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Surprising LGBT film searched for more than any other.

If someone asked you to think of an LGBTQ film, what would come to mind? Perhaps a recent critical darling, such as Oscar winners A Fantastic Woman or Moonlight? Maybe an indie hit, such as Tangerine, or Hedwig and the Angry Inch?…

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Tunisia: Men given a two-year sentence for homosexuality.

A Tunisian court sentenced two men accused of sodomy to two years in prison on June 16, 2020, Human Rights Watch said today. The decision violates their rights to privacy and nondiscrimination under international law and Tunisia’s 2014 constitution. The police also attempted…

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Christian wingnuts mad that LGBT people ruined the 4th of July.

It’s a common stereotype that conservative Christians always manage to find the gloom and doom in anything. But the Family Research Council, a religious right organization that has been classified as an anti-LGBTQ hate group, may have proven the point…

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Anti-gay Virginia photographer sues for right to discriminate.

A photographer in Norfolk, Va., has filed a preemptive lawsuit against the state’s new LGBTQ+ rights law, saying it would force him to go against his Christian beliefs by serving same-sex weddings. The Virginia Values Act, which bans discrimination based…

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Scrabble group looking into removing anti-LGBT and racist slurs.

The North American Scrabble Players Association (NASPA) is reviewing its official word list, and is set to decide this week whether to remove homophobic, transphobic and racist slurs. The discussion over offensive words and slurs in the Scrabble association’s official…

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Trump agencies move to limit LGBT rights as courts expand them.

The Trump administration’s ongoing push to limit LGBT rights in employment, health care, and education faces the threat of more litigation following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that extended job protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity…