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Thailand’s king makes history, signs marriage equality law

The king of Thailand signed a new law recognizing marriage equality, the government announced in its official Royal Gazette on Tuesday, LeMonde with Agence France-Presse reported. With the royal ascent of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, Thailand became Southeast Asia’s first country and only the third country in Asia to recognize marriage equality. The new law will ...

California rehab employees accuse company of homophobic, racist & anti-Semitic abuse in lawsuit

Seven former employees of Executive Recovery Group, a California-based rehabilitation center, have filed a lawsuit accusing the company of fostering a deeply hostile work environment, Law & Crime reports. The plaintiffs, a diverse group of nurses, aides, and health technicians, allege that they endured months of racial, homophobic, and antisemitic abuse while management looked the ...

Hate preacher defends unhinged colleague’s alleged wife-beating in shocking video

A notorious anti-LGBTQ+ Independent Fundamental Baptist (IFB) hate pastor has been caught on tape defending the domestic violence of a fellow hate-mongering preacher in a recently posted covert recording. In the video recording of a phone conversation between John Anderson — the estranged son of Pastor Steven Anderson of Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, ...

Unhinged anti-LGBTQ+ Republican banned from Instagram for hate speech

Valentina Gomez, the failed GOP candidate for Missouri secretary of state who once set LGBTQ+ books on fire using a flamethrower for a campaign ad, has been removed from Instagram following multiple organizations reporting her posts, including GLAAD. Gomez’s Instagram was full of messages supporting her primary campaign, which she lost in a stunning defeat ...