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Anti-LGBTQ Activists Protest Pride Event In Serbia + More News

Thousands of religious and right-wing activists marched through Serbia’s capital on Sunday calling for authorities to ban a Gay Pride march planned for next weekend.
Far-right extremists in Serbia protest upcoming Pride event (screen capture)
Some news items you might have missed: • Reuters: Thousands of religious and right-wing activists protested on Sunday calling for authorities to ban a Pride event in Serbia planned for next weekend. Continue reading “Anti-LGBTQ Activists Protest Pride Event In Serbia + More News”

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First Look: Lea Michele In ‘Funny Girl’ + More News

First look at Lea Michele in FUNNY GIRL
First look at Lea Michele in FUNNY GIRL (screen capture)
Some news items you might have missed: • PEOPLE: On Friday, the Broadway production of Funny Girl shared behind-the-scenes footage of Lea Michele in rehearsals ahead of her return to the Great White Way on Sept. 6. Continue reading “First Look: Lea Michele In ‘Funny Girl’ + More News”

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Anti-LGBTQ Activist: Hunt Down LGBT People, ‘Put Them Into Isolation’

Anti-LGBTQ activist Ethan Schmidt (screen capture)
Anti-LGBTQ activist Ethan Schmidt-Crockett told his Twitter followers in a video this week: “We need to quarantine and isolate all the folks of the LGBT community. We need to find all of them. We need to hunt them down and put them into isolation camps for their own protection.” Continue reading “Anti-LGBTQ Activist: Hunt Down LGBT People, ‘Put Them Into Isolation’”

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Anti-LGBTQ Rhetoric Quadrupled In Month After Don’t Say Gay Bill

Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric surged in the month after Florida's Don't Say Gay bill passed.
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Online anti-LGBTQ rhetoric implying queer people are “groomers” or “pedophiles” or “predators” quadrupled the month following the passage of Florida’s Don’t Say Gay bill. Continue reading “Anti-LGBTQ Rhetoric Quadrupled In Month After Don’t Say Gay Bill”

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School Librarian Sues Anti-LGBTQ Activists For Defamation

A middle school librarian in Louisiana filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday after two men and a conservative organization falsely labeled her a pedophile who wants to teach 11-year-olds about anal sex.
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A middle school librarian in Louisiana filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday after two men and a conservative organization falsely labeled her a pedophile who wants to teach 11-year-olds about gay sex. Continue reading “School Librarian Sues Anti-LGBTQ Activists For Defamation”

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Man Gets 30 Months Prison For Threatening To Bomb LGBTQ Spaces

Robert Fehring, of Long Island, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for threatening to "kill, shoot, and bomb" gay rights activist and organizations.
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Robert Fehring, of Long Island, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for threatening to “kill, shoot, and bomb” gay rights activists and organizations. Prosecutors say over the course of 8 years, the 74-year-old sent 60 letters threatening violence towards the LGBTQ community. Continue reading “Man Gets 30 Months Prison For Threatening To Bomb LGBTQ Spaces”

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Proud Boys Disrupt ‘Rainbow Storytime’ At Public Library

Anti-LGBTQ hate group Proud Boys disrupted Rainbow Storytime event in South Bend
Proud Boys in South Bend (images via Twitter)
Shortly before a scheduled Rainbow Storytime program at the Tutt Branch of the St. Joseph County Public Library, men carrying a flag reading ‘Michiana Proud Boys’ entered the room where the event was to be held and demanded it be shut down. Continue reading “Proud Boys Disrupt ‘Rainbow Storytime’ At Public Library”