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Month: June 2018
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Report: Only 0.1 percent of elected officials are LGBTQ.
There are only 559 openly LGBTQ elected officials among the estimated 11 million LGBTQ adults in the U.S., according to a new Victory Institute report. Just before the 2009 Houston mayoral runoff election, 35,000 postcards were sent to houses across the city showing one of the candidates, Annise Parker, being sworn in as city controller next to the woman who is now her wife…
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France faces suit over no-sex rule for blood donations by gay men.
A Frenchman has filed a discrimination suit at Europe’s top rights court over a rule that requires gay men to refrain from having sex for a year before they donate blood, his lawyer said Friday. Laurent Drelon, 48, has been prohibited from giving blood several times since he first tried to do so in 2004.
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How the Toronto serial killer of gays went unnoticed for years.
A friendly gardener and mall Santa, McArthur may also have been the worst ever serial killer of gay men. Did police turn a blind eye? When the biggest forensic investigation in Toronto history began, it was still possible to be blind to the full extent of the horror…
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One-third of gay men haven’t heard of a drug that helps prevent HIV.
One-third of gay men, and more than half of bisexual men, in the United States have never heard of a medication that can fend off HIV infection, despite massive public health campaigns targeted at LGBTQ people urging them to consider taking it, according to a poll conducted by BuzzFeed News and Whitman Insight Strategies.
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How to be an ally to your LGBT friends, relatives and co-workers.
Pride Month offers numerous events where members of the LGBT community can celebrate who they are. But June also is a good time for straight people to show support for their LGBT friends, relatives and co-workers. Here are 8 suggestions on how to be an ally.
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