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Paul Cadmus and the fight against censorship of gay art
When Cadmus’s 1934 painting The Fleet’s In! was censored by the US Navy, the artist responded by deftly brokering his artwork’s visibility…
Year: 2024
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Teacher punished for defending LGBT students wins lawsuit
Eileen Brennock, a teacher in Oregon, has won a whistleblower lawsuit filed against Newberg-Dundee Public Schools after alleging retaliation for advocating for…
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Lavender marriages: Why young people seek platonic love
No one is having a good time dating these days. The backlash against the apps, bubbling up for years, has settled into a deep and lasting malaise. Every day brings troubling reports…
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Trump appoints out gay Richard Grenell as Special Missions Envoy
President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday that he’s picked longtime foreign policy adviser Richard Grenell to serve as an envoy for special missions…
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GOP-led county takes over library, raising fears of book bans
In a highly contentious move, the Republican-led Warren County Virginia Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 earlier this week to take control of…
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Homosexuality declared not a mental illness on Dec. 15, 1973
On December 15, 1973, at a time when society often still views gay people as deviants, the American Psychiatric Association reverses a century-old decision
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Washington lawmakers claim pizza party turns kids gay
A city council in central Washington cut funding for Pizza Klatch, a program for LGBTQ youth, after a councilman claimed the program indoctrinates…