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Trump fanatic heads to jail for pooping on gay couple’s lawn

A so-called “Trump man” in Ohio has been sentenced to prison after repeatedly defecating and urinating on a gay neighbor’s lawn. Jerry Detrick, 70, of Greenville, Ohio, confessed to defecating “multiple times on unknown dates” until he was caught late at night…

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Rainbow mask doesn’t fly for gay Lufthansa passenger

On his flight out of Los Angeles International Airport earlier this month for a 46th birthday vacation in Greece, gay West Hollywood resident Scott Schmidt donned a rainbow-colored surgical mask in order to adhere to the COVID-19 guidelines imposed by…

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Gay athletes unleash a rainbow wave on the Olympics

When Olympic diver Tom Daley announced in 2013 that he was dating a man and “couldn’t be happier,” his coming out was an act of courage that, with its rarity, also exposed how the top echelons of sport weren’t seen as…

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Meet the first gay couple to adopt in Jalisco, Mexico

Two Guadalajara women have become the first gay couple in the Mexican state of Jalisco to officially adopt a child, according to Puerto Vallarta Daily News. Palmira Martínez Gallardo Valdés and Gabriela Flores Castro began the process of formally adopting…

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Should woman invite granny Anita Bryant to her gay wedding?

Sarah Green said she came out to her grandmother, anti-gay rights crusader Anita Bryant, on her 21st birthday. After Bryant, a famed singer and devout Christian, sang Green “Happy Birthday,” she told her a husband would be in her future…

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Gay icon Tom Daley wins his first-ever Olympic gold medal

Tom Daley has won his first-ever Olympic gold medal alongside his men’s synchronised diving partner Matty Lee. Team Great Britain’s Daley and Lee won the gold with a score of 471.81 in the men’s synchronised 10 metres platform on Monday (26 July). Tokyo 2020…