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Star-studded film ‘Boy Erased’ takes on ‘gay conversion therapy’.

Starring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe and Lucas Hedges, “Boy Erased” is based on the real-life story of a teen who must choose between his religious family and his true identity. Focus Features released on Tuesday the highly anticipated trailer for “Boy Erased,” which tackles the controversial practice of “gay conversion therapy.”    

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How Truvada helped propel the evolution of LGBT health.

This week is the sixth anniversary of the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of Truvada for use as pre-exposure prophylaxis, and the advent of PrEP marks a huge milestone for the LGBTQ community. When the AIDS crisis began, no action was taken by then-president Ronald Reagan. LGBTQ people formed their own groups to step in and provide information…    

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Hey NY Times, joking that Trump and Putin are gay is homophobia.

Since the months leading up to the 2016 presidential election, LGBTQ people have been confronted with a curiously offensive idea that we’ve been told to accept as humor: that the strange relationship between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin could in some way be romantic or sexual.    

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A big win! Gay couples must be allowed to adopt, rules federal judge.

A federal judge has slapped down a lawsuit from a Christian adoption and fostering group which was censured for discriminating against same-sex couples. Bethany Christian Services and Catholic Social Services (CSS) – which have received around 3 million in funding from Philadelphia City Council – were…  

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Study: Nearly half of gay men face domestic abuse.

In a sobering finding that shows women aren’t the only victims of domestic violence, researchers report that nearly half of men in same-sex couples have suffered some form of abuse at the hands of their partner. The study included 320 men in 160 couples, and found that 46 percent reported some form of intimate partner abuse in…    

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What’s the difference between a crossdresser, drag queen, and being transgender?

Let’s clear this up. One of the subjects that comes up frequently in my conversations with my parents is one I also see playing out on the internet daily: language and how we use it when we are talking about identity, persona, and performance in the LGBTQ community. The most common thing I find myself clearing up…