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Brazil’s anti-LGBT president claims COVID vaccines cause AIDS

Brazil’s anti-LGBTQ President Jair Bolsonaro claimed that the COVID-19 vaccines cause AIDS in a video posted to social media, which Facebook and other platforms deleted days later because it violated their policies against coronavirus misinformation. Last Thursday, Bolsonaro claimed in…

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Australian men’s pro soccer has its first out gay player

Josh Cavallo has come out publicly as gay, the first active professional men’s soccer player in Australia’s A-League to be out. In both a video and written statement, the Adelaide United player has broken ground for LGBTQ athletes in Australia…

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The 180 US colleges that are ‘unsafe’ for LGBT students

An LGBTQ nonprofit on Monday released its annual Worst List naming 180 colleges and universities as “the absolute worst, most unsafe campuses for LGBTQ youth.”  Campus Pride, which advocates for LGBTQ inclusivity and safety at U.S. colleges and universities…

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Twitter suspends GOP congressman for transphobic comment

Rep. Jim Banks had his official Twitter account suspended over the weekend after he intentionally misgendered Assistant Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, the first openly transgender Senate-confirmed federal official. “The title of fire female four-star officer gets taken by a…

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US evangelicals ghostwrote Ghana’s ‘death to gays’ bill

There is a bill in Ghana that LGBTQ advocates are calling the “most homophobic document the world has ever seen.” If passed into law, it would increase criminalization against LGBTQ people, potentially sentencing them to death. Homosexuality is already illegal…

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Record number of LGBT candidates are running in 2021

LGBTQ candidates are seeking office in record numbers this election year, advancing an ongoing sea-change in the nation’s political landscape, according to a new report to be released Tuesday. At least 410 LGBTQ candidates ran or are running for office in 2021…