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...What do the following have in common — Judy Garland, Margaret Thatcher, Freddie Mercury and Stephen Hawking?...
...Discussing this book with gay friends sparked fascinating conversations because it forced us to consider abstractly something which is fundamental to the texture of our lives....
...Meanwhile, Leo Varadkar — gay and of Indian heritage — is about to begin his second spell as prime minister....
...The main hotel entrance on Farrer Place still has its original russet marble walls and brass vitrines that once housed office directories but now feature works by First Australian multimedia artist Judy...
...Asked whether the party can triumph at the general election, Lady Judy McAlpine, 79, an events organiser from Henley, opined: “No, not right now.”...
...“They’re going to go after us and our marriage after this,” said Sandy, 77, who was standing beside her wife, Judy, in New York’s Union Square....
...“We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods,” he said....
...Many African bishops oppose gay rights — the head of the Church in Nigeria recently described homosexuality as a “virus”, leading to a rebuke from Welby....
...Burke, a closeted gay man, died from complications from Aids in 1995....
...Plus the city itself is super-gay, ostentatious and moody like David Lynch or Lana Del Ray.”...
...The rates for gay men are nearly double those of men in general. A pattern is emerging: employees perceived as “other” and low on the societal totem pole are more at risk....
...A famous singing star and gay-culture heroine had recently died: “Being raided while crying over Judy Garland’s death was for some people the last straw.”...
...The time-restricted finale “Pray the Gay Away” countered bigotry with joyous beats and a closing voiceover of “Pray the hate away”....
...A police raid on a gay bar on that day of all days was seen as outrageous provocation. Almond also talks to Susie Boyt, FT contributor and author of the memoir My Judy Garland Life....
...Mr Buttigieg, a gay, former mayor and army veteran, is the fresh face, while the folksy Ms Klobuchar touts her results-driven approach in Congress....
...Peter Burke’s The Polymath (Yale RRP£20, May) is subtitled “A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag”. Does anyone else find that a strange pairing of names?...
...Though the hashtag was started by the American activist Tarana Burke as early as 2006, it’s less than two years since #MeToo went viral online. Already, inevitably, its success is being evaluated....
...(Longreads) Video of the day The changing face of NY’s pride march Veteran documentary photographer Vincent Cianni has been photographing the gay community since the 1980s....
...According to Fratoianni, in seeking to radicalise Europe, Bannon and his friends want to row back on hard-won rights on abortion and gay marriage....
...“That’s why people like Cardinal Burke continue to make a fuss.”...
...When the book went to press, Parkland had no need for a hashtag and Ms González’s activism was confined to her presidency of its Gay-Straight Alliance....
...Ed was a 19-year-old intern when he was introduced to a gay Tory MP at a parliamentary bar in 2011....
...He called his London crowd “the blackstocking fraternity” — it included Dr Johnson, David Garrick, Joshua Reynolds, Edmund Burke and Oliver Goldsmith....
...“A safety pin is a great thing to use as a symbol,” says the stylist, art director and jewellery designer Judy Blame. “It’s so recognisable because everyone has one somewhere....
...It has produced, for example, the counterintuitive findings that Texans favour alternative sources of energy over oil and that Irish Catholics endorse gay marriage....
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