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Why the Brittney Griner sentence should concern LGBT travelers

American WNBA star Brittney Griner was sentenced Thursday by a Russian court to nine years of jail time, nearly six months after the 31-year-old was arrested at a Moscow airport and accused by Russian prosecutors of smuggling drugs. The two-time…

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Ukraine president pushes for same-sex marriages…after war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday asked his government to look into whether same-sex marriages should be legalised but said there would be no move as long as the war with Russia continued. Kyiv has increased support for LGBTQ+ rights…

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Town votes votes to defund library after ‘grooming’ claims

Voters in Jamestown Township, Michigan rejected a ballot measure during the primary elections earlier this week to renew a property tax that funds the local library. The tax pays for 84% of Patmos Library’s $245,000 yearly budget. The failed measure…

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LGBT icon Jim Obergefell wins Ohio state primary

The lead plaintiff in the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court case that extended marriage rights to same-sex couples across the country has won his Democratic primary for the Ohio House of Representatives. Following Tuesday’s primary elections in several states across the…

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Man who sent threats to LGBT groups gets 30 months in prison

A 74-year-old retired schoolteacher from a New York City suburb was sentenced to 30 months in prison Wednesday for mailing dozens of violent threats to LGBTQ affiliated individuals, groups and businesses over several years. According to prosecutors, Robert Fehring threatened…