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The world’s most pro-LGBT leader is stepping down early

LGBTQ+ ally Jacinda Ardern has resigned as prime minister of New Zealand, saying she no longer had “enough in the tank” to do the job. Ardern announced her resignation at Labour’s annual caucus on Thursday (19 January), telling her party colleagues…

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GOP nominee for House special election claims to ‘cure’ LGBT

Right-wing pundit Leon Benjamin, the Republican-backed nominee for a U.S. House special election in Virginia next month, says that he runs a “ministry” devoted to getting people to “escape” from “homosexual and lesbian living.” Benjamin has falsely and dangerously…

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Why Dolly Parton is an LGBT national treasure as she turns 77

Country music star Dolly Parton will be celebrating her 77 birthday this week. But the famous singer of “Jolene” and other country music hits isn’t just famous for her music, but also for her philanthropy, low-key political activism, and LGBTQ+ advocacy…

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Hammer-wielding man attacks gay-owned bar as patrons flee

A gay-owned restaurant in Chicago had a window shattered by a hammer-wielding man in a suspected homophobic attack last night. Witnesses and police say a man was shouting antigay slurs at a couple in the city’s Rogers Park neighborhood afternoon…