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Is this really the gayest place in the US?

Washington D.C. has the highest LGBTQ population percentage in the United States, according to a new study from Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law. The study analyzed the population data of all 50 states and the District of Columbia…

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Pastor: Break up with girlfriend because she is pro-gay.

Are you in a great relationship and thinking of marrying the one you’re dating? Well, before you get ready to walk down the aisle, make sure of your beloved’s marriage beliefs, says one pastor. John Piper, the founder and teacher…

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What’s behind Utah’s proposed conversion therapy ban?

GOP lawmakers in Utah have unveiled a bill meant to protect LGBTQ kids from “conversion therapy” ― a dangerous and discredited practice that attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Republican state Reps. Craig Hall and Dan McCay introduced…

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The year the Oscars finally got gay right.

A record of seven out of 20 nominated roles are for LGBTQ characters in 2019 — and there’s not a tortured coming-out story, dreary AIDS death or noble martyrdom among them. Here is the stat: 4.5 percent of Americans prefer same-sex partners…

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Does the LGBT community need an 8 color flag?

“This eight-stripe flag is not a replacement for the six-stripe flag. It is a way to symbolise, to highlight, and to stand in solidarity with these other identities.” When the Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office for LGBT Affairs in…

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Four in five Vatican priests are gay, book claims.

Some of the most senior clerics in the Roman Catholic church who have vociferously attacked homosexuality are themselves gay, according to a book to be published next week. Eighty per cent of priests working at the Vatican are gay, although…

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The HRC is doing nothing…again. (Opinion)

The Human Rights Campaign must learn to actually do something other than issue press releases announcing its positions on various federal judicial nominations. The group needs to do what this community used to do: Take action. Or, at the very…