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Medical tourism ignores gays and lesbians.

With the leading International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) and following its first report in 2012, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has published a second report on the role of the increasingly important LGBT travel market. According to the report, in recent years the LGBT travel market has experienced a general upturn… Read the full article HERE.

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Gay and intersex asylum seekers find place to call home in Britain.

Sami, an intersex asylum seeker in Britain, used to be gripped with fear at bedtime.\ The slender and feminine El Salvadorian had almost got used to incessant verbal abuse but having to share rooms with other male asylum seekers was what Sami feared for the most. Read the full article HERE.  

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129 anti-LGBTQ state bills were introduced in 2017.

At least 129 anti-LGBTQ bills were introduced across 30 states during the 2017 state legislative season, according to a new report published by LGBTQ advocacy group Human Rights Campaign (HRC). Twelve of these bills — which range from adoption laws to “religious freedom” legislation — became law, the report noted. Read the full article HERE.

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Making addiction crystal clear: meth in the gay community.

Drugs and alcohol are part of our American culture. Their use is rampant among gay men since the bars are a main social outlet. The anxiety of walking into a gay bar and hoping to meet Mr. Right—or even make friends—can be excruciating. Alcohol and drugs can help to ease that anxiety. Read the full article HERE.

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Liberal churches boosted by LGBT weddings as couples join their congregations.

hurches should hold gay weddings in order to ‘market’ themselves to potential new worshippers, a study has found. Academics in the University of Leeds and York said in a report that receiving a license to carry out the services can be “a positive ‘brand’ for a place of worship”. Read the full article HERE.

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Connecticut sees a ‘gay baby boom’.

The day Mark Leondires first held his baby in his arms, he felt a surge of love and responsibility. Finally his dream of being a father had become reality. Like countless parents before him, he and his partner learned how to give a bath and change a diaper, guided by a helpful nurse. And like countless parents before him, he marvelled over his newborn son. Read the full article HERE.