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This Viral Tweet Shows it’s Actually Straight People Who Force Their Sexuality on Kids

Straight people, apparently (Pexels and ItsAlexJackson/twitter) A tweet highlighting how straight people sexualise small children has gone viral. A common accusation aimed at people who try to educate children about LGBT+ issues, or at least let them be their true, potentially queer selves, is that they are ‘sexualising’ kids. In July, Doug Mainwaring, a writer for LifeSiteNews, wrote on the site that June — which is celebrated as Pride Month around the world — should be called ‘Let’s Sexualise Children Month.’But, of course, in this heteronormative society we live in, it’s actually straight people who are more commonly guilty of […]

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The Hidden LGBTI Community of Brunei

‘I’m extremely scared,’ says Khairul, a young gay man from Brunei. ‘Khairul’ (not his real name) would only speak to GSN under the condition of anonymity out of fear of persecution in his home country. ‘Being gay in Brunei is something which means keeping it to ourselves and trying not to be open about it. There’s an invisible pressure which keeps us hidden,’ he says. ‘It really scares me to think that if they find evidence that proves I’m gay or conspiring against Sharia Law [by virtue of being] LGBT, then I’m scared that they might actually take action, and have […]

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Philadelphia Catholic Archbishop: ‘There’s No Such Thing as LGBTQ’

Philadelphia-based Catholic Archbishop Charles Chaput, who once said sexually active gays cannot take communion, now denies the existence of LGBTI people at all. Archbishop Chaput claims that church documents should refrain from using the term ‘LGBTQ’ in any official documents. He also blamed the church’s sexual abuse crisis on liberal beliefs about sexuality. ‘There is no such thing as an “LGBTQ Catholic” or a “transgender Catholic” or a “heterosexual Catholic,” as if our sexual appetites defined who we are; as if these designations described discrete communities of differing but equal integrity within the real ecclesial community, the body of Jesus […]

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New Jersey Schools Can Keep Trans Students’ Secret from Parents, According to State

According to the state of New Jersey, educators can keep students’ transgender identities secret from their families. This new protection comes just months after the state passed three bills giving trans residents of Jersey more rights. LGBTI advocates are celebrating New Jersey’s recent guidance. They say it’s putting the state among national leaders for protecting trans students from unaccepting families. Still, some parent and family groups argue that schools shouldn’t be keeping such significant secrets from families. ‘We always have believed that any discussion that affects our students should be an all-inclusive discussion,’ Rose Acerra, president of the New Jersey […]

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Facebook Blocked a Bunch of LGBTI-themed Ads for Being ‘Political’

Facebook has blocked ads containing LGBTI material for being ‘political’. Adverts for everything from a gay fairy tale cabaret in Las Vegas to a Spanish-language social group for Latino men were deemed political by the social media site’s monitors. This is despite none of them containing any form of advocacy or political views, according to The Washington Post. This comes as Facebook tries to regulate the use of its site for political means after Russian-state actors were accused of using adverts to sway the 2016 US election and the UK Brexit vote. The site uses both automated and human monitors […]

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New York City introduces Gender-neutral birth Certificates

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signs the bill into law surrounded by members of the LGBTI community (Photo: Twitter) 10 October 2018 New York City residents will be able to opt for the gender-neutral marker ‘X’ on birth certificates from 2019. They can also change gender without a doctor’s affidavit. Mayor Bill de Blasio signed the bill into a law on Tuesday (9 October) accompanied by transgender and non-binary New Yorkers. The city becomes the fifth place in the US to offer such birth certificates. California, Oregon, Washington state and New Jersey previously introduced bills. Significantly, residents can […]

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National Coming Out Day: 37 Celebrities Who’ve Come Out this Year

Janelle Monáe, Kevin McHale and Amandla Stenberg (Vivien Killilea/Getty, Leon Bennett/Getty and Paras Griffin/Getty) Since the last National Coming Out Day, dozens of celebrities have stopped, taken a deep breath and revealed to the world that they’re gay, bisexual, lesbian, transgender, queer, non-binary, pansexual — and even in one controversial case, two spirit. From singers and political figures to sports stars and Hollywood’s brightest, the past 12 months have shown, in case anyone needed reminding, that anyone can be LGBT+. As we look ahead to National Coming Out Day on Thursday (October 11), let’s celebrate the icons who put their heads […]

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Mexican Gay Men’s Chorus members detained by home security in Texas

Home security detained members of the Mexican Gay Men’s Chorus in Texas. The Coro Gay Ciudad de México traveled through customs at William P Hobby Airport in Houston. The group were traveling to Los Angeles for a joined concert with the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles. Members were forcibly detained on Sunday morning (7 October). Officers claim the reason why is because Homeland Security discovered sheet music in their luggage. University professor Jorge Gutierrez was also pulled aside. Gutierrez was asked to verify he was not the same Jorge Gutierrez suspected of stealing a truck, according to the LA […]

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Virgin Launches First Fully LGBT-staffed Flight in the World

Titus Burgess will host the Proud Flight (Virgin Atlantic) The world’s first known flight fully staffed by LGBT+ people is due for take off from London Heathrow Airport in June 2019. The LGBT+ pilots and cabin crew will head the one-off ‘Pride Flight’ to New York, which is the first American city to host the World Pride event next year, on June 28—the day marking 50 years since the beginning of the Stonewall riots. Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Holidays teamed up with NYC & Company, New York City’s official marketing, tourism and partnership organisation, to bring the Pride celebrations to 38,000 feet above the ground. Broadway […]

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Romanian Ruling Party To Introduce Civil Unions Bill After Hate Groups Fail With Marriage Ban Referendum

Reuters reports: Romania’s ruling party aims to introduce legislation to legalise civil unions for same-sex couples, the state news agency quoted a cabinet minister as saying, after a referendum to curb such rights failed to draw enough voters to be valid. Sunday’s referendum to change Romania’s constitution to prevent same sex couples from securing the right to marry was seen as a key popularity test for the ruling Social Democrats (PSD), whose attempts to weaken anti-corruption legislation have been condemned by the European Commission. But the referendum backfired as turnout was only 21 percent, below the minimum 30 percent required […]

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