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Gay couple defiantly kisses on camera in historic first. The video has gone viral.
Two men photobombed a reporter from a country where homosexuality is illegal and looked defiantly at the camera.
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Samsung pulls ad with drag queen after conservatives erupt in outrage
A drag-performing son tells his mother in the ad, “You are just unbothered having people looking or judging you differently.” That was “insensitive and offensive to some,” Samsung said.
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Life
Reuters’ Gina Chua is hoping to stage a future where trans people flourish in media
Reuters’ new executive editor, a trans woman of color, speaks on objectivity, humanity, and normalcy.
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Life
Video game removed multiple storylines for queer characters to avoid FOX News criticism
Mass Effect was already a progressive video game for its time in terms of LGBTQ characters. But execs nixed further representation for “a more traditional kind of vector” due to FOX News.
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Singapore’s Supreme Court says ban on homosexuality is necessary
Male homosexuality is punishable with up to two years of prison, which the court said reflects “public sentiment and beliefs.”
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Censors cut Star Wars’ historic lesbian kiss from foreign release
People in anti-gay countries across the Middle East and Asia will never see the film’s groundbreaking same-sex smooch.
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TED Talks organizer censors gay speaker who wanted to discuss coming out
“To hide my struggles and sacrifices is to be ashamed of them,” the censored speaker said.
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Security guards confiscate rainbow flags from fans at a gay musician’s concert
Out gay Australian singer Troye Sivan was discussing his coming out onstage when security told fans they couldn’t hold up their flags.
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Record fundraising for Singapore pride as foreigners are banned
The government banned foreigners from pride, which forced organizers to fundraise locally.