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Lego announces 1st rainbow set ahead of LGBT Pride month

Lego is kicking off LGBTQ Pride month, which is celebrated every June, a little early this year. The toy company announced it’s releasing a special set, called “Everyone is Awesome,” that celebrates the diversity of its fans…

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Harvey Milk Day: a look at the life and legacy of the gay icon

Most things about Harvey Milk were bigger than life — his fiery speeches, his penchant for making an entrance and his public exhortations to fellow gays and lesbians to come out of the closet during the 1970s, when “homosexual” was the accepted…

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NYC Pride flip-flops on ban of uniformed cops in parade

Heritage of Pride (HOP), the group that organizes New York City’s Pride festivities, announced last week that they had banned uniformed police officers from marching in the parade, spurring days of controversy led by the Gay Officers Action League (GOAL)…

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One in five young people realized they are LGBT in lockdown

One in five young people discovered they are LGBTQ+ during the coronavirus lockdowns, according to a survey. Student news site The Tab quizzed almost 23,000 young people through Instagram polls, finding that 20 per cent said the extra time alone helped them…