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The 20-year-old victim was shocked no passersby came to his aid despite appealing for help An English student was viciously beaten in Bologna, Italy, on Sunday evening. His assailants spat and shouted at him from a car, ‘Hey, are you a faggot?’, before jumping out and running after him. When they caught up with the 20-year-old, they subjected him to a vicious beating, according to Republica. The young man suffered a broken nose and head injury. The attack happened in the historic...

"They need you to support them. Because if you don't support them, who's going to?" Growing up queer is hard, but supportive parents can make coming out and living your truth that much easier. Below, we celebrate 11 amazing celebs who’ve embraced their LGBT kids. Sally Field This Hollywood legend is a huge ally to her gay son, Sam Greisman, and his wing lady: During the 2018 Winter Games, she tried to set him up with out Olympian Adam Rippon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hdvyvLhw2s In 2012, Field received...

Their first venture sets sail this fall in the Mediterranean. LGBT-friendly hotel chain, Axel Hotels, and Europe’s largest cruise operator, Dreamlines, have announced that they are teaming up for an LGBT cruise this fall. The eight-day Open Sea Cruises x Axel Mediterranean sailing takes place September 29 though October 6, 2018, on the 1,400 passenger ship Pullmantur Zenith. Ports of call include Barcelona, with its beautiful buildings of Gaudí (above) and Platja de Sant Sebastià beach; Napoleon’s birthplace in Ajaccio, France;...

Despite more privacy, LGBT groups can no longer reach their audiences. In the wake of the Facebook controversy involving Cambridge Analytica, the political consulting firm hired by the 2016 Trump campaign to exploit data from 50 million users without their knowledge or consent, Buzzfeed News reports that the social networking site has blocked ad targeting based on sexual orientation. Facebook removed the option to target ads by sexual orientation last month but did not publicly announce the change, which effectively makes...

Some 2,500 people attended Starkville, Mississippi's inaugural Pride celebration. Thousands marched through the streets of Starkville, Mississippi, on Saturday for the town’s first-ever LGBT Pride parade. Making the event all the more poignant is that it almost didn’t happen. https://instagram.com/p/BguY20dlaaH/?utm_source=ig_embed Despite widespread support, including from Mayor Lynn Spruill, the Starkville Board of Aldermen voted 4-3 last month to deny organizers a special permit to host the parade. The event posed no security or logistical problems, but council members gave no reason for...

"The world is developing quickly," says Eitan Ginzburg. A gay man has been elected mayor in a suburb of Tel Aviv, the first time an LGBT person has been elected mayor in the country. Eitan Ginzburg took office in the town of Ra’anana on Sunday, after six years as deputy mayor and 15 total on the city council. The 41-year-old Ginzburg was elected by the council in a special election after his predecessor, Ze’ev Bielski, left to manage the National Housing...

"They talked about various ways they felt homosexuals have plagued society they would harm our community." Police are investigating two letters containing death threats received this week by the Sacramento LGBT Community Center. https://instagram.com/p/BeWThCxhBRa/?utm_source=ig_embed Both letters had a “faith-based bent” to them, center director David Heitstuman told the Sacramento Bee. “They talked about various ways they felt homosexuals have plagued society, then went on to talk about the various ways they would harm our community, including destroying and murdering every queer, lesbian,...

Same-sex couples can now adopt children anywhere in Australia. The Northern Territory was the last region of the country holding out against the tide of progress – until this week. In a historic move, lawmakers added amendments to the NT Adoption of Children Act which mean that same-sex couples – as well as de facto couples – can now legally adopt. Before now, only straight couples were allowed this right. The decision comes after the federal Parliament’s followed the country’s wishes – expressed...

Hundreds of  turned up to drown out the Westboro Baptist Church, when they decided to target a gay high school footballer. Jake Bain, a popular footballer at John Burroughs School in St. Louis, Missouri, came out publicly as gay last October at an all-school assembly. His bravery was praised by his coach and teammates – but the young athlete attracted attention from the notoriously anti-LGBT Westboro Baptist Church, which announced it would picket the school. However, when the protesters turned up to...

Volunteers who were promoting a in Stratford-upon-Avon were barraged with homophobic abuse over the weekend. Warwickshire Pride had been running a stall at the market in Stratford-upon-Avon on Saturday, sponsored by Stratford Town Trust. However, organisers say that the presence of the stall led to a string of homophobic incidents. In a statement, Warwickshire Pride said: “A member of our volunteer team, who was lone working at the time, was subjected a shocking amount of anti-LGBT+ comments and behaviours from members of...

Join us as we head south to get our Pride on! Especially in the snowbound regions of the country, June, the official month for Pride, may feel eons away. However, here are two sun-soaked opportunities to get a jump start on the fun: 1. Miami Beach Gay Pride Organizers for the 10th annual Miami Beach Gay Pride revealed this week that Grammy Award-winning disco, soul and R&B singer, Thelma Houston, will headline the main stage at this year’s festival. Houston, of course,...

A man who threatened to “kill 85 faggots at a gay club” in messages sent on Grindr has been arrested. Me’Schach D. Israel-Miller, from Columbus, Ohio, reportedly sent the threatening messages on the gay dating app on March 1. The user who received the message then took screenshots and posted them on social media. The post reportedly went viral, sparking police to investigate the threats. Police officials used pictures that he had on his profile to then find his Facebook. From there, they found...

Last week the Starkville, Mississippi, board of aldermen voted to reject an application for the town’s first Pride parade, prompting an outcry among local residents and spurring on a lawsuit from the organizers. Even though large cities have been holding Pride in one form or another since 1969, the emergence of events in smaller communities over the past few decades has gone a long way to improve LGBT visibility across all corners of the country. To champion the efforts made by...

"Despite my greatest efforts, it finally came down to, 'Change the scene or we’ll cut it out of the episode ourselves.'" For years, animated series have blazed a trail for LGBT representation. But breaking ground isn’t always easy—around the world, queer-friendly cartoons have been censored by networks and government agencies alike. Below, learn about nine popular cartoons that fell prey to censorship. “Postcards From Buster” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhPLHBAO1Kg In 2005 episode “Sugartime!” Buster goes on a trip to Vermont, where he meets a lesbian couple who...