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The Lambda Literary Foundation kicked off a new decade of Lammys in New York City on June 3, celebrating the winners of the 31st Lambda Literary Awards, who represent some of the most influentials voices in LGBTQ fiction, nonfiction, poetry, biography, memoir, and erotica. “Once again, the winners of this year’s Lambda Literary Awards demonstrate how LGBTQ writing is far from monolithic,” the organization says in an announcement of the honorees. “Across twenty-four categories, one finds the range of queer...

Tan France Scene From Queer Eye For The Straight Guy – NetflixFor many people, the new reboot of Queer Eye on Netflix has been a far more socially conscious version than its predecessor. Not that the original wasn’t informative, inspirational and fun (who could ever forget Carson Kressley’s lighting speed comedic one-liners), but the new Fab Five seem to be on a different mission altogether. Queer Eye Cast on Good Morning AmericaTake for example, just in recent months, how the...

Over 300 people in Orange City, Iowa have signed a petition calling for a local library to get rid of any books with LGBTQ themes. A Board of Trustees for the public library met on Tuesday and heard the arguments of Reverand Sacha Walicord of Grace Reformed Presbyterian Church. Walicord led the argument in front of a crow of over 100 people that the library was “pushing an agenda”. The reverend called for the books to either be banned or labelled and...

The Civil Liberties Minister of Malta Helena Dalli stated that the government intends to extend at the country's primary schools books about LGBT and provide Awareness campaigns for parents. Helena Dalli said that the books will appear in the primary state schools only after providing information campaign among parents and teachers. "These books are intended to teach children the variety of human life, explain them that people are not being homogeneous," - said the Minister. "I believe that children who read these...