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A gay man has shared a powerful post on Facebook after he suffered a homophobic attack in Iceland. Reykjavík resident Úlfar Viktor Björnsson was allegedly attacked by a man on Saturday night after he asked whether he was attracted to men. After allegedly receiving several blows to the face, Björnsson decided to share his experience on Facebook, serving a poignant reminder that even the least homophobic country in the world doesn’t mean that gay people don’t face discriminatory behaviour. “I have always...

A video advertising gay ‘cure’ therapy has racked up more than 1.5 million views on Facebook. US evangelical Christian group Anchored North posted the shocking video, which is misleadingly titled ‘Love is Love’ and features a rainbow flag thumbnail – only to call for gay people to repent their sexuality. The ad features the story of a woman who claims that she was cured of homosexuality because she turned to God. Gay ‘cure’ therapy has been disavowed by every reputable medical body...

Some users were angry when the reaction disappeared at the end of June. Facebook has brought back the rainbow flag reaction emoji – just in time for Pride events across the UK. To celebrate Pride Month in June, the social network allowed users to react to posts with a rainbow flag along with other reactions including Like, Love, and Wow. However, users were upset when Facebook removed the reaction at the end of June, especially as a lot of Pride events continue...

Because having the right to everything else isn't enough. Christians are demanding Facebook add a cross alongside the temporary Pride emoji. Though some people have been particularly happy about Facebook introducing a rainbow flag emoji in celebration of Pride month, others don’t. But for some Christians, they felt left out because they didn’t have an emoji of their own. Former television and radio evangelist Joshua Feuerstein shared a photo demanding there be a cross reaction emoji for those against the LGBTI community. Feuerstein has...

Administrators behind a fervidly religious Facebook page called “Warriors for Christ” apparently prefer learning things the hard way. How else to explain why they were so adamant about keeping the page free of rainbow emojis? In case any wafflers happened to miss the message, administrators went that extra mile and created a grisly meme: They received a disturbing 3.8K likes, but also quite a few dislikes — most in the form of, you guessed it, rainbow-bearing comments: Somehow, initiating the ban didn’t stop...

Now there's Like, Heart, Rainbow, Smile, Wow, Sad, and Anger. It's like the Care Bears. During any normal month, there are five reactions on Facebook: Like, Heart, Haha, Wow, Sad, and Angry. But in honor of Pride month, Facebook's rolling out a new one: a rainbow. The social media network announced in a post on Friday, "We believe in building a platform that supports all communities. So we’re celebrating love and diversity this Pride by giving you a special reaction." June is...

A farmer from Michigan is suing the city of East Lansing, Michigan after he was banned from selling produce in a farmer’s market because of a homophobic Facebook post. Stephen Tennes is a farmer on the outskirts of East Lansing and also rents his land out for weddings. His farm quickly became a popular location for the joyous celebrations, but in December the farmer announced that he would only permit heterosexual marriages on his premises. Writing on Facebook, Tennes said that he...

A gay guy still not out has taken to the internet to answer one of life’s most important questions – why does he receive a load of really gay targeted ads on Facebook. Saying he is careful to use the incognito mode on Google Chrome, Reddit user newyorkansun writes that nobody knows he is gay, so he can’t understand how Facebook does. He writes: “Alright, so. I’m not out yet. “However, Facebook for the past couple months has been sending me targeted...

The Benham Brothers are back and they’re really, really upset, you guys. After Gov. Pat McCrory lost the race for governor in North Carolina last month, state lawmakers have decided to repeal the hugely unpopular anti-LGBTQ law that they believe led to McCrory’s defeat. HB2 was passed during a special session back in March and voided all LGBTQ nondiscrimination ordinances across the entire state, thus making it legal to discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Now that the bill has been repealed,...

It’s like Chewbacca mask lady. But with a fan. And who doesn’t like to flip open a new fan, right? A video of a gay man opening up a delivery of a new fan is going viral on Facebook. Why? Because the man, Florida-resident Timothy David Marko II, is just so happy and excited about his new toy. Watch it on Facebook below to see what we mean (be warned: it contains some not-safe-for-work language) Following up the Wednesday posting, Marko has had over...

In an alarmist Facebook post that’s quickly gone viral, political activist Michael Moore has made his feelings plain regarding Donald Trump’s decision not to attend daily intelligence meetings. Here’s a lengthy chunk of his post, which you can read in its entirely below: Most would agree the #1 job of the leader of any country is to keep its people safe. There is no more important meeting every day for the President than the one where he learns what the day’s potential...

Halloween 2017 may be 337 days away, but a sensational Hocus Pocus inspired performance by a little boy named Alfie is going viral for all the rights reasons.A proud father shared his son’s pitch-perfect performance of Bette Midler’s “I Put A Spell On You” and even dressed as the iconic character Winifred Sanderson, complete with a red wig and costume. “I’ve stopped putting videos on Facebook of Alfie cos he didn’t want me to but he has asked me to put this one on....

Homosexuality is not illegal in Indonesia, but police plan to charge the men with breaking anti-pornography laws. An Indonesian gay couple has been arrested after a photo on Facebook of the men kissing sparked anger, police said Friday, in the latest move against the country's homosexual community. There has been a growing backlash against gay people in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country this year, with government ministers and religious leaders lining up to denounce them. The 22-year-old university student and 24-year-old...

‘I am 50 years old, gay, married, living in New York City in 2016 and still this sight, of two men or women holding hands in public, it brings me up short every single time’. Sometimes it’s the smallest gestures that can have the biggest impact. GSN, along with many others, was touched by this Facebook posting last week by New York city resident Peter Spears. Spears, an independent film producer who lives in midtown Manhattan, was taking the New York subway...