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Gay tech billionaire Peter Thiel may (finally) dump Trump.

Billionaire Peter Thiel, the most famous Trump supporter in tech, is distancing himself from the president’s reelection campaign. Thiel fears President Donald Trump will lose the race, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Thiel soured on Trump after…

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Trump proposal allows homeless shelters to refuse trans people.

The Trump Administration announced a proposal on Wednesday that would allow government-funded, single-sex homeless shelters to discriminate against transgender individuals. The ruling would be a modification of the 2016 Equal Access Rule, which currently requires all federally-funded housing services to be…

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HIV meds may lower risk of COVID & getting severe symptoms.

A new study of nearly 78,000 HIV-positive people with COVID-19 has shown that antiretroviral therapy (ART) medications can lower a person’s risk of getting coronavirus. If they get it, the medications may lower the chance that they’ll have severe symptoms or…

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Over 40 LGBT activists arrested for spreading ‘gay propaganda.’

More than 40 people were arrested in Moscow on June 27 for protesting against the arrest of an LGBTQ activist who is accused of spreading “gay propaganda” on her social media page and distributing pornography. Yulia Tsvetkova, 27, is currently facing a six-year…

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Mayor who called for gays to be killed resigns over BLM.

An Alabama mayor who advocated for killing gay people last year has finally resigned after denouncing the Black Lives Matter movement. Mark Chambers, the Republican mayor of Carbon Hill, Alabama, directly called for  the “killing” of queer people in a…

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Facebook seems to think threatening to kill LGBT people is OK.

Now, LGBT+ campaigners from across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are demanding the company acts. They complain that hate speech is increasing on the platform. And it comes as Facebook faces unprecedented commercial pressure to tackle hatred…

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The GOP wants to send this racist homophobe to Washington.

Mike Cargile, a GOP candidate running for California’s 35th U.S. House seat who has gotten endorsements from the state’s Republican Party, has a history of making racist and anti-LGBTQ posts on social media. Cargile also believes in the QAnon conspiracy…