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Sudan abolishes death penalty and flogging for homosexuality.

The government of Sudan has passed a series of reforms that removed the death penalty and whipping as punishment for sodomy. The country’s Sovereign Council approved new laws and amended existing ones, including the country’s infamous sodomy law that outlawed…

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Mary Trump didn’t come out to family due to their homophobia.

In her newly released tell-all book, President Donald Trump’s niece, Mary Trump, recalls that she opted not to come out to her family after hearing her grandmother call Elton John a “faggot.” In 1999, Mary Trump was planning to secretly marry…

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LGBT political representation jumped 21% in past year.

At least 843 LGBTQ people currently serve in elected offices across the United States, constituting a 21 percent increase since June 2019, according to the LGBTQ Victory Institute’s “Out for America 2020” census of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer elected officials…

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Two right-leaning out journalists are now looking for work.

Two out journalists who’ve often attracted controversy are leaving their posts. New York Times opinion writer Bari Weiss resigned this week, and New York magazine columnist and blogger Andrew Sullivan announced that Friday will be his last day in that position…

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Evangelicals are pissed that Facebook banned conversion therapy.

Evangelical anti-LGBT+ Christians are fuming after Facebook confirmed that it would ban advertising for conversion therapy on the social media platform. Facebook confirmed on Friday, July 10, that as part of a push to expand its hate speech policies…