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Politics
Marco Rubio once told Christians to be more tolerant. Now he’s invoking Sodom and Gomorrah.
Rubio never really believed his own message of tolerance, but he’s gleefully abandoned any vestige of it in defending Florida’s Don’t Say Gay measure.
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News (USA)
74-year-old man pleads guilty to repeatedly threatening to bomb LGBTQ events
Robert Fehring once threatened violence so immense it would make the Pulse Nightclub massacre “look like a cakewalk.”
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News (USA)
Federal court rules social media can’t be held liable for radicalizing Pulse shooter
Survivors wanted Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube held accountable for “aiding and abetting” Pulse shooter Omar Mateen, who swore allegiance to the terrorist group ISIS before his death.
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Politics
President Biden appoints Jessica Stern as the Special Envoy for LGBTQ Rights
The appointment of a Special Envoy for LGBTQ rights fills a position started in the Obama administration and left unfilled during most of the Trump administration.
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Commentary
Five years have passed since the Pulse shooting. Change didn’t come.
The massacre of 49 people in Orlando five years ago was enough for the UN to condemn homophobia. Today, it’s not even considered a hate crime by the government and media.
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LGBTQ History
Take a moment to remember these out LGBTQ veterans you may not know
We recognize these seven veterans from the American Revolution to the present who, while not having lost their lives in military action, sacrificed themselves in other ways.
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Bias Watch
Miami drag club is getting death threats after QAnon congresswoman says they sexually abuse kids
Angela Stanton-King told thousands online that the club had put “children in a [expletive] drag show.” Marjorie Taylor Greene and other anti-trans activists began piling on too, saying they should “end up like Pulse.”
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News (USA)
Ricky Martin becomes the spokesperson for onePULSE Foundation & he’s raising awareness right away
Ricky Martin would love for you to help him out-love hate this Valentine’s Day weekend.
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News (USA)
Johnson & Johnson pledges to pay repair costs for Pulse memorial defaced by white supremacists
The company’s Care With Pride initiative will pay $5,000 to repaint the LGBT+ Center Orlando’s mural.
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News (USA)
Pulse memorial vandalized by white supremacists
The LGBTQ center’s phone lines were cut as well.