[NEWS] Seven LGBTQ links: Love Simon, Toronto, recipes, Italy, former Soviet Union, Obama

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• NOW Toronto gives a glowing review to Love, Simon, one that praises the film for its quality and for its importance.


• CBC reports on how Toronto police seem to have badly mishandled Abdulbasir Faizi.


• The inquiry into the alleged McArthur murders most definitely should be independent of police chief Saunders. NOW Toronto reportsA.


• This story of how a recipe for pickled cucumbers survived the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s is powerful. Taste Cooking has it.


• The way in which LGBTQ rights became a hot political issue in the recent Italian elections is not good. Open Democracy reports.


• The politicization of homophobia across the former Soviet Union is horrible. Open Democracy reports.


• Why do so many people on the American right insist that Obama is gay? VICE reports.