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Gay tech billionaire Peter Thiel may (finally) dump Trump.

Billionaire Peter Thiel, the most famous Trump supporter in tech, is distancing himself from the president’s reelection campaign. Thiel fears President Donald Trump will lose the race, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Thiel soured on Trump after…

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The GOP wants to send this racist homophobe to Washington.

Mike Cargile, a GOP candidate running for California’s 35th U.S. House seat who has gotten endorsements from the state’s Republican Party, has a history of making racist and anti-LGBTQ posts on social media. Cargile also believes in the QAnon conspiracy…

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Evangelicals ask God to ‘protect children’ from Biden’s LGBT agenda.

An evangelical “hate group” run by a controversial international religious freedom commissioner is asking God to protect the “purity” of America’s children from Joe Biden’s pro-LGBT+ policies. The dog-whistle claim came in a daily prayer from Family Research Council (FRC)…

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Trump advisor admits: If you oppose LGBT rights, vote for Trump.

President Donald Trump’s newest campaign legal advisor, Jenna Ellis, is an anti-LGBTQ extremist with ties to a Christian hate group that targets queer people. A frequent cable news pundit, Ellis continued her shtick during an interview with religious-right radio host…

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Two NYers poised to become the first black gay men in Congress.

Ritchie Torres and Mondaire Jones are poised to become the first openly gay Black members of either house of Congress. Both won their Democratic primaries for the U.S. House of Representatives in heavily blue New York districts Tuesday, with Torres defeating…