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GLAAD: Top social media platforms unsafe for LGBT people

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube are all “categorically unsafe” for LGBT+ people, according to a damning new study from GLAAD. GLAAD had originally planned to give grades for each site as part of a new social media safety index…

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Seven states now ban transgender youth from school sports

Montana has passed an anti-transgender bill banning transgender girls and women from participating in sports. House bill 122 states young girls and women are unable to participate in elementary, secondary, or post-secondary sport in teams that are not consistent with their…

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Out Traveler: What to look for when traveling to Europe in 2021

A former UK journalist and TV news producer, Darren Burn founded OutOfOffice.com, a LGBTQ+ luxury travel company in 2016. Two years later his company acquired TravelGay.com, which he says is the world’s most visited LGBTQ+ travel platform. “With over 50 million visits a…

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German Catholics to bless gay unions this week ignoring Vatican

Germany’s powerful Catholic progressives are openly defying a recent Holy See pronouncement that priests cannot bless same-sex unions by offering such blessings at services in about 100 different churches all over the country this week. The blessings at open worship services…

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Get to know the great gay designer ‘Halston’ before Netflix series

We can’t wait to share the new Netflix series about the iconic, queer fashion designer Halston with you, dear readers. Before the show hits next week, however, we recommend an introductory course. Halston, the 2019 documentary film by director Frédéric Tcheng…

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Prospects dim for passage of LGBT rights bill in Senate

Controlling Congress and the White House for the first time in a decade, Democrats were hopeful that this would be the year they finally secured civil rights protections for LGBTQ Americans. Then came a new debate over women’s and girls sports…

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Transgender sports bans are splintering the Republican party

Banning transgender girls from school sports was supposed to be a wedge issue to rally the GOP base in 2020 and unite the party for the 2024 elections. Instead, the controversial attacks are splitting the party, possibly ruining one 2024 presidential contender’s chances…