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Southern Poverty Law Center Reports Sharp Rise in Hate Crimes Since Election Day

The organization promoting social justice has received over 400 reports of harassment and intimidation since the election.

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The UpStairs Lounge in New Orleans, known for its deadly blaze, first opened its doors on Halloween 55 years ago.

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This Russian gay couple deserves U.S. refuge, not persecution

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Filipp and Danil, a married gay couple, were split apart while seeking asylum in the U.S.

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Filipp and Danil fled Russia together, hand in hand. They escaped the same police who raided queer gatherings, the same mobs who outed and hunted gay men for sport. They thought America would mean safety — the kind of safety you build a future around. Instead, the United States split them apart. Keep Reading →

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Tristan Schukraft pens an oped for National PrEP Day.

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October 10 marks the first National PrEP Day, a holiday I created to celebrate something simple and powerful: Prevention works when people can access it. We have the science, the medicine, and the technology to end all new HIV transmissions in the United States. Keep Reading →

​The 'dark days' return: Over 200 arrested at NYC gay cruising site

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A gay elected official is sounding the alarm that a string of arrests at a New York City cruising site revives "the dark days" of queer entrapment. Keep Reading →

Go Ask Alex: I hate hot gay men. No one notices me! What do I do?

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A reader seeks out advice for overcoming jealousy of hot gay men.

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I'm gay, and recently I've started to feel very resentful or hateful towards other guys, the better-looking ones. I'm a bear in the community, probably not very attractive. They seem to have such an easy time getting dates or sex. My choices are slim unless I go to the city (I live in a small town). Even then, I don't get much notice. Keep Reading →
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