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Gay weatherman fired after criticizing right-wing protests.

Popular Minneapolis gay meteorologist Sven Sundgaard is keeping his options open following an abrupt firing by the local NBC-affiliate KARE11. “Many have asked me about KARE11’s post regarding my employment and separation from employment,” Sundgaard wrote in a Facebook post Monday…

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Cardinal knew for years about sexual abuse and did nothing.

Nearly three years after the release of a damning national report into child sexual abuse, the Australian government has published dozens of previously redacted pages of text relating to Cardinal George Pell.Three unredacted reports published Thursday reveal for the first…

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Trans people are being forced into torturous exorcisms.

Trans people in Indonesia are being forced into torturous exorcisms to “cure” them of their “gender disease”. Although the south east Asian country is a Muslim-majority nation, Indonesians are reportedly employing traditional tribal animist and shamanist beliefs to drive LGBT+…

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Homophobe targets gay couple with ‘horrible’ yard signs.

A gay couple are being forced to endure their homophobic neighbour’s abusive yard signs every time they step outside, and police are powerless to stop it. Christopher Jones and Terry Geasland live in a peaceful neighbourhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma…