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Federal prosecutors declined to prosecute 82% of hate crimes

Federal prosecutors, who are referred to as United States Attorneys, declined to prosecute 82 percent of 1,864 suspects investigated for violating federal hate crime laws in all 50 states and D.C. during the years of 2005 to 2019, according to a newly released report by…

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Mother of lesbian Olympic hero dies days after medal win

Lesbian Olympian Raven Saunders has been making plenty of headlines this week, first for her silver medal-winning performance at the Tokyo Olympics in shot put, then again for raising her arms in the form of an X on the winners…

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Where is the poster boy of the ex-gay movement now?

For over a decade, John Paulk was the poster boy of the ex-gay movement. As a self-proclaimed converted gay man happily married to his wife, an ex-lesbian named Anne, he made countless media appearances, spoke at Exodus conferences, and publicly…

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Teen punished for saying she’s a lesbian gets actual justice

A 14-year-old lesbian student in Kansas has succeeded in getting her school district to change its policies towards LGBTQ students after she refused to silently accept her bus driver’s homophobic discrimination. The bus driver and the school’s principal also lost…

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Out boxer dedicates her Olympic medal to the LGBT community

Out Filipina boxer Nesthy Petecio secured the first silver medal in Olympic Women’s Featherweight Boxing Tuesday after losing in heartbreaking fashion to Japan’s Sena Irie via unanimous decision. Afer the match, Petecio dedicated her medal to the LGBTQ community…