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Month: February 2018
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Hawaii Appeals Court sides with lesbian couple denied room.
A Hawaii appeals court has ruled against a bed and breakfast that denied two women a room because they’re gay. The Intermediate Court of Appeals last week affirmed a lower court ruling that found Aloha Bed & Breakfast violated the law by discriminating against the couple on the basis of their sexual orientation.
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One key factor raises gay and lesbian teens’ suicide risk.
Teens who are gay or lesbian but engage in heterosexual sex are at higher risk of a suicide attempt, new research suggests. “These findings are a wakeup call,” said lead investigator Francis Annor of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
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2 gay Olympians, 2 coaches came out to Adam Rippon and Gus Kenworthy.
One of the byproducts of athletes coming out as LGBTQ is that they inspire those people still wrestling with their sexual orientation. Olympians Adam Rippon and Gus Kenworthy discovered this at the Pyeongchang Winter Games. Rippon, a figure skater, and Kenworthy, a freestyle skier, both came out as gay in 2015 and were the most prominent American athletes among the 15 out Winter Olympians.
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How Hornet built the largest and one-of-its-kind global gay news room.
Headquartered in New York City, Hornet is considered one of the most popular gay social networks outside of the US. It leads in LGBTQ market share in some of the world’s unexpected places like Brazil, Turkey, Russia, France and Mexico, with over 25 million gay men calling its mobile app their digital home.
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LGBT candidates are rising…starting in Texas.
A couple of years ago, Shannon McClendon fell out of a tree while using a chainsaw and broke her back, among other injuries. As she recuperated at home in Dripping Springs, Texas, she had time to reflect while watching the legislative session unfold from afar. McClendon had long been an active Republican and a small-government conservative.
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