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An average of 45 male service members are sexually assaulted every day, according to Pentagon statistics. As with women, shame and stigma suppress the truth.

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Left-Wing Voices Are Silenced on Twitter as Far-Right Trolls Advise Elon Musk

Robert Mackey, Micah Lee

Elon Musk appears to have outsourced decisions about who to ban from Twitter to the platform’s right-wing extremists.

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Why Queer Communities Are Welcoming Armed Antifascist Protection

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