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Silly straights, Easter egg dye doesn’t turn you gay…or does it?

Eat the pink ones first! Because everybody’s bored senseless this weekend, some old gay panic nonsense is being recirculated on social media. The post claims that an increased number of men have “contracted homosexuality” after eating pastel-colored Easter eggs.

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Virulently anti-LGBT pastor delivered Easter blessing…to Trump.

Donald Trump invited a virulently anti-LGBTQ pastor to deliver an Easter blessing from the White House this past Friday. Bishop Harry Jackson has gotten national media attention since 2012 for his opposition to LGBTQ rights and extreme statements, which include saying…

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AIDS Memorial Quilt was sewn to show ‘people were dying.’

Today the AIDS Memorial Quilt, which recently returned to San Francisco after 20 years in Atlanta, contains 48,000 panels, 100,000 names, and measures to 1.3 million feet. It weighs 54 tons. But 35 years ago, it was an idea in Cleve Jones’ mind…

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Plans for a second Franklin Graham NYC hospital shot down.

New York’s coronavirus field hospital, which is run by anti-LGBT+ preacher Franklin Graham, was set to open up a second location but plans have been ditched because of his homophobic views. The anti-LGBT+ evangelical preacher runs the charity Samaritan’s Purse…

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Tallahassee bans conversion therapy and expects a fight.

On Wednesday, the Tallahassee City Commission unanimously passed an ordinance to ban the practice of conversion therapy on minors and vulnerable adults within the city limits. The ordinance outlaws any licensed therapist from attempting to change the sexual orientation or…