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The fight to declassify homosexuality as a disorder in ‘Cured’

The award-winning documentary Cured makes its U.S. broadcast debut Monday at 10 p.m., opening the fall season of PBS’s Independent Lens and coinciding with National Coming Out Day. The film, from co-directors Patrick Sammon and Bennett Singer, examines the activism behind…

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45’s presidency linked to LGBT mental distress, studies find

Anxiety. Depression. Stress. These are some of the emotions LGBTQ Americans experienced during the Trump administration, according to two recent studies. The reports, conducted independently, both landed on the same conclusion: There was a significant decline in the mental well-being…

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Anti-gay GOP leader claims immunity to COVID…from hospital

Longtime anti-LGBTQ conservative and former Texas GOP chair Allen West declared today that he has “natural immunity and double the antibodies” in his battle against COVID-19. Except his “natural immunity” didn’t come ‘naturally,’ but due to monoclonal antibody infusion therapy…

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Dan Savage defends straight men trolling gays on Grindr

Advice columnist Dan Savage has defended his previous endorsement of a straight man toying with gay men on Grindr. The controversy began last month when a man identifying himself as ALPHA wrote Savage to confess he loved engaging in sexually

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17 LGBT athletes share their coming out journeys

The words “coming out” represent a nearly universal experience, and often a defining moment, for members of the LGBTQ+ community. For Coming Out Day on Oct. 11, ESPN spoke to 17 out athletes from around the world about their journeys…