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Genetics may play role in choosing same sex partner.

In a large study of more than 490,000 men and women in the United States, United Kingdom and Sweden, researchers discovered four genetic variants that occur more often in people who indicated on questionnaires that they had had same-sex sexual partners.    

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Record number of LGBTQ characters on broadcast TV.

LGBTQ characters have reached a record level of representation on broadcast TV, a GLAAD study reported Thursday. In the current TV season, prime-time scripted series on the five broadcast networks have set a record for the…  

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Democrats double down on Equality Act before midterms.

Two weeks before the 2018 midterm elections, House Democrats are making a last-minute pitch to LGBTQ and progressive voters: Put us in the majority, and we will pass the Equality Act. The Equality Act of 2017, which has over 200 sponsors, would explicitly add…  

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Gay artist brilliantly nails straight male consent.

Gay artist Michael James Schneider has a message about consent, and it’s blowing up Twitter. Tweeting under the handle @BLCKSMTHdesign, Schneider posted a picture of himself in front of a sign that read, “Straight men understand consent when…

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Caitlyn Jenner: ‘I was wrong’ about Trump.

Caitlyn Jenner, the former Olympic athlete-turned-transgender activist, has just executed an athletic 180-degree political about-face, turning against President Donald Trump with a mea culpa column declaring, “I was wrong” about Trump’s commitment to LGBTQ rights.