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Anti-LGBT Christian news outlet finally booted from Facebook

The anti-LGBTQ website LifeSiteNews has been banned from Facebook because posts to the site consistently violated the social network’s COVID-19 disinformation policies. LifeSiteNews is a Christian “pro-life” website often described as “far right” and “ultraconservative,” and Snopes has reported the…

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VT is now the 14th state to ban the Anti-LGBT ‘panic’ defense

Vermont Republican Governor Phil Scott signed legislation Wednesday that bans use of the ‘gay panic defense” by criminal defendants. H.128, prevents a defendant at trial or sentencing from justifying violent actions by citing a victim’s actual or perceived sexual orientation…

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Home of SF’s 1st same-sex spouses now a landmark

The hilltop cottage belonging to a lesbian couple who were the first same-sex partners to legally marry in San Francisco has become a city landmark. The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to give the 651 Duncan St. home of the…

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Franklin Graham insists he’s not ‘anti-gay’ after police snub

Franklin Graham has insisted he’s “not anti-gay” after Seattle Police refused to attend his dinner because of his homophobic views. The notoriously anti-LGBT+ preacher is hosting the aw enforcement appreciation dinner in Seattle next week, but there’s just one tiny…

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Out Major General Tammy Smith retires after 35 years

This September marks the tenth anniversary of the end of the ban on lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals in the American military that dates to World War II. This past weekend marked the retirement after 35 years of decorated service of…