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Japan is one huge legal step closer to same-sex marriage

A court in Japan has ruled that not allowing same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. On Tuesday (30 May), Nagoya District Court became the second to rule against Japan’s banning of same-sex marriage, despite the country’s prime minister Fumio Kishida claiming the…

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Fox covers Target Pride uproar for hours & sexual abuse 1 minute

Over the past week, we’ve seen right-wing media’s backlash against Target’s LGBTQ Pride displays as part of a recent crusade against corporate Pride Month campaigns. And Target ultimately decided to pull some merchandise celebrating Pride from…

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Anti-gay extremist pleads guilty to child porn charges

A Utah man admitted to possessing child pornography after being arrested last year in Idaho for working with a white nationalist group on the way to riot at a Pride festival. Jared M. Boyce, 28, pleaded guilty in April to…

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Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBT law including death penalty

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world’s toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”, drawing Western condemnation and risking sanctions from aid donors. Same-sex relations were already illegal…