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Gender-Affirming Surgery Lowers Need for Mental Health Treatment, Study Finds

A new study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry found that transgender people who receive gender confirmation surgeries have better mental health. The study reviewed ten years of medical data fro...

A Quarter of LGBTQ Employees Have Been Bullied at Work

A quarter LGBTQ employees have experienced bullying in the workplace, according to the Kantar Inclusion Index (KII), an initiative designed to identify global employment trends and issues. The KII surveyed a...

Gay Fathers Receive Less Parental Leave than Straight and Lesbian Couples Worldwide

A study found that gay men worldwide receive less paid parental leave on average than lesbian or heterosexual couples, reported Reuters. The research, conducted at the University of California, Los Angeles (...

Genetic Mutation Results in HIV Immunity, Spanish Researchers Discover

Spanish scientists have discovered a rare genetic mutation that makes people resistant to HIV, which could help lead to new HIV treatments. Researchers from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III in Madrid tested...

New Study Debunks “Gay Gene” Myth

Scientists have debunked the myth that originated in the early 90s that there is a single “gay gene” in a study into the biological and genetic basis of sexual behavior. The myth was originally introduced in...

Gay Porn Emits Estimated 17 Million Tons of Carbon Dioxide a Year

Gay porn could be severely hurting the environment, causing high levels of carbon dioxide emissions, according to a study done by French think tank The Shift Project. High levels of carbon dioxide emissions ...

UN Human Rights Council Votes to Renew Expert in LGBTQ Protection

The United Nations Human Rights Council voted to renew the mandate of the U.N. Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (IE SOGI) for ...

Lesbian Tennis Players Make History at Wimbledon, Talk Coming Out in Sports

Lesbian tennis players Alison Van Uytvanck and Greet Minnen, the first openly gay couple to play doubles at Wimbledon, spoke about wanting to see more athletes come out after their Wimbledon win on Wednesday (J...

Lady Gaga and Others Commemorate Stonewall Anniversary at WorldPride

Thousands celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots yesterday (June 28) in New York at WorldPride with a rally featuring a number of celebrities, reported ABC 7. Lady Gaga made a surprise appea...

High Court of Botswana Decriminalizes Gay Sex

The High Court in African country Botswana has repealed laws that criminalize gay sex, according to PinkNews. The court voted unanimously yesterday (June 11) to overturn Sections 164(a), 164(c), and 167 of t...

The Vatican Releases Document Rejecting Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Identities

The Vatican released a document on Monday (June 10) which rejects transgender people, saying gender nonconformity is “a gradual process of denaturalization.” The Congregation for Catholic Education released ...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

Former Texas House Speaker Urges Supreme Court to Make LGBTQ Discrimination Illegal

No LGBTQ Questions Asked During Democratic Debate, Despite Being Transgender Day of Remembrance

Georgia’s First Openly Gay Mayor Elected in Canton

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

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