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The numbers are in favor of LGBT rights.
Most Americans oppose restricting the rights of LGBTQ people, a new report from Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) has found.
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Europe welcomes the LGBT traveler with open arms.
Choosing a travel destination as a gay, lesbian or transgender individual can be tricky, especially when travelling with your partner. You’ll want to choose a location where you’ll feel comfortable, safe and can enjoy all the activities, sights and attractions, just as anyone else would.
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Connecting LGBT suicides with depression and debt.
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. LGBTQ suicide and suicide attempts occur disproportionally more than the general population, and people who die by suicide are eight times more likely to have debt. On this Queer Money, we partner with Melanie Lockert of Dear Debt.
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To earn more money, become part of a same-sex couple.
If you’re in a same-sex relationship there’s a good chance you’ve got more bills to rub together than your straight neighbours, census data from Statistics Canada showed Wednesday. Same-sex households continue to have a higher median income than heterosexual ones. The median income for same-sex male couples was $100,707, with female couples making $92,857.
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Risky sex on the rise with gay men.
After the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, one would think that gay men would take a lesson from their forebears and exercise extra caution (in addition to exercising their penises) in their bedroom activities.
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Paris authorities stop terrorist plot to attack gay nightclubs.
A plan to attack gay nightclubs in Paris was among a dozen terror plots thwarted in France since the start of the year, according to Interior Minister Gerard Collomb. “This plan of violent action” targeted “Parisian nightclubs and in particular gay clubs,” he told a parliamentary committee examining government proposals for new anti-terror laws.
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Thank you and RIP Edith Windsor for your fight for same-sex marriage.
Edith Windsor, the gay-rights activist whose landmark case led the Supreme Court to grant same-sex married couples federal recognition for the first time and rights to a host of federal benefits that until then only married heterosexuals had enjoyed, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. She was 88.