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Openly gay black bishop ordained by Missouri Episcopalians.

The Rt. Rev. Deon Kevin Johnson has become the 11th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri, making him the first openly gay Black man to hold the post in the diocese’s 179-year history. Johnson was ordained and consecrated Saturday…

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Preacher speaks out against gay rights and then…wait for it.

2020’s Pride Month has been hampered by the importance of protecting people from Covid-19, but that doesn’t mean the issues surrounding LGBTQ+ rights can’t take centre stage. This clip from 2012 is a powerful watch that has gone viral all over…

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Church bigots: Flying a rainbow flag the same as crucifying Jesus.

A Catholic school board has scrapped plans to fly a Pride flag after a concerted campaign from anti-LGBT+ activists who compared it to crucifying Jesus. Waterloo Catholic District School Board in Ontario, Canada, buckled under pressure from ultra-conservative activists over…

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Lou Sheldon, anti-gay bigot and Christian group founder is dead.

Reverend Lou Sheldon, founder of the Traditional Values Coalition (TVC), a conservative Christian anti-LGBTQ hate group that lasted from 1984 to 2018, died this week at age 85. Good riddance. His cause of death hasn’t been revealed. Sheldon served as the California executive director of…

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IKEA manager could face jail after firing homophobic employee.

A human resources manager at a Polish branch of IKEA could face jail after he was charged with religious discrimination. The manager had fired an employee, known only as Tomasz K., who posted homophobic Bible verses on the staff’s intranet…

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“Ex-lesbian” is “thanking God” that COVID canceled Pride.

“Ex-lesbian” Rosaria Butterfield is calling on Christians to thank God for coronavirus. Butterfield is the wife of First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Durham, North Carolina pastor Kent Butterfield, and she has written a biography about how she used to be…