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Aaron Carter identifies as bisexual.
That weight, in turn, was Carter’s bisexual preference. “When I was around 13-years-old I started to find boys and girls attractive. There were years that went by that I thought about it, but it wasn’t until I was 17-years-old, after a few relationships with girls, I had an experience with a male that I had an attraction to who I also worked with and grew up with.”

Australia still fighting for gay marriage.
Hundreds of Sydneysiders have attended a rally supporting same-sex marriage, on the eve of a Liberal party room meeting on the issue. Protesters carried signs saying, “Love is about hearts not parts”, “We didn’t vote on your marriage” and “Just let my mums get married” at the event at Town Hall, organised by GetUp and Community Action Against Homophobia.

Oakland A – Anti gay? – Go away.
Oakland Athletics outfielder Matt Joyce has been suspended for two games without pay after using an anti-gay slur during an exchange with a fan during Friday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels. Major League Baseball’s communications department announced Joyce’s suspension would begin on Saturday.

Can you get rid of the gay gene?
AsapSCIENCE duo Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown explore the genetics of being gay in their latest myth-busting YouTube video. “Ultimately, a specific gay gene has not been found, but scientific evidence does suggest that human sexual orientation is strongly linked to genetics and tightly regulated at the molecular level,” the guys say.

Prudential report: LGBT community is financially sound.
Our 2016/2017 LGBT Financial Experience research report explores a range of changes in the financial lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Americans since last year’s landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision mandating states must permit same-sex marriages and our groundbreaking 2012 survey.
