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Is it time to drop the ‘LGBT’ from ‘LGBTQ’?

The case for a new term that describes all sexual minorities Frank kameny, the last century’s greatest gay-rights activist, filed the first-ever Supreme Court petition challenging discrimination against homosexuals. He led some of the first gay-rights demonstrations. He was the first…

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Teenage trolls are screwing up LGBT scientific studies.

Scientists studying LGBT youth may have a big problem on their hands: meddling kids. More specifically, meddling kids who think it’s funny to identify as gay or lesbian on surveys—and who then give exaggerated responses to other questions about…

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Is it liberal wishful thinking, or will Mike Pence be indicted?

It could be wishful thinking — but a few liberal pundits and activists are predicting that virulently anti-LGBTQ Vice President Mike Pence will be charged with wrongdoing in connection with the 2016 presidential election.  Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who’s investigating Russian interference…

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Acronym separates sexual preference and gender identity.

A council committee has decided to refer to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community as LGB&T. The common acronym LGBT is usually taken to include sexual orientations, such as asexual, and gender identities, such as non-binary or genderqueer…