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Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill is truly horrifying

When it comes to progress in America, it’s always one step forward, two steps back. This week in Tallahassee, the Florida House Education and Employment Committee passed House Bill 1557, also known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. The bill would…

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France bans barbaric conversion therapy once and for all

France’s law banning conversion therapy has passed its final stages, with president Emmanuel Macron declaring “being yourself… is nothing to be cured”. The sweeping ban, which gives no exemptions for religious conversion therapy, was voted in by parties on both…

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Jerry Falwell Jr. admits the whole evangelical thing was just an act

Jerry Falwell Jr. and his wife, Becki, are finally opening up about that whole pool boy scandal that destroyed their sterling reputation among evangelicals, crushed their powerful influence in the Republican party, and led to Jerry’s resignation from Liberty University in…

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LGBT Afghans ‘gang raped, attacked and hunted’ by Taliban

LGBT+ Afghans are facing an “increasingly desperate situation” since the Taliban takeover in August 2021, according to a report by Human Rights Watch and OutRight Action International. The 43-page report, entitled “Even If You Go To The Skies, We’ll Find You”, features…

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The 16 LGBT athletes competing in the Winter Olympics

LeDuc became the first openly gay athlete to win gold in a US pairs’ event with their figure skating partner, Ashley Cain-Gribble, in 2019. The pair also won the 2022 US Figure Skating Championships. “Queer people still face a lot of challenges…