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6 Senate candidates that the LGBT voters should support.

With the coronavirus crisis taking up so much attention, there isn’t as much focus being paid to the elections for the United States Senate that are happening concurrently with the election for President in November. While who wins the…

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Despite call to donate blood amid pandemic, FDA firm on gay ban.

Despite calls for increased blood donations amid the coronavirus crisis, the Food & Drug Administration is staying firm on its ban prohibiting gay men from donating blood. “At this time, FDA’s recommendations regarding blood donor deferral for men who have…

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Most trans people first question their gender before age 7.

Most trans people are seven years old when they first question their gender, scientists say. Published on March 16 in medical journal JAMA Open Network, the authors found that three-quarters of transgender men and women first experience gender dysphoria by the…

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Why anti-LGBT hate groups are surging in the U.S.

The fastest growing number of known hate groups in the U.S. are focused on opposing LGBTQ rights, according to a report released Wednesday. Last year there was a massive 43 percent increase in the number of organizations dedicated to opposing LGBTQ…

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13 LGBT women (and allies) who could be Biden’s VP.

With former Vice President Joe Biden surging toward the Democratic presidential nomination after three more primary victories Tuesday, and with his promise in Sunday’s debate to name a woman as his running mate, there’s ample speculation as to who that…