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Langer’s Deli, a 72-year-old delicatessen in Los Angeles’ Westlake neighborhood, allegedly ejecting a lesbian couple earlier this month for kissing during the city’s Pride weekend celebration. The restaurant has since said that it forbids kissing of any sort, but the ejected lesbians think the restaurant targeted them for being a same-sex couple. In a statement about the incident, lesbian customer Rachel Curry wrote: “My date and I had finished eating and we shared a kiss in our booth. Suddenly a man...

Kristian Cardenas (image via Instagram @ktaay)Kristian Cardenas — a hair stylist and makeup artist from Lubbock, Texas — had a recent tweet of hers go viral after she shared screenshots of a client who asked if Cardenas was gay and then fired and lectured her after Cardenas said she was. Naturally, the client was Christian (because of course she was — did you even have to ask?). In the text exchange, the unnamed woman wrote, “I have a few questions...

Melania Geymonat (right) and girlfriend Chris after being attacked on a London night bus / Image via Facebook & Melania GeymonatAnother same-sex couple was attacked on a London bus, and this time its because they wouldn’t kiss in front of strangers. The lesbian couple was traveling home from a date in Camden on May 30. They then caught the unwanted attention of four men, one who spoke Spanish and the others with British accents. ...

Lesbian and trans women are commonly murdered in honor killings A lesbian who escaped the ‘gay purge’ in Chechnya has bravely shared her story, even though it could get her killed. The woman – who remains anonymous for her safety – shared the horrors of growing up LGBTI in Chechnya and how she wasn’t even safe from her own family. In early 2017 the world started learning how Chechnya – a region in the north Caucasus of Russia – had started rounding...

Human rights activists have questioned the speed in which the man was executed Iran has publicly hanged a man on charges of homosexuality. The unidentified man, 31, was executed after he was found guilty of raping two males, as well as kidnapping charges. He was hanged in the southwestern city of Kazeroon on 10 January. The state-controlled ISNA has claimed the 31-year-old kidnapped two 15-year-old males. The man then raped the two boys. Iran charged the man with laws covering homosexuality, not pedophilia. Iran’s homosexuality laws Under...

New York City police have arrested 54-year-old Allah Allasheed, a man who allegedly sucker punched a 20-year-old lesbian in the subway in late November after he saw another woman kiss her. He has been charged with assault as a hate crime. The attack occurred on a Manhattan-bound E train during evening rush hour on November 30. Police report that Allasheed called his victim a “slur based upon his interpretation of the victim’s sexual orientation” before punching her. More specifically, he allegedly...

In 2017, a new version of the Pride flag was released with black and brown stripes to represent LGBTI people of color. Still, not everyone in the community is on board with that change Last year, Philadelphia announced its decision to add black and brown stripes to the Pride flag in support of LGBTI people of color. Soon, a Pride center in Australia followed suit. Now, research conducted by Buzzfeed News and Whitman Insight Strategies shows who is most opposed...

A new study has disrupted long-held beliefs about earning disparity in the workplace The portrayal of gay men as metropolitan elites who live in upmarket neighborhoods and have unreserved disposable income has been around for decades. Pop culture and TV shows like Will & Grace and Modern Family have perpetuated the stereotype of widespread gay affluence, but the financial reality for many in the community has been starkly different. Numerous studies have demonstrated that openly gay men are paid less than...

British politician Boris Johnson is defending a government regulator appointee who has a history of making controversial comments. This same guy was also a judge on a popular cooking show here in the states as well. The UK government this week appointed right-wing spectator columnist and conservative supporter Toby Young to the board of the new Office for Students, which will be handed vast powers to regulate and punish universities. Toby was also a judge on the Emmy-award winning Top...

There were five times as many gay divorces in England and Wales in 2016 than in 2015 Same-sex female couples made up the majority of divorces in England and Wales in 2016. Out of the 112 divorces among same-sex couples, over three-quarters (78%) of them were among two women. A new Office of National Statistics report there were five times as many gay divorces in 2016 than in 2015, where 22 couples legally separated. In 2015, 12 female and 10 male couples divorced. Marriage...

A group of five lesbians were set upon by more than 15 men in a homophobic beating which left some missing teeth. One woman said she feared she would die from the attack, another lost seven front teeth from a single punch and a third had a fit after she was left bleeding. The women, who published photos of their injuries in The News, but said they didn’t want to be named, had left the Blue Anchor pub. After singing ‘I’m in...

I tried, I really did. The task was to review the recent announcement that women are never straight, but are instead gay or bisexual. In doing so however, I ventured some place that no one should ever go. A forbidden land, full of horrors, that once entered is difficult to escape from. I'm not talking about Mordor, or the Dark Web - I'm talking about the comments sections. Newspapers yesterday fell over themselves to report on a recent survey by the...

The turn of events in Kim Davis’s case, the Kentucky clerk that refused to obey the Supreme Court’s decision to issue marriage licenses, reached its peak Thursday, when she got arrested for defying the court. Kim Davis gained notoriety when she started refusing to marry gay couples, based on her religious beliefs. “To issue a marriage license which conflicts with God’s definition of marriage, with my name affixed to the certificate, would violate my conscience”, Davis said on one occasion. She...

Ellen Degeneres and Portia are definitely the most famous lesbian ladies. And they are incredibly popular! Do you want to know why? Read our top 7 facts about this awesome couple. 1. Ellen became the first gay actress who had the courage to come out in both her real life and on screen. She did it back in 1997 on The Oprah Winfrey Show, followed by her impersonating a character on a TV show. Ellen had to convince a radio therapist,...