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NYC Fire Department gets first lesbian battalion chief.

Capt. Michele Fitzsimmons has made history as the second woman and the first lesbian to become a battalion chief in the New York City Fire Department. Fitzsimmons, a 19-year veteran of the department, was promoted Thursday in a ceremony at…

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Homophobia is alive and well in the time of the pandemic.

A rally against California’s coronavirus lockdown revealed many protestors’ true colours, and surprise: those colours are incredibly antisemitic and homophobic. On May 12 a crowd of around 200 people gathered in the city of Huntington Beach to express their anger at the state’s…