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The puritanical online porn wars have claimed another victim

The latest battle in the Porn Wars has reached a lousy but predictable conclusion: Two more adult content websites are functionally closing up shop, leaving survival sex workers out in the cold. On Wednesday, AVN Media Network, an adult entertainment…

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Anti-LGBT hate crimes have surged during the pandemic in the UK

There has been an alarming surge in the number of homophobic and transphobic hate crimes recorded by UK police forces since the COVID-19 pandemic began. According to new figures, after lockdown restrictions were eased this summer, anti-LGBT+ hate crime numbers…

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Sorry guys, Colton Underwood just confirmed he’s got a BF

Colton Underwood has confirmed to Us Weekly that he’s in a relationship and “in love”. In September, several media outlets reported that Underwood had been spotted kissing a male friend whilst on vacation in Hawaii. The pal was identified by several…

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LGBT people should be concerned about the SCOTUS abortion case

On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case challenging a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The law, which only allows abortions in medical emergencies or…

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Unprecedented efforts to ban LGBT & Black authors since June

The American Library Association (ALA) released a statement Tuesday noting that the organization has documented 155 separate incidents of efforts to remove or ban books that focus on LGBTQ+ issues and books by Black authors or that document the Black experience…