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Chasten Buttigieg eviscerates the GOP’s LGBT Pride message

Chasten Buttigieg, husband of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, called GOP Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel “hypocritical” after she tweeted about LGBTQ Pride Month. McDaniel wrote in a tweet last week that the Republican Party is “proud to have doubled our LGBTQ support…

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There’s an update to the updated update to the Pride flag

While people complain that the list of letters and numbers to describe LGBTQ people keeps growing, making an “alphabet soup” of the community, the iconic Pride flag hasn’t escaped revision either. Now there’s an update to the updated update to…

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Vulgar anti-gay slur halts championship final soccer match

The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, (CONCACAF) league’s final match in the Mile-High City Sunday was halted after fans disrupted the game play by shouting a homophobic chant directed at players on the field. ESPN reported…

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Biden recognizes 40th year of HIV, calls for billions to end it

President Joe Biden released a statement Saturday, June 5 recognizing the 40th year of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, emphasizing the need for continued progress toward eradicating the virus, and announcing $670 million toward that commitment.  “Forty years ago today, five young men in…

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This gay couple found a legal loophole to marry way back in 1971

Long before the push for marriage equality truly began, before Obergefell v Hodges, before the Defense of Marriage Act, there was Jack and Michael McConnell. This year Jack and Michael will celebrate 51 years of happy marriage, making them longest-wed…