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Speaking of Anderson Cooper’s Shade-Throwing…

This one’s a bit way back. The typically well-tempered Anderson Cooper couldn’t let a snide remark from homophobic pundit Damian Goddard slip through the Twitter cracks, and just had to

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‘We Follow a Jesus I Do Not Recognize.’ Rev. Colin Coward in a Facebook Rant

The Rev. Colin Coward, MBE, director of Changing Attitude England, recently wrote on Facebook about his displeasure with homophobia in Africa and the distortion of Christianity by those who are

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Lesbian Couple Shocked To Discover Their Address Changed To “Faggots Live Here” On Google Maps

We don’t know where we’d be without Google maps, and we don’t mean figuratively. We’d still be lost out in the Mojave desert, gas tank creeping perilously low. And while

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English hockey team strip naked in fight against homophobia

Seventeen members of the University of Nottingham hockey team stripped naked to fight homophobia in sports. The team was filmed playing hockey naked, and then talking about discrimination against gays

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Gay Pro Wrestler Darren Young Wishes He’d Come Out Sooner

It’s been one year since Darren Young became the first openly gay wrestler in the WWE, and he’s penned a sweet little reflection on the past year. “Looking back on

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The Reason Uti Nwachukwu won’t Get Married Until He’s Forty

Recently, while having fun with the housemates in the ongoing Big Brother Africa Hotspot game, media personality, Uti Nwachukwu stated that marriage is not for everybody. The conversation started with

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Gay Law Student Puts Ex-gay Therapist In His Place

This, you guys have to read. Stories don’t usually start with, “Harvard University outed me.” This one does. When Scott Blair took the LSATs and checked a box on his Harvard application

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Ryan Gosling reportedly turned down the Sexiest Man Alive award

Ryan Gosling reportedly turned down the ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ award. The annual honour, given by People magazine was won this year by Thor star, Chris Hemsworth. The winner is required

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Jason Collins Plans To Retire, Says There Are Closeted Players In Every Sport

It has been 18 exhilarating months since I came out in Sports Illustrated as the first openly gay man in one of the four major professional team sports. And it

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Chris Hemsworth crowned People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive of 2014

So it wasn’t Neil Patrick Harris after all. Oh no, it’s the dude who smites bad guys as a hammer-wielding Norse god in The Avengers. Chris Hemsworth will also get