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Anti-gay activist is now head of a federal commission.

Tony Perkins, leader of the vehemently anti-LGBTQ Family Research Council, is the new chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. Perkins, a pastor with close ties to Donald Trump, was first nominated to the commission last year by…

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How to stay safe as an LGBT traveler, even during Pride.

Last week, ManAboutWorld hosted a dynamic #PrideTravel safety Twitter chat and a lot of great information was shared. According to Ed Salvato, MAW’s co-founder, this event started through his working with the U.S. State Department Bureau of Consular Affairs…

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Allosexual, demisexual, and other sexualities you need to know.

When we think about sexual orientation, what probably comes to mind for most people are the three listed in the well-known acronym: LGBTQ+. Those five letters stand for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer. (Keep in mind that transgender is…

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SCOTUS may erode decades of wins for LGBT worker rights.

For two decades, most of the LGBT movement’s highest-profile victories have come at the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2003 the justices issued a ruling legalizing gay sex that dissenting conservative Justice Antonin Scalia warned would set the stage for nationwide legalized gay marriage…

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Should researchers isolate the genetic root of homosexuality?

Queer people have a complicated relationship with our genes. On the one hand, “born this way” is recognized as the argument that won same-sex relationships equal treatment under the law. On the other hand, actually thinking about what it means for…