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The AIDS Memorial Quilt is returning to San Francisco.

The AIDS quilt — all 50,000 panels — will return to the Bay Area, under a new agreement that transfers stewardship of the mammoth AIDS memorial to the National AIDS Memorial Grove in San Francisco. Additionally, the Library of Congress will preserve the quilt’s…

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AMA will push for nationwide conversion therapy ban.

The American Medical Association, the largest association of physicians in the U.S., will formally support state and federal bans on conversion therapy. The AMA’s policy-making body has voted in favor of adopting a new policy supporting conversion therapy bans, the organization announced…

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Depression and anxiety ‘alarmingly high’ with LGBT Southerners.

Depression and anxiety rates are “alarmingly high” among LGBTQ Southerners, a new survey says. And those figures are even higher for people who experienced abuse “due to their LGBTQ identity,” according to a report released this month from the Campaign for Southern Equality…

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If you want a stronger gay relationship, get a dog!

The research on pups and romantic relationships was carried out by Rover.com, the world’s largest dog sitting and walking platform. Of the gay and bi couples surveyed, more than half (56 per cent) also said having a dog meant that they…

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HRC releases 2019 index rating cities on LGBT inclusion.

HRC Foundation in partnership with the Equality Federation Institute, announced that a record-setting 88 cities across the U.S. earned the highest possible score in the eighth annual Municipal Equality Index (MEI). The MEI is the only nationwide assessment of LGBTQ inclusion in…