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Is there really such a thing as a gay global culture?

Is there really such a thing as a global culture? Consider gay rights. Last Thursday the Indian Supreme Court decriminalized homosexuality. Last April a court in Trinidad and Tobago found colonial-era laws banning gay sex to be unconstitutional. And late last year…    

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The epidemic of gay loneliness.

Dear Dan: I’m a 40-something gay male. I’m single and cannot get a date or even a hookup. I’m short, overweight, average-looking and bald. I see others, gay and straight, having long-term relationships…    

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Do the Kavanaugh hearings show he is against gay marriage?

Today, HRC responded to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s repeated refusal to answer basic questions from Senator Kamala Harris on whether the landmark Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges, legalizing marriage equality throughout the United States, was decided correctly.    

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Lesbian Senator talks LGBTQ representation under Trump.

As the midterm elections approach in November and the country grapples with the political status quo, Sen. Tammy Baldwin has been regularly repeating her motto: “You can’t mistake progress for victory.” The Wisconsin Democrat, who broke glass ceilings twice to become the first openly gay member…    

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Pastor tells parents to shun their gay children.

Nothing says “love of Christ” like shunning people and bigotry according to Assemblies of God pastor Janet Boynes. The “ex-lesbian” has published an article on the Christian website Charisma News urging the faithful to…    

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Small daily struggles make LGBT people feel like they have to hide.

A summer of Pride is well and truly underway in the UK. More and more cities are organising and embracing Pride events, with all the rainbow flags, glitter and defiant political messages that entails, writes Christine Jackson-Taylor. But more than 50 years after homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK, LGBT people still do not feel that they can totally be themselves.