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Dole risks backlash for ‘Sunshine For All’ diversity campaign

Why would the largest producer of fruits and vegetables on earth promote a product with commercials featuring gay couples, and risk alienating consumers who say they are opposed to the so-called “LGBTQ lifestyle”? “If you’re a company that believes in…

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These brides made LGBT history. Where are they now?

It was 1998 in Amsterdam, and Helene Faasen’s friend kept insisting she had the perfect match for a blind date. But Faasen, then 32, was hesitant about her friend’s confidence in the match. “It was basically on the criteria that we were…

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A small town repealed an old anti-LGBT law and found another one

Upper Darby, Pennsylvania Mayor Barbarann Keffer (D) is praising residents who brought an old anti-LGBTQ law in the city’s code to local officials’ attention, saying, “Sunshine is the best disinfectant, and we’re really glad there’s community engagement.” But while the…

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Gay priests are breaking their silence

The setting, with its soaring cathedral ceiling and sacraments, is typical of any Catholic service, but the similarities stopped with this sermon:”Because if there’s anything that an LGBTQ person will know, it is that we’re going to face opposition,” said…