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Celebrating 44 Years! Issue 16 Volume 46

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China’s Weibo drops Push anti-LGBTQ legislation Gay ban after mass protests and we will come for you on Election Day

Photo courtesy of Jiangsu Tongtian Volunteer Group / AP

by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer Within 48 hours of announcing it was removing LGBT content from its website, the Chinese social media giant Sina Weibo reversed itself in the face of mass protests by users.

Weibo is sometimes called “China’s Twitter equivalent,” but with an estimated 390 million users – compared to 200 million for Twitter – it might be more accurate to say that Twitter is the Western equivalent of Weibo.

see WEIBO page 13

GLAAD honors Britney Spears, Jim Parsons and the Best of Gay Media

Gay Olympians Adam Rippon and Gus Kenworthy surprise with an unexpected kiss on stage at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. – Photo by Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP

by MK Scott SGN Contributing Writer I was on hand in person covering the 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Red Carpet at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA on Thursday, April 12. I had a chance to chat

with many personalities and will share those soon. However, the main action was on stage during the awards with Adam Rippon locking lips with fellow athlete, Gus Kenworthy. Hosted by Wanda Sykes, award recipients were announced in 12 of this year’s

see GLAAD AWARDS page 4

Chad Griffin, HRC President – Photo courtesy of HRC / The Washington Post / Getty Images

by Chad Griffin Human Rights Campaign Over the years, the ballot box has been a battleground for LGBTQ equality and our most fundamental rights. For decades, anti-LGBTQ forces have worked to repeal non-discrimination ordinances that provide

protections for our community at the local level. In dozens of states, these groups worked to ban same-sex marriage at the ballot box, sometimes even succeeding in enshrining these bans in state constitutions. More recently, our opponents have run

see GRIFFIN page 6


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