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Gay Mormon Comes Out to His Dad & It Goes Way Better Than Expected
Austin Swink came out to his Mormon father and his reaction was surprisingly sweet.
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What Do All The Different Pride Flags Stand For?
Each year, the rainbow flag is flown at Pride events all around a world to reflect the beauty and diversity of the LGBTQ+ community.
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Dessert? Recycling?? Hygiene??? Face masks???? Who knew?!?!? But because toxic masculinity and homophobia still plague the world to this day, this isn’t the only…
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“Dealing with trolls online – or in real life – is something that all of us in the LGBT community have had to deal…
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From the number of complaints I’m hearing of pandemic fatigue and the widespread resistance to simple precautionary measures such as wearing a mask at…
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For some people, coming to terms with your sexuality is a gradual process. It creeps up on you and it’s just there, a part…
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After a lifetime of discrimination, LGBTQ elders can find their age leads to another kind of bias. Society’s obsession with youth is hardly a…
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The #MuseumFromHome initiative has staff and curators taking to the web to talk about items in their collection or their areas of expertise –…
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As a young boy, Gamal Palmer — Senior Vice President of Leadership Development at the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles — would sit…
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Respect your elders, because unlike mine, they’ll live long, healthy lives. Not long ago, a gay 20-something told me that, as a 54-year-old unmarried…
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Homophobic relatives, bad presents, too many carbs – Christmas can be a minefield for the LGBTQ community. Here’s our ultimate survival guide to those…
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I left Christianity but still respect it. I was probably 12 years old when I realized my religion didn’t accept me. While I…
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