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Contents:
- SUNAK APOLOGIZ FOR HISTORIC TREATMENT OF UK GAY VETERANS
- THE 10 GAYEST CI IN AMERI FOR 2020
- THE 10 GAYEST STAT IN AMERI FOR 2020
SUNAK APOLOGIZ FOR HISTORIC TREATMENT OF UK GAY VETERANS
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The San Francis metropolan area has a higher percentage of adults who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr than any other cy the untry, a new survey found. Equalx, a llaborative knowledge base for the global LGBT movement that maps the legaly of homosexualy, intifi a number of factors cludg eedom to change genr and to adopt – although hasn’t ranked untri or ci orr of bt to x om the Human Rights Campaign looks at municipal servic, law enforcement and the cy learship’s public posn on equaly across the US. Arguably the size of the LGBT populatn urban areas uld reflect the level of iendls, as “many LGBTI folk head to ci om ral areas bee of the promise of a eer, more tolerant life there, ” says André du Plsis, executive director of the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn.
THE 10 GAYEST CI IN AMERI FOR 2020
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THE 10 GAYEST STAT IN AMERI FOR 2020
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