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Harley Davidson has dropped its DEI commitments (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Harley-Davidson has caved into pressure from right-wingers and become the latest brand to drop diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) commitments. The US motorcycle manufacturers became the centre of right-wing ire in July after conservative pundit Robby Starbuck drummed up outrage over the
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Budweiser factories have received bomb threats in wake of bigoted backlash over Bud Light’s collaboration with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney. (Getty) The world’s biggest brewery could lose a staggering $1.4 billion (£1.1 billion) in sales following the backlash against its partnership with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney. While Anheuser-Busch InBev boasted record revenues in 2023, in
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These SCANTILY-CLAD Pride goers are celebrating WOKEISM, according to a right-wing website (Kleenex/YouTube) Right-wingers are almost beyond parody these days, with the list of things that they’re furious about stretching into the hundreds, possibly thousands. In the last week alone, they were furious over a trans-inclusive feature being included in a John Lewis staff magazine to
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The adoption of artificial intelligence has the potential to create millions of new jobs. (Getty Images/PinkNews) Artificial intelligence (AI) will revolutionise our lives, and while AI may take some jobs, it will also create thousands of careers. Thanks to the notoriety of ChatGPT, the concept of artificial intelligence is no longer some sort of abstract
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Vuokkoset has launched a tampon aimed at trans men (Vuokkoset) A Finnish sanitary product manufacturer is getting hate online for launching a tampon aimed at trans men and non-binary folks.  Vuokkoset launched the product during Transgender Awareness Week as a means of addressing the gender dysphoria trans men and non-binary people feel around menstruation, with
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For years Stacey Toy has been singing the praises of Bitcoins (innovative payment Network and a new kind of money for those who don’t know) and cryptocurrency (and encrypted data string that denotes a unit of currency, monitored and organized by a peer to peer network called a Blockchain). When NFTs exploded she was there
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Members of Birmingham’s LGBTQ+ community said there could be “rising tensions” in the city’s gay village after a new block of flats was proposed in the area. (Jim Wood/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty) Plans for a 12-storey block of flats in Birmingham’s Gay Village have been withdrawn after residents warned of “possible tensions” over the deal. 
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Coles customers hold packs of the collectable Harry Potter Magical Builders. (Coles) Trans workers at the Australian supermarket Coles have spoken out about having to distribute collectable Harry Potter cards to customers. Coles gives a pack of the collectable cards to any customer who spends $30 (£25) in the supermarket, but the promotion is making
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Google at Tokyo Pride, 2018. (NurPhoto via Getty/ Alessandro Di Ciommo) A Black, gay Google security guard has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was physically and emotionally harassed for years at the tech giant’s Los Angeles offices. David Brown is jointly employed by security company Allied Universal, and Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc, according
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Parkland survivor David Hogg plans to launch his own LGBT-inclusive pillow company with the specific goal of driving Mike “MyPillow Guy” Lindell out of business. Hogg, now a 20-year-old gun control advocate, announced on Thursday (4 February) that he and progressive tech entrepreneur William LeGate would be teaming up for a new bedding venture challenging
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Inside Happy Maki Brighton, where 10 employees quit over owner Anna MacDonald’s “transphobic” and “biphobic” beliefs. (Google Maps) Staff at vegan sushi bar Happy Maki in Brighton have walked out after it emerged the owner said transgender people are “influenced by spirits”. At least 10 workers have quit en masse – half the workforce of
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Gold Coast bar sat on the southeast corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and North La Jolla Avenue.(Picture from Gold Coast facebook page) Gold Coast, one of West Hollywood’s most popular gay bars, has closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, its co-owner confirmed Thursday (24 September). With many queer bars already in decline or having to permanently
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