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LGBT people in ads, media makes viewers more accepting.

Seeing LGBTQ+ people in ads, television shows, and films leads to greater acceptance. A new study from GLAAD and Procter & Gamble, “LGBTQ Inclusion in Advertising and Media,” found that straight cisgender people who had been exposed to LGBTQ+ people in…

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COVID-19 leads to closure of the Stud, SF’s oldest LGBT bar.

The Stud, San Francisco’s oldest continuously-operating LGBT club, will be closing its doors permanently, according to a news release from Honey Mahogany, a co-owner of the South of Market establishment. A news release sent the evening of May 20 states that…

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Hershey’s CEO publicly smacked down an anti-LGBT activist.

During last week’s virtual annual shareholder meeting of the Hershey Company, the food products conglomerate best known for its chocolate, an anti-LGBTQ activist asked the company’s CEO whether she would stop the company’s funding of the Human Rights Campaign…

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Zoom take steps to stop homophobes from ‘zoombombing.’

Zoom will soon be introducing to security measures to prevent homophobes and racists from “zoombombing” video calls. Zoombombing, joining a Zoom meeting uninvited as a form of trolling, is becoming a fast-growing trend as many people turn to video calls…

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Netflix & Amazon join forces to clap back at LGBT bigots.

An anti-gay meme circulating on Twitter has Netflix and Amazon Prime joining forces to clap back at homophobes. The popular meme showed Patrick from the cartoon Spongebob Squarepants trying to shove a pumpkin down a funnel into Spongebob’s throat…

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Restaurant is using drag queens to deliver food to customers.

The Michigan City, Indiana restaurant Fiddleheads is now offering Dragside Pickup. Customers can order online or telephone and when they arrive to pick it up, a drag queen will bring it to their car. Owner Aaron O’Reilly, a gay man…