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Finally, some good news on how monkeypox is spread

Monkeypox can linger on household objects and surfaces but will not survive as a live virus, a new US government study has suggested. As part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report, two monkeypox patients sharing a…

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Facebook didn’t suspend dangerous hate group after all

For over two years, a Brooklyn real estate agent and fanatical adherent of far-right extremist ideology, Chaya Raichik, has wreaked havoc via her social media accounts ‘Libs of Tik Tok’, attacking LGBTQ+ people with special emphasis on spreading lies and propaganda…

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Southern Decadence concert canceled over monkeypox fears

Organizers have canceled a free concert at New Orleans‘s upcoming LGBTQ+ festival Southern Decadence due to the threat of monkeypox. The larger six-day festival, September 1-5, will continue as planned, as it always has since 1973 with the exception…

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The number of LGBT elected officials in US doubled since 2017

The number of LGBTQ elected officials grew by nearly 6% last year, according to the LGBTQ Victory Institute, which trains and advocates for queer political candidates and officeholders. Since 2017, when the organization began releasing data, the number has nearly…