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Life
Out Olympian Matthew Mitcham tried to “train” himself to be straight
“There have been other Olympic gold medallists since, and my Olympic record will be broken one day, but no one will ever be able to take away the fact I was the first openly gay male Olympic champion.”
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News (World)
TikTok told its moderators to limit the reach of LGBTQ & disabled people’s videos
The social media giant says it wanted to protect these people from cyberbullying.
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LGBTQ History
Pride in Pictures 2014: Size matters in São Paulo
Millions make some Prides bigger than metros.
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News (World)
Most populous nation on earth adopts ‘all gender’ public toilets
The trans-friendly program was launched with the aim of expanding awareness of gender diversity and equality.
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News (World)
Beijing court orders ‘ex-gay’ electric shock therapy clinic to compensate gay man
A clinic has been ordered to comensate to a gay man who sued it for administering electric shocks intended to make him heterosexual, believed to be China’s first case involving conversion therapy.
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News (World)
Chinese contestant defies Beijing, enters ‘Mr. Gay World’ competition
A Chinese contestant will take part in the Mr. Gay World pageant to be held in Oslo this weekend despite Beijing’s attempts to prevent him doing so, an organizer has told AFP. Last month, Beijing police blocked China’s first gay pageant just one hour before the event was to begin, telling the organizers they did […]
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News (World)
Police shut down ‘Mr. Gay China’ pageant just one hour before event
Chinese police shut down the country’s first gay pageant Friday night, just one hour before the event was due to begin. From the Guardian: Participants hoped the contest would help challenge domestic stereotypes […]