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Yelp makes it easier to find and support LGBT-owned businesses

Yelp is celebrating Pride Month by making it easier for consumers to support LGBTQ-friendly businesses and find safe and welcoming spaces to enjoy June’s festivities. Starting today—a week before the official revelry kicks off—Yelp invites business owners to…

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TikTok pushes hate speech directed against LGBT people

Social video sharing app TikTok’s notorious algorithm has been caught circulating anti-LGBTQ+ content, adding to its long track record of homophobic actions. A new analysis from progressive media watchdog Media Matters is drawing attention to an uptick in anti-LGBTQ+ content…

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GLAAD: Top social media platforms unsafe for LGBT people

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube are all “categorically unsafe” for LGBT+ people, according to a damning new study from GLAAD. GLAAD had originally planned to give grades for each site as part of a new social media safety index…

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Anti-LGBT Christian news outlet finally booted from Facebook

The anti-LGBTQ website LifeSiteNews has been banned from Facebook because posts to the site consistently violated the social network’s COVID-19 disinformation policies. LifeSiteNews is a Christian “pro-life” website often described as “far right” and “ultraconservative,” and Snopes has reported the…

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Tiffany is selling men’s engagement rings for the first time

He said “yes.” Tiffany & Co. announced Friday the debut of its first-ever men’s engagement ring, as it looks to tap into a new market for its high-end jewelry amid a rise in same-sex marriages globally and gender-fluid fashion trends…