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Wyoming bar sold ‘We shoot f*ck’n fa@@ots’ t-shirts

The Casper-Tribune newspaper and Wyoming Equality reported Monday that a bar in the Wyoming capital city was selling T-shirts that depict a caricature of a hard-core bearded motorcycle rider pointing a revolver at the viewer. “In Wyoming we have a cure…

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Gay lawmakers want Chick-fil-A banned from NY rest areas

Gay lawmakers want to prevent Chick-fil-A from opening new restaurants in New York Thruway rest areas as the toll road updates facilities. The group of out legislators sent a letter formally asking that the fast food chain be kept out of…

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One in four young, LGBT Americans are non-binary

Research has been released ahead of International Non-Binary People’s Day (14 July) which shows that a quarter of queer American youth are non-binary. According to TIME, the Trevor Project surveyed 34,700 LGBT+ young people in the US in October and December last year…

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A record number of LGBT athletes heading to the Tokyo Olympics

At least 121 publicly out gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and nonbinary athletes are headed to Tokyo for the Summer Olympic Games, more than double the number who participated at the 2016 Rio Games. The number of publicly out LGBTQ athletes in…

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Texas Democrats flee state to avoid GOP’s anti-trans bill

Democratic members of the Texas state legislature left the capitol today, in fact left the state entirely, thwarting Republican Governor Greg Abbott’s special session to pass eleven conservative priority bills. Speaking to reporters upon arrival at Washington’s Dulles International Airport…

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Netflix doc Pray Away exposes the sham of conversion therapy

A new Netflix documentary executive produced by Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum will chronicle conversion therapy’s deadly history in the United States. Pray Away, which premieres on August 3, is directed by Kristine Stolakis and tells the story of Exodus International…

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EU holds up Hungary’s recovery money in rule-of-law standoff

The European Union’s executive missed its own deadline to sign off on billions of euros in economic recovery aid to Hungary, delaying its decision in an attempt to win rule-of-law concessions from Budapest. Hungary is set to receive 7.2 billion euros…