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Why are there no openly gay players in elite men’s tennis?

Wimbledon moves into its crucial second week on Monday after an opening marked by upsets and notable absences. But injured eight-times champion Roger Federer and world number one Daniil Medvedev – absent due to a ban on Russian players – were

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1 in 5 adult members of Gen Z self-identify as LGBT

Last month’s Dobbs decision from the Supreme Court, which overturned Roe v. Wade, also included some news about same-sex marriage. In his majority opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote about his desire to reconsider other precedents from the high court, including…

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2022 saw a record number of violent attacks on Pride events

In the wake of a record number of reported incidents of violence and harassment at Pride celebrations this year, a new study verifies facts on the ground: anti-LGBTQ mobilization increased by over four times from 2020 to 2021, with 2022…

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A gay Vietnam veteran’s headstone tells his story

A photo of an anonymous headstone at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., went viral in Reddit’s r/pics forum this month, getting more than 89,000 upvotes. The inscription on the headstone reads “A Gay Vietnam Veteran: When I was in the…

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US orders 2.5 million more monkeypox vaccine doses

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday that it has ordered an additional 2.5 million doses of Bavarian Nordic’s JYNNEOS, an FDA-licensed vaccine indicated for prevention of smallpox and monkeypox, for use in responding to current or…

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Same-sex couples updating legal status after abortion ruling

Emails and phone calls from same-sex couples, worried about the legal status of their marriages and keeping their children, flooded attorney Sydney Duncan’s office within hours of the Supreme Court’s decision eliminating the constitutional right to abortion…