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A Cuban church opens its doors to LGBT people

While most churches in Germany, the US and other Western countries now welcome gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersexual people, that is an exception in Cuba. And that exception is called Iglesia de la Comunidad Metropolitana, a Protestant free church…

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SOS! Video shows gay party boat sinking in Puerto Vallarta

A gay party boat sank in the ocean waters of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico near 5 p.m. local time on New Year’s Eve. Video footage shows the boat’s passengers being rescued. Meanwhile, social media commenters have criticized Americans vacationing in the coastal…

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Anti-LGBT trolls are using algorithms to zap gay influencers

The never-ending war by LGBTQ+ creators to protect their accounts against bullies who manipulate the automated fiefdom that is Instagram, has once again claimed another casualty as two gay Instagrammers had their account disabled with no apparent hope of appeal…

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1990 Vancouver Gay Games come alive again in online

In 1990, Vancouver hosted an international sports event that attracted more than 7,000 athletes plus thousands of artists, writers and tourists from around the world. It was called Celebration ’90 Gay Games III & Cultural Festival. For eight days in August, it put Vancouver…

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Understanding how diversity and inclusion are different

It is very common for people to mistakenly believe that diversity equates to inclusivity when in fact, the two are not synonymous. Inclusion centers on people feeling valued, accepted, and respected while diversity involves a number of different characteristics, such…