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From the Gay Community

• This video of a young boy twerking at Pride has homophobes outraged

White supremacists post video as 'proof civilisation is crumbling' (Joe Morgan - Gay Star News, UK)

• Is Queer Sex Legal? How Sex Laws Have Changed (or Not) Since 1964

Queer youth are not exempt from biased criminalization of sex crimes, a cruel irony given that sex offender registration was purportedly meant to protect children from dangerous predators. Research indicates queer youth are disproportionately targeted as a result of subtle discrimination. (Andrew Extein and David Booth, (Truthout, US)

• Owners of South African gay 'cure' camp found guilty of killing teen

Raymond Buys, 15, was beaten, forced to pick up his own faeces with his mouth, and chained to a bed. (The Gay Star News.)

• The Fosters' Features Same-Sex Kiss Between 13-Year-Olds

The ABC Family series broadcast a kiss between two 13-year-old characters named Jude and Connor, which may qualify as the youngest same-sex kiss to ever air on U.S. television. (James Michael Nichols - The Huffington Post)

• Kentucky state senator proposes $2,500 bounty on each trans kid caught in ‘wrong’ bathroom

A Kentucky Republican State Senator is sponsoring a bill that would entitle students who find transgender individuals in the bathrooms of their chosen gender to collect $2,500 in damages from the school, US News reports.(Scott Kaufman - U.S. News)

• Unearthed Letter From Freud Reveals His Thoughts On Gay People

In 1935, Sigmund Freud penned a response to a mother who had asked him for help with her gay son. Despite the broader perceptions of homosexuality at the time, Freud took a different approach, telling the woman it's "nothing to be ashamed of."
(Cavan Sieczkowski - The Huffington Post )