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Must-see gay TV: Star-studded Disney sing-along is tonight.

It’s time for LGBT Disney fans to unleash their inner prince or princess. On Thursday at 8 p.m., ABC will host “The Disney Family Sing-Along.” Hosted by Ryan Seacrest, the special will feature songs from “Beauty and the Beast,” “Toy Story,”…

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An inside look at the insidious Christian ‘ex-gay’ movement.

The documentary Pray Away, which was supposed to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival this year, deftly explains the continued and renewed existence of the “ex-gay” movement: In a world filled with multiple forms of systemic abuse and intolerance toward…

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A third guest succumbs to COVID-19 after Miami’s Winter Party.

A third guest at the annual Miami Beach Winter Party in Florida has sadly died after testing positive for coronavirus. The LGBT+ fundraiser attracted more than 10,000 queer people to Miami between March 4 and 10, just before the introduction of stay-at-home orders…

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School district sued for violent ‘gay bashing’ campaign.

A mother is suing a school district which she claims did nothing to stop the relentless homophobic bullying that drove her son to attempt suicide. Traci Matuschek has launched a federal lawsuit against Warren Consolidated Schools over an alleged…

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LGBT group sues bishop linking COVID-19 to gay marriage.

An LGBTQ organization is suing a prominent religious leader for blaming marriage equality for coronavirus. Last month, Patriarch Filaret went on TV in Ukraine and blamed coronavirus on marriage equality. Filaret is the founder and primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church…