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Rediscovering the ‘gay lifestyle’ through 1970s gay magazines

The early 1970s were a watershed moment for LGBTQ people. Today, we remember the increasingly outspoken political movement for gay and lesbian rights. But as humanities scholar Lucas Hilderbrand writes, not all of the era’s new developments were quite so serious…

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DeSantis appointee to Disney oversite board is a major homophobe

An appointee to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new oversight board in control of Disney’s special tax district called homosexuality “evil” last year and shared a baseless conspiracy theory that tap water could be making more people gay. On Monday, the…

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Students change college plans to avoid anti-LGBT states

Cody Nobles hopes to study environmental science or marine biology at a college on a shoreline town, where he can observe ocean life firsthand. But after his native Florida adopted legislation restricting LGBTQ rights, Nobles, who is gay, is planning…

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1950s ‘instructional’ workout video is absurdly hot

Poor Hal Thomas. The twinky stud was a full-time student and worked at night filing papers — leaving him tense and irritable. His life was stressful, boring, and sedentary. Hal needed a release! Thankfully, he met with a physical education instructor…

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Fox News tries to smear Pete Buttigieg as a pedophile

Anyone with more than three brain cells knows that Fox News is a right-wing propaganda arm of the Republican Party that is losing viewers in droves to even more unhinged outlets spouting anti-American conspiracy theories…

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LGBT people take up arms as fears of right-wing hate groups grow

Far right-wing radicals in New Hampshire and elsewhere may find themselves outgunned if a trend of LGBTQ+ people taking up arms in the state spreads nationwide. Fin Smith, an organizer with Rainbow Reload, recently allowed a New Hampshire Public Radio…