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GOP Kentucky House votes to defund DEI offices at universities
The Kentucky House voted Friday to choke off funding for diversity, equity and inclusion offices at public universities following an impassioned…
Month: March 2024
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Lesbian mothers win back vital parental rights in Italy
A court in Italy has rejected anti-LGBTQ+ government attempts to erase the names of non-biological lesbian mothers from their children’s birth certificates…
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St. Patrick was probably gay & had a thing for twinks
St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner, which means that queers everywhere will be… doing the same thing they do every other day of the year…
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Book ban attempts reached historic high last year
The American Library Association announced Thursday that the number of books challenged in libraries across the U.S. spiked 65% in 2023 over the previous year, reaching…
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Does Puerto Vallarta have a gentrification problem?
There’s a long running myth that it was John Huston’s 1964 film The Night of the Iguana, starring Richard Burton, Ava Gardner and Deborah Kerr, that launched the Mexican city of…
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SCOTUS declines to lift ban on Texas college campus drag show
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request made by an LGBTQ student group that was hoping to host a “PG-13” drag show on the campus of…
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Pence says he ‘cannot in good conscience’ endorse Trump
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday said he “cannot in good conscience” endorse presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, a stunning repudiation…