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France to finally legalize IVF treatment for lesbians

France’s parliament adopted legislation on Tuesday that will allow single women and lesbians access to in-vitro fertilisation, unwinding some of Western Europe’s strictest rules governing medically assisted pregnancies. Medically assisted reproduction is widely available to all women in neighbouring European…

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Social media darlings The Old Gays on their newfound fame

The Old Gays — yes, that’s what they’re called — never knew this latest chapter in their lives would be so rewarding or that they could become famous for just being themselves. They recently learned what the word “viral” means, and they’re…

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A first! A trans woman will compete for the title of Miss USA

Kataluna Enriquez made history Sunday when she was crowned Miss Nevada 2021 and, with the win, qualified for the Miss USA contest, the first transgender woman to accomplish either feat. The 2021 Advocate Champion of Pride took home the Miss Nevada 2021 title…

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AIDS at 40: AIDS before and after Rock Hudson

“The poor homosexuals — they have declared war upon nature, and now nature is exacting an awful retribution,” former Nixon adviser and conservative journalist Pat Buchanan wrote May 24, 1983 in a New York Post column “AIDS Disease: It’s Nature Striking Back.” The year before…

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SCOTUS decision on Gavin Grimm is a major LGBT victory

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from a Virginia school board that was found to have discriminated against transgender student Gavin Grimm when it barred him from the boys’ restroom back in 2014. In a brief…