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Capital Pride in DC was disrupted multiple times yesterday by protestors from a group called “No Justice No Pride.” https://twitter.com/GetEQUAL/status/873669034931359745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lgbtqnation.com%2F2017%2F06%2Fprotestors-blocked-dcs-pride-parade-rerouted%2F The group’s Facebook page says that they were protesting the corporate presence at pride, the lack of minority representation in Capital Pride’s board, and the participation of weapons dealers and the police in the parade. They demand: Unseat and Replace Capital Pride Board with members from historically marginalized communities, Shift power around LGBTQ+ rights from D.C.’s elite to historically marginalized communities, and...

Are some videos about gender and sexuality being unfairly hidden by "family-friendly" content filters? Does YouTube now consider LGBT-themed videos inappropriate for kids? YouTube content creators have become increasingly aware in recent days that some videos tackling LGBT issues are being inexplicably censored when users switch on YouTube’s Restricted Mode, an optional filter used to block “potentially objectionable content,” even when those videos are child-friendly, Gizmodo reports. Rowan Ellis, who creates videos from a “feminist and queer perspective,” has posted a new...

Pornhub and YouPorn, the biggest adult websites in the world, have been blocked in Russia. Russian state watchdog Roskomnadzor, a state agency in charge of monitoring the internet and blocking sites that the government doesn’t want to be used, blocked access to the site on Tuesday. An offical Pornhub twitter account responded to the news by tempting the agency with a premium account. “If we gave you a guys Pornhub Premium account, will you un ban Pornhub in Russia?” they tweeted. https://twitter.com/Pornhub/status/776192618166452224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/roscomnadzor/status/776321994501545984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw This isn’t...