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That time some Christians showed up at Pride to apologize.

When Jamilah Salvador went to the local pride parade in Marikina City, Philippines, she saw something completely unexpected. She tweeted photos of a group of Pentecostal Christians marching behind a banner that simply said: “I’m sorry.”…

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Man wins $9,000 after homophobic slurs used at office.

For three months a 29-year-old gay man in Ireland endured a series of homophobic slurs from a Christian coworker who referred to gay men as “fairies and f*gg*ts” and worse. The last straw, he claims, was a demeaning Grindr reference…

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Zoom take steps to stop homophobes from ‘zoombombing.’

Zoom will soon be introducing to security measures to prevent homophobes and racists from “zoombombing” video calls. Zoombombing, joining a Zoom meeting uninvited as a form of trolling, is becoming a fast-growing trend as many people turn to video calls…

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Germany to ban so-called conversion therapy for minors.

Lawmakers in Germany on Thursday approved a bill that will ban so-called conversion therapy for minors in the country. Health Minister Jens Spahn, who is openly gay, introduced the measure last fall. Chancellor Angela Merkel supports the bill…

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Gay and bi men can now donate blood in anti-gay Hungary.

Gay and bisexual men can donate blood now in Hungary, but the country remains hostile to queer people. Like many countries, Hungary has long banned donations from men who have sex with men. But in new guidelines released in April…

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Netflix & Amazon join forces to clap back at LGBT bigots.

An anti-gay meme circulating on Twitter has Netflix and Amazon Prime joining forces to clap back at homophobes. The popular meme showed Patrick from the cartoon Spongebob Squarepants trying to shove a pumpkin down a funnel into Spongebob’s throat…