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Anti-LGBT sex ed law struck down in South Carolina.

South Carolina’s law banning the mention of same-sex relationships or other LGBTQ topics in sex education classes is unconstitutional and can no longer be enforced, a federal court ruled Wednesday. Under the 1988 law, sex ed classes in the state’s…

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Things you should know about COVID 19 if you are HIV+.

Sexual health specialists have issued advice surrounding the coronavirus (COVID-19) for those living with HIV, urging people who are not virally suppressed to take extra precautions during the ever-growing outbreak.  Professor Sheena McCormack, a global expert in HIV and epidemiology…

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Wrestling champion makes history when he comes out as gay.

Curdin Orlik, a champion in the sport of Swiss “swing” wrestling, has come out as gay, becoming Switzerland’s first openly gay active male pro athlete. “I am like that,” Orlik told Christof Gertsch of Switzerland’s The Magazine in a…

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Pete and Chasten receive standing ovation on Broadway.

Pete and Chasten Buttigieg stole the pre-curtain show Sunday at The Inheritance. The former mayor of South Bend, Ind., and his husband received a standing ovation at Broadway’s Barrymore Theatre, where the acclaimed LGBTQ production is running until March 15…