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Should LGBT people vacation in homophobic countries?

The tiny rainbow light projecting onto the corner baseboard of the bar and tipsy people constantly belting out Mariah Carey karaoke songs clued me in. There was something unique happening here. It wasn’t until a gentleman with glittered cheeks approached…

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Another school district just removed LGBT books from shelves

The Pennridge School District in suburban Philadelphia’s Bucks County sent a district wide email out before the Christmas break to its elementary school administrators ordering the removal of books discussing gender identity. In the email, Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Education…

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Amy Schneider makes more LGBT history on Jeopardy!

Trans Jeopardy! champ Amy Schneider —  an engineering manager living in Oakland, California — has become the show’s highest-earning female contestant of all time. As of last Friday, she has won 18 consecutive victories, bringing her total winnings to $706,800. In doing so, she…

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Gay Olympic diving star Ian Matos is dead at 32

Gay Brazilian Olympic diver Ian Matos died earlier this week following a non-COVID-related lung infection. He was 32. Matos had spent the last two months in the hospital fighting the infection until his death on December 21, according to The Independent…

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Men harass a lesbian couple and daughter in viral video

Three men harassed a lesbian couple and their daughter in McFarland, Wisconson for having a pride flag on their home. The couple’s friend, TikToker @mermaidmomarielle, shared footage of the harassers from a Ring doorbell in a viral TikTok last week…

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South Carolina is still enforcing a colonial era ‘buggery law’

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit December 22 in South Carolina challenging the state’s Law Enforcement Division’s enforcement of an unconstitutional anti-sodomy statute. In 2003, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Lawrence v. Texas that the government has…