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AIDS activist and playwright Larry Kramer dies at 84.

Larry Kramer died today at 84 years old during a pandemic that today reached the milestone 100,000 death count in the US. The cause was neither the AIDS crisis he so passionately fought nor the Covid-19 crisis he watched unfold, but…

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Brian Sims slams GOP colleagues over COVID-19 exposure.

Pennsylvania State Representative Brians Sims took to Facebook Live to rail against Pennsylvania Republican House leaders for allegedly concealing the fact that a Republican member of the House State Government Committee had contracted COVID-19, and potentially exposed Democratic lawmakers to…

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LGBT people in ads, media makes viewers more accepting.

Seeing LGBTQ+ people in ads, television shows, and films leads to greater acceptance. A new study from GLAAD and Procter & Gamble, “LGBTQ Inclusion in Advertising and Media,” found that straight cisgender people who had been exposed to LGBTQ+ people in…

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Anti-LGBT vandals keep damaging town’s rainbow crosswalk.

Wollongong, Australia’s rainbow crosswalk has been repeatedly vandalized, but the city’s leadership refuses to back down. Every time the culprit defaces it, the city cleans and repaints it. Police still have no idea who is doing it and now nearby…