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Trans person killed, another wounded in Peshawar shootingJustice Department seeks to keep transgender troops blocked while it prepares Supreme Court appealPolice fatally shoot armed man after gunfire outside Asheville gay barTwo men killed in separate ICE shootings in Texas and Maine prompt calls for investigationNoem family split reported as Kristi Noem said to be preparing for divorceAnn Widdecombe, former Conservative minister and longtime opponent of LGBTQ+ equality, has died aged 78Trans person killed, another wounded in Peshawar shootingJustice Department seeks to keep transgender troops blocked while it prepares Supreme Court appealPolice fatally shoot armed man after gunfire outside Asheville gay barTwo men killed in separate ICE shootings in Texas and Maine prompt calls for investigationNoem family split reported as Kristi Noem said to be preparing for divorceAnn Widdecombe, former Conservative minister and longtime opponent of LGBTQ+ equality, has died aged 78

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New Zealand Church Leader Blames Cyclone on Homosexuality and Pornography

Religion · March 4, 2023

New Zealand Church Leader Blames Cyclone on Homosexuality and Pornography

Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki blames Cyclone Gabrielle on porn users' "moral depravity and degradation," linking it to the "queerest parliament in the world."

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