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The sad, closeted hypocrisy of Lindsey Graham.

Sen. Lindsey Graham returned to the national spotlight this week, overseeing the confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett. The irony of this appears largely lost on the mainstream media. Graham, for years and years rumored to be gay, is rushing…

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Australia set to fully outlaw ‘gay panic’ defense.

The state of South Australia is poised to eliminate the controversial gay defense provision that allows defendants to claim their reaction to a person’s sexual orientation can be considered as a mitigating factor at trial. Reuters reports the state’s parliament…

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The police are hunting and trapping gay men in Florida.

The Hillsborough Sheriff’s office–the county that plays home to Tampa, Florida–has come under fire over a series of arrests made as part of an undercover operation dubbed Operation Park Cleanup. At the direction of Sheriff Chad Chronsiter, a sting arrested…