[NEWS] Five LGBTQ links: gay and Catholic, 1970s Moscow, Australia beaches, Paradise Garage, bars

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• The Conversation notes the dangers facing LGBTQ students and staff in Catholic schools in Canada.


• Deutsche Welle shares the story of how the Soviet Union in the 1970s hosted a delegation of visiting gay activists from Berlin.


• The Guardian reports on how LGBTQ people in Australia have found it difficult, even unsafe, to enjoy that country's beach culture.


• VICE shares photos from New York City's Paradise Garage, taken in the 1970s.


• Hornet Stories takes an extended look at the reasons, good and bad, for the decline of gay bars.