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2022 is a record year for state bills seeking to curtail LGBT rights

State lawmakers across the US have introduced at least 162 bills targeting LGBTQ Americans this year through July 1, according to a CNN analysis of data compiled by the American Civil Liberties Union, already marking a record-breaking year for such legislation…

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Biden’s Title IX guidance on anti-LGBT discrimination blocked

A federal judge in Tennessee has temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s guidance on two federal laws aimed at preventing discrimination against LGBTQ+ people, with the judge saying it keeps states from enforcing anti-transgender laws. The Department of Education had issued…

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Monkeypox: Condoms recommended for 12 weeks after infection

As research develops, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has recommended using condoms for 12 weeks after recovering from monkeypox. Monkeypox is not considered a sexually transmitted disease, but research released this week has shown that monkeypox DNA can be…

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988 suicide prevention hotline launches nationwide

People experiencing a mental health crisis can now call or text a three-digit number, 988, to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and connect with mental health professionals trained to respond to such emergencies. The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline…

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America on track to elect not one but two lesbians as governors

During Maura Healey’s 2014 run for Massachusetts attorney general, her sexuality barely registered on the campaign trail. Voters were more interested, she says, in her professional basketball career. (She spent two years playing point guard for the Austrian team UBBC…

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Barbaric ‘gay tests’ are still victimizing men across the world

So-called ‘gay tests’ have been used by anti-gay governments and authorities to inflict immense physiological and physical trauma to victims for decades. From Egypt to Uzbekistan, Uganda to Saudi Arabia, forced anal tests are persecuting gay men in more than…