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Greece bans barbaric conversion therapy for children

Greece on Wednesday banned conversion therapy for minors, a practice aimed at suppressing a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity and which the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans community worldwide, as well as health experts, have condemned as harmful…

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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert back in theaters

Event cinema company Iconic Events Releasing has announced that it will be starting Pride Month with a nationwide rerelease of MGM’s classic The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Screenings of the queer film will take place in select…

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Lesbians win big bucks after wedding venue turned them down

A same-sex couple has won over 80,000 Israeli shekel (£19,000) in compensation after a wedding venue discriminated against them. The couple were horrified when a representative from the Ganei Hatzvi venue in Ashkelon told them it wouldn’t host their wedding because they…

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Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia extended a month

The lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner said Friday her pretrial detention in Russia has been extended by one month. Griner’s lawyer, Alexander Boikov, told The Associated Press he believed the relatively short extension of the detention indicated the case…

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New Louisiana bill would ban teachers from coming out

Republicans in the Louisiana House have used a rare procedure to revive a don’t Don’t Say Gay bill that had previously died after a bipartisan vote had stalled the bill in a House education committee. The bill, H.B. 837, would prohibit…

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Update: Florida students win yearbook censorship battle

After an outcry from students and parents over yearbook censorship, a Florida school board overruled their superintendent’s plan to cover up a page showing students waving rainbow flags and a “love is love” sign during a walkout against the state’s…

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Patti LuPone screams ‘get the f**k out!’ to theatre goer

Today’s public service announcement comes from Broadway diva Patti LuPone, who was filmed giving an audience member a dressing-down over their mask wearing. The moment was captured by another theatergoer and posted to Twitter, where it quickly went viral…