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UN to members: Don’t use the pandemic to persecute LGBT people.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a stark warning to members to not use the current coronavirus pandemic to persecute LGBTQ people. Michelle Bachelet specifically mentioned Hungary and “an increase in homophobic and transphobic rhetoric” worldwide…

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US may cut intelligence sharing with anti-LGBT countries.

Donald Trump’s first openly gay cabinet member Richard Grenell wants the United States to stop sharing intelligence with countries where it’s illegal to be gay. Grenell told The New York Times that it will take more than just telling…

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Is televangelist Jim Bakker about to lose his empire (again)?

Televangelist Jim Bakker is facing mounting pressure for peddling a fake cure for coronavirus to his gullible followers. His latest grift may result in another round of criminal charges and economic ruin for the huckster preacher. Bakker, the former head of…

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Meet 29 activists to mark the first-ever Lesbian Visibility Week.

It’s the first-ever Lesbian Visibility Week, running from Monday April 20, until Sunday April 26, which is Lesbian Visibility Day. The week-long event was created by DIVA magazine to “celebrate lesbians and show solidarity with all women in our community”…