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Matthew Shepard Died 23 Years Ago Today, and Republicans Continue Working to Undo His Legacy

It was 20 years ago today that Matthew Shepard was beaten and left for dead near Laramie, Wyoming for being gay; how far have we come since then?

So, You Can Apparently Buy a Sex Toy With Your Lover’s Cremains

There’s nothing harder than losing your significant other, but with the 21 Grams project, for $10K, you can have a cremains sex toy made from his ashes

Week In Review: Australia Hates Poppers, Trump’s Penis Ruined Mario Kart for Everyone

In our look at this week’s top stories, we discover that Australia could ban poppers because straight people started using them and Trump’s Toad-ishness

Read This Twitter Thread About the ‘80s HIV Epidemic That Has Left Everyone in Tears

American journalist Tucker Shaw wrote a heartbreaking HIV Twitter thread after hearing a young person say that the epidemic was good ‘in the long run’