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Report: Fears about ending DADT were greatly exaggerated

The Palm Center, a think tank founded in 1998 at the University of California, Santa Barbara, which researched military policy concerning LGBTQ service members, most notably during the ongoing policy debates that led to the repeal in 2011 of the…

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Bill introduced to create an LGBT history museum in D.C.

Out Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI) has introduced two bills to establish an LGBTQ history museum in Washington, D.C. The announcement comes as LGBTQ History Month is about to begin. “As our community faces unprecedented attacks and attempts to erase our…

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UN demands stay of execution for two LGBT rights activists

UN representatives have called for Iran to cancel its planned execution of two women LGBTQ+ rights activists. On 4 September, Hengaw Organisation for Human Rights reported that Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani and Elham Choubdar were found guilty of “spreading corruption on earth”…

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Homophobic thugs cover church’s Pride flag in feces

A Pennsylvanian church’s Pride flag was left covered in faeces in a deplorable act of homophobic vandalism. St Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Yardley, Pennsylvania had its Pride flag stolen from its mount and defaced on Wednesday (28 September) – the latest…