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Tennessee Urged to Ignore Marriage Equality Ruling

An anti-LGBTQ clerk is urging Tennessee clerks to disregard the Supreme Court ruling for marriage equality. Clerks in Tennessee have been operating under the assumption...
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Police In North Carolina Refuse To Enforce Transphobic Legislation

The North Carolina Police Force has announced that they will not be enforcing the recently passed Anti-LGBTI legislation known as HB 2. The transphobic bathroom...
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Michael Hill exploring gay love in their Super Bowl commercial

New Zealand jewellery chain Michael Hill has made a splash into the international market with their latest television commercial "What would you do for...
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Study Shows Growing Homophobia And Intolerance In Germany

  A new study has shown a worrying trend of homophobia and intolerance in Germany, with four out of ten Germans being "disgusted" by the sight...

First Openly Gay Man to Moderate Presidential Debate

Openly gay CNN anchor, and outspoken Trump critic, Anderson Cooper has been selected to be among the journalists to moderate one of three upcoming...
Keegan Hirst

More Sportsman Waiting to Come-Out: British League Star Keegan Hirst

Rugby League Star Keegan Hirst, who made history by becoming the first openly gay professional British Rugby League player has revealed that he knows...
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Algerian Authorities Attempt To Shutdown Use Of Pride Flag

Algerian authorities are attempting to stop individuals from using the pride flag by distributing pamphlets and homophobic rhetoric to members of the public in...
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Malaysian Newspaper Sued For Implying Politician Is Pro-LGBTI

Malaysian newspaper Utusan Melayu has been ordered to pay RM200,000 (approximately $47,048 USD) for defamation after it was implied that a former opposition leader was a gay...
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New York City to Host WorldPride 2019

New York City has been announced as the host of WorldPride 2019 in conjunction with Stonewall 50, the official commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising. The theme...
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Apple’s Tim Cook and Actress Ellen Page Honoured by US Human...

Actress Ellen Page and Apple CEO Tim Cook has both been honoured at the US Human Rights Campaign(HRC), National Dinner in Washington DC. The Freeheld actress gave...

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