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Can LGBT bars survive the pandemic?

“The real truth of the matter is that I’ve been over my head for a while,” says Matthew Heath-Fitzgerald, co-owner Fat Mary’s in McAlester, Oklahoma. Situated in a town of around 18,000, Fat Mary’s is the lone gay bar serving the…

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Facebook pulls lesbian wedding ad because it’s a ‘social issue.’

Facebook has rejected an advert that celebrated a same-sex wedding during the first-ever Lesbian Visibility Week because of rules around “social issues, elections or politics”. The advert was posted by the Peter Tatchell Foundation, a human-rights charity, and celebrated unconventional…

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Condom factories are ‘essential’ during global condom shortage.

Condom factory employees are being sent back to work after manufacturing facilities were shut down worldwide in an effort to stop the rapidly spreading coronavirus. Now, with a global condom shortage looming, authorities are being forced to confront a potential…

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HRC: The economic and health effects of COVID-19 on LGBTs.

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) published a research brief on Friday (March 20) detailing the health and economic risks raced by the LGBTQ community during the COVID-19 outbreak. According to the brief, LGBTQ people are more likely to work in…

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40 businesses signed a letter to oppose LGBT discrimination.

With states still threatening to pass legislation aimed at restricting access to transition-related care for transgender youth, LGBTQ advocacy groups and major U.S. businesses are warning the enactment of such measures could have dire economic consequences…