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Tiny European states play catch up on LGBT equality

When Switzerland became one of the last Western European nations to legalise same-sex marriage in 2021, it made waves next door in the tiny Alpine country of Liechtenstein. Two days after the Swiss vote, lawmakers signalled near-unanimous support for same-sex marriage…

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Coachella 2022 is chock-full of LGBT artists

The idea of going to a music festival amid, well, all of this is a little horrifying. If there’s one thing more toxic than a festival porta john, it’s that same john being filled with pandemic germs. But LGBTQ+ party animals…

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White supremacists now openly recruiting at conservative events

The conservative movement would like you to believe that it’s separate and distinct from the far-right crazies that traffic in white supremacy and paranoid conspiracies. And, on its face, that’s true. Many of the establishment conservatives abhor the most…

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Court rejects ‘ugly witch hunt’ of Polish LGBT activists

A Polish court this week on Wednesday threw out the appeal by Polish prosecutors over the acquittal of three women who were charged in 2020 for violation of under article 196 of the Polish Criminal Code (C.C.) colloquially referred to as “offending…

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Out athlete gives up Winter Olympic spot for teammate

Brittany Bowe wants to win an Olympic gold medal in her third Olympic Games. Yet the out speed skater and world champion exhibited an incredible display of sportsmanship this weekend when she relinquished her spot on the Team USA women’s…

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France just lifted homophobic blood ban on gay & bi men

France has lifted its ban on queer men giving blood, the French government announced Tuesday. The regulation has been in place since the early days of the HIV epidemic. On Twitter, France’s Health Minister Olivier Véra said that references to…