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Tributes paid to former Australia soccer star and out gay hero
Stephen Laybutt, the Australia international who came out publicly as gay after retiring from soccer, has died at the age of 46…
Month: January 2024
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These are the vile anti-LGBT bills introduced so far in 2024
The US has introduced several new anti-LGBTQ+ bills in the first few weeks 2024, and most of them specifically target the trans community…
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Diversity opponents are using civil rights laws to fight equality
Opponents of workplace diversity programs are increasingly banking on a section of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to challenge equity policies as well as funding to minority-owned businesses…
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The ‘Mean Girls’ are explicitly gay in the new remake
Though the original Mean Girls is a gay cult classic, it’s severely lacking in on-screen queer representation. There’s the flamboyant Damian, who is famously “almost too gay to function,” and the outcast Janis, who is heavily rumored to be…
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Notorious conversion therapist lost license over sexual assault
In a 2009 interview with Christian host Michael Johnson, notorious “ex-gay” therapist Jayson Graves sanctimoniously pontificated, “We need to be able to actually put our cards on the table and say, ‘hey, yeah,’ this is the date I last…
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Bill O’Reilly is furious his books are banned from Florida libraries
Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly was a rather staunch supporter of Florida’s book ban laws enacted by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). That is until two of his own books were temporarily removed from the…
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Republican bill would mandate ‘curing’ trans people under 21
A new bill in West Virginia, Senate Bill 194, would enact a total ban on gender-affirming care for trans individuals up to 21 years old and mandates that all therapists and social workers in…