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GOP hires a Twitter troll as their ‘LGBT outreach’ advisor.

With Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden leading polls nationwide, the Republican Party is so desperate to woo potential voters that they’ve hired an advisor to do “LGBTQ outreach.” Picking someone to fill the position had to be hard. With so…

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Pete Buttigieg invokes progress of LGBT movement at the DNC.

Pete Buttigieg, who made waves in the Democratic presidential primary as a gay presidential candidate, made progress on LGBTQ rights a component of his message during his speech Thursday at the Democratic National Convention. The range of Buttigieg’s remarks was…

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Why this charming gay fairytale has been lost for 200 years.

It’s long been presumed by many folklorists that heroic LGBTQ characters didn’t exist–because when they were told from generation to generation, being queer was a taboo. But one newly released gay fairytale, that can be traced back to at least…

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Randy Rainbow’s racist and transphobic comments resurface.

Tweets from out satirist Randy Rainbow making jokes about rape and others that are being criticized for racism, antisemitism, and transphobia have gotten attention this past week on social media. Rainbow, 39, is known for his parodies of popular showtunes, where…

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Matthew Shepard’s parents cast delegate votes for Joe Biden.

The parents of the late Matthew Shepard — the 21-year-old gay college student whose 1998 killing made him a symbol of violence against LGBTQ people — cast Wyoming’s delegate votes during the Tuesday night installment of the virtual Democratic National Convention…