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Antigay fans taunt LGBTQ Olympians with cruel chants
Team USA’s openly lesbian coach and players received a rude welcome from fans in Rio.
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Let the games begin… with a kiss!
These two torch bearers lit a fire on the road to the Olympics as they shared a kiss, now seen ’round the world.
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Transgender model Lea T leads Team Brazil in Rio Olympics ceremony
It was an especially significant moment for Brazil, which faces some of the highest reported violence against transgender people of any country in the world.
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She’s got gay: WNBA’s MVP comes out, reveals she’s engaged at Olympics
Although social media often features her fiancée, Elena Delle Donne has only now revealed she is gay and engaged.
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Two straight Brazilian actors make out — to stick it to “macho card-carriers”
Two of Brazil’s most famous actors — who both identify as straight — shared a long kiss on stage at the Brazilian GQ Men of the Year Awards.
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Rio de Janeiro prisons seek to protect transgender inmates
Brazil’s penitentiaries are notorious for rampant overcrowding and violence endured by all inmates. But advocates say few prisoners are as vulnerable as transgender people.
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Behind Brazil’s gay pride parades, a struggle with homophobic violence
“I was walking to the elevator when he came up behind me. ‘This’ll teach you to never look at a real man again. Now you’re going to die, faggot!’ he screamed, before stabbing me in the neck.”
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Brazil’s largest city to pay transgender youth to finish school
The program being offered by Sao Paulo’s Municipal Human Rights and Citizenship Secretariat is intended to help transgender youth from having to turn to prostitution to support themselves.
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Rio de Janeiro celebrates gay pride, calls for end to homophobia
RIO DE JANEIRO — Gay rights activists are using Rio de Janeiro’s annual gay pride parade to demand laws against discrimination based on sexual orientation. Thousands of people paraded down Copacabana’s main coastal boulevard with rainbow flags and thematic floats, many dressed in carnival costumes or wearing t-shirts saying “Fight Against Homophobia.”
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Brazil presidential candidate: Gays should seek psychological help far away
SAO PAULO — A minor character in Brazil’s presidential race is on the spot after saying the country needs to stand up against gay people who should seek psychological help far away from the population. Candidate Levy Fidelix has the support of less than 1 percent of potential voters, but his remarks drew the ire of tens of thousands …