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Nature vs nurture, the debate continues with new study.

Scientists searching for the root of human sexuality studied identical twins, one of them straight and the other a lesbian, who grew up in the same environment. Sarah Nunn and Rosie Ablewhite, 29, present a mystery for researchers looking to identify genetic and environmental interactions… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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Three decades later, men who survived the ‘gay plague’ speak out.

“If you could take a test that would tell if you would be alive in two years, would you take it?” That was the question Mark S. King said he had to ask himself in the early ’80s when friends and loved ones were dying of the “gay plague.” Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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World AIDS Day – The struggle isn’t finished in San Francisco.

Early in this decade, the state government of Indiana achieved a long-running goal among some conservative family-values crusaders and deficit hawks: It defunded Planned Parenthood. The ostensible purpose was to reduce the number of abortions, but because Planned Parenthood provides a wealth of health services, there were ancillary effects. Among them, southern Indiana lost its only HIV-testing site. Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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LGBT youth are 120% more likely to be homeless than straight people.

LGBT youth are 120 percent more likely to experience homelessness than their heterosexual and cisgendered peers, according to a study released Thuursday. There are about 1.6 million homeless youth in the U.S., and they disproportionately identify as LGBT individuals. Less than ten percent of young people identify as LGBT… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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Trump’s World AIDS day proclamation fails to mention LGBT community.

President Trump failed to mention the LGBT community in his World AIDS day proclamation, drawing criticism from several prominent civil rights organizations. “Today, on World AIDS Day, we honor those who have lost their lives to AIDS, we celebrate the remarkable progress… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

HEALTH

Gay conversion therapy to be banned in NYC under Council bill.

Conversion therapy meant to turn gay people straight will be banned in New York City under a bill passed by the City Council Thursday. The bill will make it illegal for anyone to charge a fee for therapy intended to change a client’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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US HIV diagnoses improving, but progress varies, CDC says.

Delays in the time between becoming infected with HIV and getting a diagnosis are shortening, helped by efforts to increase testing for the virus that causes AIDS, U.S. health officials said. The report, released on Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that 50 percent of the 39,720 people… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality