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UPDATED: The final 27 surviving lesbian bars in the US

Updated: November 2022 The number has grown to 27! Queer, and especially lesbian bars have been slowly disappearing since their high point in the late 1980s (when an estimated 200 lesbian bars existed in the country).  As of 2020 only…

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Hate speech dominates Twitter just hours under Elon Musk

Minutes after Elon Musk became Twitter’s official owner, the platform was filled with vile hate speech as users celebrated. The very first hours of Musk’s stewardship of the social media platform have been dominated by his supporters relishing their ability…

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Grindr’s new CEO has a troubling conservative past

Twitter is doing what human resources could not. Barely one month after hookup app Grindr announced that it would appoint gay businessman and investor George Arison as its new CEO, Twitter users have unearthed a tweet of Arison’s that, while…

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The new straight-only MAGA dating app is one big sausage fest

A conservative dating app founded by former Trump staff and right-wingers has been released and it looks like only the MAGA men are interested. The Right Stuff, which has been backed by Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel, promised right-wing romantics the…