, the campaign confirmed Wednesday. As deputy campaign manager focused on…

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Can LGBT bars survive the pandemic?

“The real truth of the matter is that I’ve been over my head for a while,” says Matthew Heath-Fitzgerald, co-owner Fat Mary’s in McAlester, Oklahoma. Situated in a town of around 18,000, Fat Mary’s is the lone gay bar serving the…

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Doctor dismissed for saying homosexuality is a disease.

A Turkish heart surgeon in Germany has been dismissed from his job after describing homosexuality as a disease, in the same week as Turkey’s top Muslim cleric said gay people bring “illness and decay”. According to Birgun, Metin Çakır, who…

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Gay teacher fired from Catholic school after being outed.

A gay teacher at a Dayton-area Catholic high school has been informed that their contract for next year will not be renewed after someone effectively outed them to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, which oversees the school. Officials with the archdiocese…

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In a digital hookup culture are we forgetting how to date?

I’ve never seen a generation love its gadgets more than today’s hookup culture. That’s no shade — believe me, that’s no shade. I have them all: Grindr, Scruff, Chappy, Tinder, you name it. But in these ever-changing grids of horny hunters…

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Gay men abused after being outed by trans influencer.

The abuse started when transgender model and influencer Sofia Taloni used an Instagram live to encourage fellow women in the staunch, anti-LGBTQ country to set up fake accounts on gay apps. She said her aim was to call out hypocrisy…