Sports and Culture

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US: Billy Porter Breaks a 14-Year Silence Coming Out as Living with HIV

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For the first time since being diagnosed more than a decade ago, the 'Pose' star, opens up about the shame that compelled him to hide his condition from his castmates, collaborators and even his mother, and the responsibility that now has him speaking out: "The truth is the healing."

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Germany: #actout MANIFESTO

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Until now, we haven’t been able to be open about our private lives without fearing professional consequences. All too often, many of us have been cautioned – be it by managers, casting agents, colleagues, producers, editors, directors, etc. – to keep quiet about our sexual orientations and gender identities to avoid jeopardizing our careers. We are putting an end to this – once and for all!

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Hungary's government orders disclaimers on books with gay content

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Hungary's government, which has made hostility to LGBT people a central part of its right-wing agenda, ordered a publisher on Tuesday to print disclaimers identifying books containing "behaviour inconsistent with traditional gender roles".