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Kyrsten Sinema is raking in big bucks from GOP donors

Democratic U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona has been getting cash from Republican donors, according to various media reports. “According to new FEC filings, Sinema brought in $1.6 million in Q4, only $33,983 of which was unitemized, which designates donations of less…

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Canadian women’s hockey team has a record 7 out athletes

Canada’s women’s ice hockey team enters the Beijing Winter Olympics a favorite for a medal. Oh yeah, they’re also the most LGBTQ-visible team at any Olympic Games ever. With at least seven publicly out athletes on the team, the Canadians…

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Teachers could be fired for teaching biology over religion

Oklahoma Sen. Rob Standridge (R) has introduced legislation that would allow parents to sue any public school educators who teach anything “in opposition to closely held religious beliefs of students.” Standridge has also introduced a bill that would give individual parents the power to demand the removal of any book …

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Joe Rogan just cost Spotify yet another famous podcast

Backlash over Spotify’s ongoing support of COVID-19 misinformation peddler Joe Rogan continues apace, as another major podcast host for the streaming platform has announced she will pull her show from the network. Mary L. Trump, the niece of disgraced former…

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Gay widower received the SS benefits due him because of Biden

Anthony Gonzales was with his partner Mark Johnson for almost 16 years. But they were only married for six months, getting married after their home state of New Mexico legalized marriage equality until Johnson died of rectal cancer. Gonzales was initially…

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LGBT Black trailblazers who who changed the course of history

From 1960s civil rights activist Bayard Rustin to Chicago’s first lesbian mayor, Lori Lightfoot, Black LGBTQ Americans have long made history with innumerable contributions to politics, art, medicine and a host of other fields. “As long as there have been…