Why LGBTQ+ Film Festivals Are Still Necessary

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        Why LGBTQ+ Film Festivals Are Still Necessary
     
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Assigned Media investigation finds that 96 percent of comments supporting a proposed anti-trans gun rule showed signs of being machine-generated.

Democrats Shevrin Jones, Elijah Manley and Kendrick Meek and Republican Keith Gross all have the chance to make history.

The pair met while playing a gay couple on Disney+'s High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.

The transgender actress and influencer made an unexpected appearance at a fundraising event for Summer of Sass, an organization that gives LGBTQ+ young adults the chance to live and work in the queer resort town.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to be told.

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A task force of team presidents and general managers will add the question of eligibility to their agenda.

Despite claiming to be a “pro-woman, pro-child” website, Reduxx went on to share more sensitive information about a minor.

Sen. Erik Bottcher says HIV prevention has been transformed since the AIDS crisis, making it time to replace a 1980s ban with modern public health regulations.

The settlement also requires the nation’s largest pediatric hospital to revoke doctors’ privileges and open the clinic by October.

The stories about the late Republican senator's sexuality may multiply after his death. None of them changes who he chose to be, writes John Casey

MAGA Republican Lauren Boebert's son Tyler Boebert, 20, was cited over the weekend for child abuse without injury.