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America’s remaining lesbian bars are barely hanging on

It took Denise Cohen over two years to open Philadelphia’s last lesbian bar, the Toasted Walnut, and just 10 months for the Covid-19 pandemic to shut it down forever. “There is that hopelessness, that sense of loss that, you know…

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This Democratic senator could keep the Equality Act from passing

A lone Democratic senator may stand in the way of passing the Equality Act, a landmark bill that would add LGBTQ+ protections to existing federal civil rights legislation. President Joe Biden promised to sign the legislation within his first 100 days…

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Republican official: Send gays to an island, they’ll die out

A Republican elected official in New York is facing calls to resign after he was caught on video saying that gay relationships are bad because “Give them an island, they’ll be gone after 40 years.” Albany County Legislator George E. Langdon IV…