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‘Ex-Gay’ Mormon announces separation from his wife and apologizes to the LGBT Community

An ‘ex-gay’ Mormon has announced that he is divorcing his wife. In 2012, Josh and Laurel Weed went viral when they revealed on the tenth anniversary of their wedding that

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If It’s Broke, Let God Fix It

Him: Hey, good morning! Me: Good morning buddy. Him: I know this might sound strange, but I really need to talk to you right now. Me: I’m listening. Go on.

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The Complexity of Human Sexuality

Human sexuality is a complex rainbow. If, like me, you were raised in Nigeria as an excessively religious person, but unlike me, you remain a religious fundamentalist jerk and homophobe

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A GAY MAN IS A MAN

So I was out with these guys. One of them was something I call a non-homophobic non ally. That is, he is not hateful towards the LGBT but is mostly

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WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?

I came into last year, 2017, with a renewed sense of self and a determination to no longer be apologetic with my sexuality. The reasoning that governed me was simple:

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How Rejecting Labels Is A Sign Of Internalized Homophobia

Originally published on intomore.com Stefano Gabbana has always been a PR car-crash; when he’s not busy downplaying sexual assault or denouncing gay adoption, the designer spends his time creating “mammy”

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Why Andy Cohen, Anderson Cooper and the Gold Star Gays aren’t a good thing

Originally published on quartzy.qz.com Everyone knows that Bravo TV’s Andy Cohen is gay. But it wasn’t until recently that we learned he’s a Gold Star Gay. Unfamiliar with the term?

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Egypt launches bid to ban atheism over fears it turns people gay

Egypt has announced a bid to ban atheism in the hopes that it will stop people from “turning” gay. The parliamentary commission on religion has said that plans to make

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“But Who Have I Hurt If I Were Gay?” Chude Jideonwo’s Must Read Equality Speech

A speech by Chude Jideonwo One of the tragedies of human progress is this constant tug between two stubborn binaries: progressive and conservative. People often camp in front of their

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Scientists may have discovered why boys with older brothers are more likely to be gay

Scientists may have discovered why the more older brothers a boy has, the likelier he is to be gay as an adult. Known as the “fraternal birth order effect”, numerous