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Instagram and Facebook Ban Promotion of Conversion Therapy

Facebook and Instagram have banned all posts that promote the dangerous and debunked practice of conversion therapy, reported CNN. On Thursday (July 9), a spokesperson for Facebook confirmed the company’s ha...

8 out of 10 Gen Z Trans People Are Only Out Online, Study from Tinder Finds

A large majority of Gen Z transgender people are only out online, according to a report conducted by Tinder. A year after the dating app’s decision to introduce its orientation feature, which allows users to...

Reddit Removes Subreddits Spreading Hate Speech, Including TERF and Pro-Trump Communities

In a move to curtail hate speech on the platform, Reddit has shut down upwards of 2,000 subreddits that have a history of hate speech. The company introduced their newly revised content policy on Monday (Jun...

Virtual Pride Comes to Animal Crossing: New Horizons

As part of Global Pride, LGBTQ Pride is coming to one of today’s most popular games, Animal Crossing, in the form of a rainbow island, reported Forbes. Creative agency We Are Social is bringing the virtual P...

Covid-Related Business Innovations

The Cheapest Ventilator Ever Made The “Vermontilator” is likely the simplest, and cheapest, ventilator ever made for mass production, costing only “a few hundred dollars per unit in parts and materials” acco...

Netflix Defends LGBTQ Representation in Response to Controversial Tweet

Netflix defended its LGBTQ inclusion on social media in response to a controversial meme posted about “unnecessary gay characters.” One Twitter user posted a meme showing Netflix shoving “an unnecessary gay ...

Technology’s Reshaping of Normalcy

My psychotherapist followed up on my assessment results through a Zoom meeting. This appointment was my third one using a video chat since the city shut down. My doctor thanked me, hoping that this wouldn’t be ...

New Text Service Sends Trans and Non-binary People Validation During Coronavirus Lockdown

Transgender and non-binary people experiencing loneliness and isolation during the coronavirus pandemic can register for a new free text service that sends daily text validations. The service, called Validat...

HRC Releases Pride-themed Zoom Backgrounds

The Human Rights Campaign has released a collection of LGBTQ-themed Zoom backgrounds to bring some pride to your video conferences. Zoom is a video conferencing app that many who have been forced to work fro...

Dating App #Open Offers Free Virtual Sex-ed Class to Help Ease the ‘Self-isolation’ Blues

While self-isolation and staying “safer at home” are undoubtedly the right thing to do for the overall health and well-being of ourselves and the larger community, they aren’t necessarily great for our sex live...

Dating App Encourages Users to Make ‘Virtual’ Connections

A dating app is telling its users that “now is not the time” for meeting up in person and encouraging them to use their platform to explore virtual relationships instead. A relative newcomer among the array ...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

LGBTQ and Civil Rights Advocates Criticize Passage of Georgia Police Protection Bill

Dragging Out the Vote in 2020

Black LGBTQ Americans Are Disproportionately Financially Affected by COVID-19, Report Finds

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

New Documentary Follows Life of Gay Disney Songwriter Howard Ashman

‘The Ellen DeGeneres’ Show Under Investigation Over Claims of a Toxic Work Environment

LGBTQ Shows and Characters Pick Up Emmy Nominations

Instagram and Facebook Ban Promotion of Conversion Therapy

8 out of 10 Gen Z Trans People Are Only Out Online, Study from Tinder Finds

Reddit Removes Subreddits Spreading Hate Speech, Including TERF and Pro-Trump Communities

Covid-Related Business Innovations

Netflix Defends LGBTQ Representation in Response to Controversial Tweet

Technology’s Reshaping of Normalcy

New Text Service Sends Trans and Non-binary People Validation During Coronavirus Lockdown

HRC Releases Pride-themed Zoom Backgrounds

Dating App #Open Offers Free Virtual Sex-ed Class to Help Ease the ‘Self-isolation’ Blues

New Documentary Follows Life of Gay Disney Songwriter Howard Ashman

LGBTQ and Civil Rights Advocates Criticize Passage of Georgia Police Protection Bill

Dragging Out the Vote in 2020

Black LGBTQ Americans Are Disproportionately Financially Affected by COVID-19, Report Finds

Trump Staffer Terminated from USAID Upon Anti-LGBTQ Twitter Tirade

Savannah City Council Unanimously Passes Non-discrimination Protections for LGBTQ People

Creep of the Week: Mike Pompeo

4 in 10 Black LGBTQ Men Experience Police Discrimination, Study Finds

LGBTQ Atlanta City Councilman Antonio Brown Indicted for Fraud

New Study Reveals HIV Misinformation and Stigma Common Among Americans