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Lesbian elders learning modern-day lesbian slang will make your day.

This is the most fun you will have all day. The self-identified older (wiser!) lesbians who loved Hayley Kiyoko videos are back to share some thoughts on modern-day lesbian slang. Belita, Phyllis, and Sabel weigh in on LBD, scissoring, and the Uhauling they’ve been doing since the ’70s.  

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5 best and worst states to move to start an LGBTQ+ family.

Deciding where to raise a family is a big decision for any couple, but it can be more involved for members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Aside from considering housing prices, job prospects, and cost of living factors, you have to take other factors into account too—like a state’s hate crime and anti-discrimination laws, adoption laws…

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Cyndi Lauper’s nonprofit exposes report on LGBTQ youth homelessness.

Cyndi Lauper is spearheading research into how state governments deal with youth homelessness — especially for LGBTQ youth. Lauper’s True Colors Fund released a report Thursday measuring how each state holds up on providing services such as housing and mental health for homeless youth. It finds that even the states with the best rankings — Washington, Massachusetts, California…  

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Hosting World Cup makes Russia more gay-friendly…for now.

While World Cup fans pack the St. Petersburg Stadium fantasizing of soccer victory, Pyotr Voskresensky and fellow gay rights activists follow the matches in a quiet gallery across town decorated with beanbags and astroturf. They relish a different dream. Voskresensky, an anesthesiologist who lost one job because of his homosexuality and…  

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Aging LGBT seniors a major public health issue.

LGBT people of all ages have experienced health inequalities, but researchers have begun to delve into the consequences of a lifetime of that inequity – and what happens to their health as they grow older. “They’ve been relatively invisible, undercounted and underserved,” said Dr. Karen Fredriksen Goldsen. “We’re talking about a major public health issue.”  

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LGBTQ advocates celebrate Kennedy’s legacy but fear what’s next.

In more than three decades on the bench, Kennedy was a crucial swing vote on several decisions that expanded gay rights. In more than three decades on the Supreme Court, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote the majority opinion in every landmark case that advanced gay rights — most notably Obergefell v. Hodges…