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Russia fines Meta and TikTok for refusing to remove LGBT content

Two of Russia’s top courts have fined TikTok and Facebook parent company Meta for so-called “LGBT+ propaganda”. The Magistrate Court of the Taganka district in Moscow fined Meta, which also owns Instagram, 4 million rubles (£42,900) for refusing to take down content…

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Exxon’s new ban on Pride flags triggers employee revolt

Exxon Mobil Corp. plans to prohibit the LGBTQ-rights flag from being flown on the corporate flagpole outside its offices during Pride month in June, prompting a furious backlash from Houston-based employees. Exxon updated company guidance on what flags can be…

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New worldwide map highlights LGBT-owned businesses

Charlie Sprinkman traveled to 42 of the 50 states for work as a representative of an organic beverage company in 2019 and kept Googling “queer hangouts here” when he would arrive in a new town. But he would often come up empty…

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Ron DeSantis is furious Disney challenged him on ‘Don’t Say Gay’

In an appearance on Fox & Friends on Friday morning, Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis continued his week-long diatribe against the Walt Disney Company for its opposition to the anti-LGBTQ+ ‘Parental Rights in Education bill’ the governor signed into law earlier…

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Concern when LGBT books were purged from Target.com

On March 25, word started to spread on Twitter that a multitude of LGBTQ books—many of them by debut authors—were inexplicably missing from Target’s website, despite a number of the titles having previously been listed for pre-order. Brian D. Kennedy…

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Seattle Pride dumps Amazon over anti-LGBT political donations

Amazon will not be a part of this year’s Seattle Pride, after the organization cut ties with the retailer over its donations to anti-LGBTQ+ politicians. Seattle Pride released a statement explaining that it would no longer be partnering with organizations…