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Internet service company blocks homophobic hate site

In a tweet Saturday afternoon, Matthew Prince, the CEO and co-founder of internet content delivery and security services company Cloudflare announced that his firm had blocked Kiwifarms. Kiwifarms is an American Internet forum dedicated to the inflammatory and often homophobic…

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Anti-LGBT hate is flourishing on Spanish-language media

Much like their English–language counterparts, right-wing voices in Spanish-language media are fixated on attacking the LGBTQ community, seizing any opportunity to spread hateful rhetoric against them. Right-wing commentators on Spanish-language radio and in online spaces have demonized Pride events…

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What is pinkwashing and how to fight it?

Come June of each year, corporations roll out the pink carpet for the LGBTQ community, emblazoning their boring corporate logos with rainbows and tweeting vaguely inspirational messages about pride. But in recent years, more discerning consumers have voiced their concerns…

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Twitter says calling LGBT people ‘groomers’ violates its rules

Twitter recently confirmed that harassing LGBTQ people with the baseless “groomer” slur violates its rules against hateful conduct and temporarily suspended “New Discourses” founder James Lindsay for using the slur. The move came after Reddit confirmed that baselessly targeting LGBTQ…

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GLAAD lashes out at social media platforms about LGBT user safety

GLAAD has released its second annual Social Media Safety Index, and it has found that major social media platforms remain lacking when it comes to safety for LGBTQ+ users. The organization evaluated five platforms — Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok…