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Major social media platforms fail to protect LGBTQ users, advocacy group GLAAD says • May 13, 2025, 2:33 PM ET (AP)
A 2012 video shows comments from new pope that disappoint LGBTQ activists • May 9, 2025, 1:13 PM ET (AP)
Pope Francis sought to make LGBTQ+ people more welcome, but church doctrine didn't change much • Apr. 25, 2025, 9:43 AM ET (AP)

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Also Known As Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
Date 1985 - present
Areas Of Involvement same-sex marriage • homosexuality • civil rights • transgender • lesbianism • LGBTQ community • bisexuality

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