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No, Pope Francis: LGBT kids should ‘stand up, be proud,’ says ex-Irish president’s gay son.

LGBT+ activists have rebuffed Pope Francis’ suggestion that gay children should be taken to see a psychiatrist as “ignorant” and “unacceptable.” The Pope had been to Ireland on a two-day trip in occasion of the Vatican-sponsored World Meeting of Families, which faced protests by…    

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Which is worse for the LGBT community, President Trump or President Pence?

“Impeachment” is the word on everyone’s lips this week, but that might not be an ideal situation for LGBTQ+ people. On Tuesday, two of President Trump’s closest advisors were charged with felony crimes. Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort was found guilty of eight counts of financial and tax fraud by…    

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Gay Utah GOP leader says too much sex drives LGBTQ people to suicide.

The new communications director for the Salt Lake County, Utah, Republican Party says high rates of suicide among LGBTQ people are driven partly by “self-loathing” caused by an excessive number of sex partners — and he’s gay himself. Dave Robinson made the claim, along with remarks about HIV prevention drugs causing gay men to have sex like “bunny rabbits,”…    

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Meet LifeSite News, one of the most anti-LGBTQ online outlets.

“Christian University Drops Morality Pledge After Top Court Said It Violated LGBT ‘Rights.’” “Irish Singer Who Voted for Gay ‘Marriage’ to Perform at Vatican’s World Meeting of Families.” “’Men Like Me Should Not Be Priests,’ Says Catholic With Same-Sex Attractions.” Those are some recent headlines on LifeSite News, a website that describes itself as…    

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Weekend Read: “You people who’ve got gay children, don’t mess up like I did”.

“Half-baked maggot.” “If he wants to be a female, make him a female. A good sharp knife will do the job really quick.” That’s what adults in Oklahoma had to say this week about a transgender middle schooler named Maddie who used the girls’ bathroom during her first week at Achille Public Schools. She is 12 years old.    

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Catholic Cardinal: ‘Homosexual culture’ is to blame for child rape.

A Catholic Cardinal has blamed sexual abuse scandals on a “homosexual culture” within the Church. US Cardinal Raymond Burke, who serves as Patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in Rome, added that homosexuality was a “tendency that is disordered” and needed to be “purified at the root.”    

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Is casting Jack Whitehall as a gay Disney character is an act of queer erasure?

Gay people can act straight convincingly, but the reverse is far trickier – just look at Dominic West dancing in the film Pride. News greets us this week of yet another triumphant milestone for LGBTQ+ rights, with the casting of Disney’s “first openly gay character” (tell that to Ursula from The Little Mermaid), in Jungle Cruise, a film…