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Month: May 2018
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Stoli to unveil Harvey Milk vodka bottle and mural in San Francisco.
A new mural honoring the late gay Supervisor Harvey Milk will be unveiled in San Francisco’s Castro district May 22 as part of the local festivities taking place this year to mark Harvey Milk Day, an annual day of special recognition in the state of California.
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Groups seek to help LGBTQ families fill the foster parent shortage.
In November of 2004, Matthew Ramsey and his boyfriend were devastated. The state where they lived at the time, Ohio, had just voted to amend the state constitution to bar same-sex marriage. “As gay men, it felt like, ‘we’re not accepted. We’re never going to be able to get married and have kids here,’” says Ramsey.
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Ireland’s gay dance on Eurovision shows world that ‘love is love’.
For the first time in five years, Ireland has advanced to the finals of Eurovision Song Contestant — thanks to a moving gay dance performance. Ryan O’Shaughnessy, an Irish contestant, sang “Together,” a song about a failed relationship, at the semi-finals Tuesday in Lisbon.
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Lesbian, bisexual women’s sexual orientation could increase their diabetes risk.
Numerous risk factors can contribute toward the development of diabetes, a disease that affects nearly 10 percent of the United States population. Findings of a new study from San Diego State University suggested lesbian and bisexual women may experience an elevated risk compared to heterosexual women.
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Major Japanese companies turn their eyes to LGBT consumers.
Major retailers and manufacturers in Japan are beginning to pay greater attention to consumers who identify themselves as members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in serving customers and developing products. According to a survey conducted by ad giant Dentsu Inc. in 2015, one in every 13 people…
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