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Alt-right homophobes planning cyber attack during Pride Month.

Alt-right 4chan users are plotting to hijack LGBT+ Pride month on June 1 by clogging social media with poisonous homophobia and boycotting supportive brands. Members of the imageboard website plotted “Operation Pridefall” as early May 10 on the /pol/ board, according to…

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Small town passed a pro-LGBT human rights ordinance via Zoom.

Village officials in Gambier, Ohio, passed an LGBTQ inclusive human rights ordinance via Zoom last week. Ohio does not have statewide protections for LGBTQ people. The town modeled the law after proposed legislation that would add sexual orientation and gender…

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Gay man survives brutal homophobic attack in London.

Police are looking for information after a homophobic attack saw a man sustain bruising in early March. The 37-year-old victim was attacked by a group of three men. At 2:15 am on 3 March, the victim approached the Piccadilly Circus Underground…

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New long-acting PrEP injection prevents HIV transmission.

A study suggests that a new medication – taken as an injection every two months – could be more effective at preventing HIV transmissions than Truvada. Truvada was the first medication approved by the FDA for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). But data from…