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Bank boots Christian charity over LGBT conversion therapy.

Barclays has closed the bank account of a U.K. Christian charity the Core Issues Trust, who offer LGBT conversion therapy, says, Premier Christian News. It follows criticism from LGBT activists, who say the bank–the lead sponsor of Pride in London for…

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A gay grandpa was blackmailed with outing on Grindr.

A gay grandfather in England was terrified recently when a young date he had met on Grindr tried to blackmail him for £600, according to DevonLive. The victim went to the police who set up a sting operation and arrested Keiran Thurling…

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Anti-gay, anti-mask politician has been hospitalized for COVID.

An anti-LGBTQ Arkansas Republican who called his state’s mask mandate “draconian” has been hospitalized with a coronavirus infection. State Sen. Jason Rapert (R), who proposed defunding PBS over an episode of Sesame Street in which out actor Billy Porter appeared…

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Ugandan authorities sued for ‘torture’ of 20 homeless LGBT people.

The 20 LGBT+ people in Uganda arrested under dubious coronavirus charges – where a municipal mayor canned them before officers chained and marched them to a police station – have taken legal action against the authorities. Harrowing footage emerged of a March 29 raid which…

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Details of Germany’s compensation plan for gay soldiers.

Homosexual soldiers who faced discrimination in Germany’s Bundeswehr army could receive financial compensation, according to the draft of a new bill. The judgments of military courts will also be revoked. German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer is working on…

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Christian university legally kicks out student for being gay.

A graduate student enrolled at a private Christian college had his admission revoked when the school learned he was gay! What’s more: the Jackson Sun is reporting that even though the evangelical Union University in Jackson, Tennessee,accepts public funding…