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Devastating impact of the lockdown on LGBT mental health.

A new study had laid bare the extent of the mental health crisis faced by the British LGBT+ community amid the coronavirus pandemic. Dubbed the Queerantine study, the research by University College London and Sussex University found that…

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The Economist: As more gays come out, tolerance will spread.

Philip larkin was only half-wrong. Sex didn’t begin in 1963, as the poet joked; for a hefty minority of Britons it was four years later—legally, at least—when Parliament nixed the law prohibiting gay sex. In this age of rainbow flags and…

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Former pro-wrestling legend confesses to murdering a gay man.

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) legend Marty Jannetty left the wrestling community stunned Wednesday (August 4) after appearing to confess to murdering a gay man when he was 13. In a startling and since-deleted Facebook post, Jannetty, who was one half of the…

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Politicians troll Poland’s homophobe-in-chief at swearing in.

As Poland’s homophobe-in-chief Andrzej Duda was sworn in as president this morning, politicians from the left alliance looked on wearing a kaleidoscope of rainbow colours in a powerful display of solidarity with the LGBT+ community. Duda was re-elected president last…

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Homophobic men more likely to have mental health issues.

Toxic masculinity has been proven unhealthy on multiple levels. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple studies have already shown that some men refuse to wear a mask because they believe doing so emasculates them. (Not surprisingly, Donald Trump is among them.)…