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High percentage of LGBQ youth have attempted suicide

A new study by the Williams Institute at University of California Los Angeles School of Law finds younger LGBQ adults experience greater psychological distress and suicidal behavior than older LGBQ people. Researchers examined a representative sample of LGBQ people in…

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Anti-trans states might not get to host NCAA championships

The National Collegiate Athletic Association has issued a warning to states enacting or considering laws barring transgender athletes from competing under their gender identity — these locations may not get to host NCAA championships. “The NCAA Board of Governors firmly and…

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Judge to decide if gay couple’s marriage in 1974 is valid

Nearly five decades after they tied the knot, a gay Winnipeg couple is still fighting to have their marriage registered by the Manitoba government. “We’re dealing with irrational prejudice here,” said Chris Vogel, who married his love Richard North in 1974…

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Massive Harvey Milk exhibit is getting a permanent home at SFO

A massive photographic exhibit detailing the life and political career of the late gay San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk that for two years has adorned the San Francisco International Airport terminal named in his honor is being disassembled. But the…