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Canada to resettle LGBT refugees, female Afghan judges

Canada will take in female Afghan judges and their families who have been living in limbo, primarily in Greece, since their evacuation from Afghanistan in the fall, a spokesperson for the immigration minister said Friday. In addition to the judges…

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Israeli same-sex couples will finally be able to use surrogates

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz announced Tuesday that starting next week, same-sex couples, single men and transgender people will be able parent children through surrogacy, an option that was previously banned for them in Israel. The new rules, which come into…

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Anti-LGBT Xmas card used to raise money for Trevor Project

Melissa Sheehan – a Wilbraham, Massachusetts, resident raising two children with her wife Kelly – was stunned when what she thought was a funny Christmas card turned out to be an anti-LGBTQ note from an “unequal neighbor.” But another neighbor stepped in…

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AOC slams the GOP and their ‘deranged sexual frustrations’

Democratic New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has accurately said that the GOP’s “creepy fixation” on “her women, & LGBT+ people” is due to Republicans’ “deranged sexual frustrations.” She made her comment in response to a tweet by Steve Cortes, former campaign advisor…