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Grindr blasted after pushing ‘misleading’ anti-PrEP ads

Grindr has drawn criticism for pushing out a sponsored advertisement about the HIV-preventative drug Truvada dubbed “misleading” by HIV activists. On 21 November, Grant Roth, a sexual health expert based in Atlanta, Georgia, lit into the dating app over an…

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Nearly half of LGBT adults in the US say they are religious

Almost half of LGBTQ adults in the United States are religious, according to a recent report from the UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute. Of nearly 16,000 respondents polled in the Gallup Daily Tracking Survey, 47 percent were either moderately or highly…

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What happens in Georgia will affect every LGBT American

This month Georgia’s on everyone’s mind. Voters in the Peach State came out in record numbers to cast their ballots for President-elect Joe Biden, and for the first time in nearly two decades the state has chosen a Democratic presidential…

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Biden plans swift moves to protect and advance LGBT rights

As vice president in 2012, Joe Biden endeared himself to many LGBTQ Americans by endorsing same-sex marriage even before his boss, President Barack Obama. Now, as president-elect, Biden is making sweeping promises to LGBTQ activists, proposing to carry out virtually every…