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NYPD pepper sprays LGBT marchers during Stonewall anniversary.

On the 50th anniversary of the first Pride event, and the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots that kicked off the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, police in New York City shoved, pepper-sprayed, and arrested protesters at the Queer Liberation March for…

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The good, the bad and the ugly of being LGBT in Africa.

Same-sex relations are legal in only 22 of Africa’s 54 countries and are punishable by death or lengthy prison terms in some nations, according to a global review here by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA)…

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5 ways to stop LGBT discrimination in the workplace.

In a profound victory for the LGBTQ+ community, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled to protect LGBTQ+ employees against workplace discrimination based on one’s sexual orientation or gender identity. This recent, stunning, unexpected, and long overdue victory gives…

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TV station calls for all homosexuals to be slaughtered.

An Istanbul-based TV channel affiliated with the Egyptian extremist group Muslim Brotherhood has called for all homosexuals to be slaughtered. On June 16, Watan TV host Hala Samir gave a monologue reminding viewers of a saying by the prophet Muhammed which…

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Evangelicals ask God to ‘protect children’ from Biden’s LGBT agenda.

An evangelical “hate group” run by a controversial international religious freedom commissioner is asking God to protect the “purity” of America’s children from Joe Biden’s pro-LGBT+ policies. The dog-whistle claim came in a daily prayer from Family Research Council (FRC)…