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Carl Nassib’s Jersey Is a Top-Seller Since He Came Out

The NFL’s first-ever out active player has become the MVP of merch.  

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Falling in Love With a Woman Feels Different Than With a Man

Laura Brooke Robson, author of Girls at the Edge of the World, details her blossoming bisexuality and how it influenced her writing.

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British Vogue Tweets, Deletes Problematic RuPaul Post

It’s resurfaced an old Drag Race scandal.

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Homophobe Attacks Tourists in Miami: One Fights Back With a Knife

An 18-year-old from Alabama and his friends were on the beach when the suspect came up and hurled homophobic insults before physically attacking them. 

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Virginia School Board Meeting Erupts Over Trans Students’ Rights

A proposed policy would require staff to use the students’ preferred pronouns and allow them to use facilities that fit their gender identity. 

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Jo Bartosch on why intersex people are fed up with their medical conditions being repurposed as a transgender identity

Fascists can be easily spotted; they tend to have an unhealthy obsession with flags and a penchant for colonising terrain to which they have no claim. This is perfectly illustrated by this year’s ‘progress pride’ flag, to which has been added a purple circle on a yellow background apparently to signal intersex inclusion. Underlying the …

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Royal Academy apologises to textile artist Jess De Wahls and starts talks about restocking her artwork in their gift shop

The Royal Academy of Arts has today apologised to artist Jess De Wahls and said it will reopen discussions with her about restocking her artwork in their shop. The RA which has received huge press and social media criticism for its decision to ban De Wahls’ textile creations from its gift shop said “We had …

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Julie Bindel on political lesbianism: “When lesbians are bullied into believing that our sexuality is written in the genes it results in a distinct lack of pride.”

My favourite scene in the 2014 film Pride is lesbians singing, to the tune of Solidarity Forever, ‘Every woman is a lesbian at heart/Every woman is a lesbian at heart/Every woman is a lesbian at heart…’ Reggie, a gay male character looks aghast: ‘You can’t possibly say that every woman is a lesbian.’ The women …

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Rob Tennent Captures Erotic Beauty in New Zealand

Sunday at Stonewall Park With Monet and Miss Simone