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Grindr, Scruff used to arrest 60 on drug charges in sting ops

Polk County, Fla., authorities have used LGBTQ+ dating apps in a crackdown on drugs, targeting the apps’ users who sold them. As part of the six-month undercover operation police have called “Swipe Left,” the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said it had…

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Two harmful anti-LGBT bills die in Virginia Senate

Two anti-LGBTQ bills died in the Virginia Senate on Thursday. A Senate Education subcommittee voted against state Sen. Travis Hackworth (R-Tazewell County)’s Senate Bill 20, which would have eliminated the requirement that school districts must implement the Virginia Department of Education’s…

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Conservatives are in a meltdown over the Minnie Mouse update

Minnie Mouse will don a designer pantsuit for Disneyland Paris’ 30th anniversary celebration and conservatives are frothing over “woke politics” and polka dots. Stella McCartney has given the classic cartoon character a chic twist that takes her out of her…

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Pro-LGBT Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, one of the court’s three reliable liberals, is retiring. His retirement will be formally announced Thursday, but national media are reporting it now. President Joe Biden now has a chance to nominate another liberal…