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US sports reporter detained at World Cup over LGBT support

The Qatari crackdown on support for the LGBTQ community has extended to credentialed media. Journalist Grant Wahl, who runs a Substack covering soccer and formerly wrote for Sports Illustrated, tweeted that he was not let into the stadium for Monday’s…

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Live updates on the Colorado LGBT nightclub shooting

One of the two heroic patrons who were able to subdue the suspect in the deadly Colorado Springs attack used the suspect’s own handgun to hit and disable him, the town’s mayor said. Speaking on NBC’s “TODAY” show, Colorado Springs…

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Amy Coney Barrett urged to step away from gay rights case

Former members of Amy Coney Barrett’s secretive faith group, the People of Praise, are calling on the US supreme court justice to recuse herself from an upcoming case involving gay rights, saying Barrett’s continued affiliation with the Christian group means…

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Gay US ambassador to Hungary is a ‘power of example’

The traditional role of ambassador to a foreign nation is to observe, report, and relay their government’s sentiments to the host nation. In the case the Biden administration’s appointment of David Pressman to Hungary, it’s more like dropping a wasp…

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FIFA crushes plan to show pro-LGBT message at World Cup

European soccer teams have been pressured into dropping armbands expressing solidarity with the LGBTQ community which were going to be worn during games at the Qatar World Cup. The rainbow-colored “OneLove” armbands were set to be worn by several team…