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Court rejects ‘ugly witch hunt’ of Polish LGBT activists

A Polish court this week on Wednesday threw out the appeal by Polish prosecutors over the acquittal of three women who were charged in 2020 for violation of under article 196 of the Polish Criminal Code (C.C.) colloquially referred to as “offending…

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Out athlete gives up Winter Olympic spot for teammate

Brittany Bowe wants to win an Olympic gold medal in her third Olympic Games. Yet the out speed skater and world champion exhibited an incredible display of sportsmanship this weekend when she relinquished her spot on the Team USA women’s…

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France just lifted homophobic blood ban on gay & bi men

France has lifted its ban on queer men giving blood, the French government announced Tuesday. The regulation has been in place since the early days of the HIV epidemic. On Twitter, France’s Health Minister Olivier Véra said that references to…

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Newly elected school board president wants to burn LGBT books

When the Spotsylvania County, Virginia School Board called for the removal of books with “sexually explicit” content from school libraries, two board members even suggested the banned books be burned. One of them was just elected president – and the first…

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Here are the out athletes competing at the Winter Olympics

The Winter Olympic Games in Beijing are fast approaching, and Team LGBTQ+ will be hard-pressed to surpass their record medal haul at last year’s Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, with 55+ LGBTQ+ athletes taking home medals (and even sweeping the women’s…