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Elizabeth Warren got personal with a young queer voter during a recent campaign event. During an appearance in Iowa on Sunday, the Massachusetts senator and presidential hopeful was given an unusual but interesting question by a 17-year-old high school senior called Raelyn. “I was wondering,” she asked, “if there was ever a time in your life where somebody you really looked up to maybe didn’t accept you as much? And how you dealt with that?” Elizabeth took the opportunity to open up about her first marriage, a topic she has…

Evian France has hit back at critics of their LGBTQ-inclusive water bottle design. As part of their ‘prestige’ range – which debuted last year – one bottle features a cartoon of two men holding hands while walking past the column of the Bastille, which is located near Paris’ gay-friendly district Le Marais. The drawing, from graphic designer Tiffany Cooper, is one of twelve illustrations featuring Paris neighbourhoods and people. Others include a woman shopping near the Arc de Triomphe and a jogger outside the Notre-Dame Cathedral. Back when the designs were…

The ambassador also hit out at corruption in Zambia. Earlier this week, two men, Japhet Chataba and Steven Samba, were both given 15-year jail sentences in Zambia after they were convicted of “having sex against the order of nature.” Zambia is very conservative country when it comes to LGBTQ rights, with many opposing them due to their religion. However, the US ambassador to the country, Daniel Foote, has hit out at the sentencing, and criticised the country’s approach to governmental corruption and poaching. In a statement, he said: “I was…