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The comments straight allys should NEVER say to a gay person

From relying on stereotypes to asking intrusive questions about someone’s sex life, a gay author has revealed the common mistakes straight people make while trying to be an ally to the LGBTQ+.   London-based writer and broadcaster Matt Cain was…

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Pro-LGBT party wins Aussie election after 10 years of anti-LGBT rule

Labor’s Anthony Albanese has won Australia’s federal election, defeating anti-LGBTQ+ prime minister Scott Morrison. Initial results from the 21 May election show that Labor will form the next government, although whether this is a majority or minority government rests on…

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Inside Pride proms, where LGBT adults get a high school re-do

Meghan Dengler is a self-proclaimed die-hard romantic. It’s how the 31-year-old explains her fascination with “promposals” – the high school ritual of inviting a date to prom often through elaborate and public gestures. But she never had that experience. In fact…

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Right-wing Christians threaten to ‘hunt’ LGBT supporters

A twenty-four year old right-wing extremist based in the metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona area, Ethan Schmidt, posted a short video of himself accompanied by Kyle Clifton who describes himself as “authoritarian Christian nationalist,” driving in an undisclosed area announcing that he…