October 21, 2011
A new study finds that more than half of women experience feelings of attraction towards other women at some point in their lives. Researchers at Boise State University (BSU) polled a group of 484 heterosexual women and found that a whopping 60 percent of those polled were sexually attracted to other women. On top of this, 45 ...
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coming out,
coming out as older adult,
female friends,
female friendship,
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kissing,
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LGBT,
masculinity,
sexual orientation,
sexuality,
straight
October 20, 2011
It’s Spirit Day today, a day to show support for LGBT young people by wearing purple and speaking out against bullying. We may think that the fight has been won, with so many stories about legalizing gay marriage and gay rights in the news, but as recently as this past weekend yet another gay teenager ...
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bullying,
gay rights,
GLAAD,
homophobia,
It Gets Better,
Jamie Hubley,
lesbian,
LGBT Rights,
sexual orientation,
sexuality,
Spirit Day,
suicide,
transgender,
youth
September 14, 2011
Dear Madame X, This is a question about cheating. I went out to a party and my boyfriend stayed home to finish working on a first week assignment for school. I had a great time and I told him all about it when I saw him the next day, including that I had kissed a ...
August 30, 2011
When students are filling out their admissions applications for college, I imagine one of their first thoughts is, “Will I get in?” But while some students dread the letter that tells them whether they will be accepted or not, others may feel anxious over whether or not they’ll be accepted by their peers based on ...
Tags: acceptance,
anxiety,
bisexual,
college,
college applications,
diversity,
Elmhurst College,
equality,
gay,
gay rights activists,
gender,
gender identity,
lesbian,
LGBT,
personal question,
sexual orientation,
stress,
students,
transgender,
underrepresented groups
August 12, 2011
Today the Australian LGBT community is rejoicing! The country’s first gay, lesbian and bisexual retirement village has just been given the official go-ahead. The complex’s developer, Peter Dickson, said the 120-unit estate would be a “haven” for older LGBT people. Apparently he’s already been contacted by more than 200 potential buyers from all over the ...
Tags: Australia,
Australian gay politics,
bisexual,
discrimination,
equality,
gay,
gay and lesbian retirement village,
gay rights,
homophobia,
lesbian,
LGBTQ,
old people's home,
retirement village
July 29, 2011
Gay marriage is now legal in New York; Australian same-sex couples who wed overseas will, for the first time, be counted in this year’s census; more and more gay and lesbian teenagers are being granted the right to take their chosen date to the prom. As the movement surges on, as we mark off one ...
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gay,
gay homeless,
high school,
homeless,
homophobia,
housing crisis,
lesbian,
LGBT,
LGBT youth,
parents,
young gay,
young lesbian
June 17, 2011
Say what you will about the United Nations’ efficiency, they made a huge advance today by recognizing sexual orientation and gender identity as essential human rights to protect. The 47-member Human Rights Council voted 23 in favor and 19 against (with 3 abstentions) for a resolution put forward by South Africa to review discrimination against ...
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fundamental human rights,
gay,
gender identity,
homosexuality,
human rights,
Human Rights Council,
lesbian,
LGBT community,
LGBT Rights,
sexual orientation,
South Africa,
transgender,
United Nations
May 10, 2011
Gay men are almost twice as likely as straight men to report having had cancer, a new study reveals. The study of more than 120,000 people found that gay men weren’t only more likely to have cancer, but they would also be diagnosed about a decade earlier. Jason Warriner, Clinical Director for HIV and sexual ...
Tags: anal cancer,
anal sex,
bisexual,
cancer,
gay men,
HIV,
HIV and cancer,
HPV,
human papillomavirus,
lesbian,
oral cancer,
recovery
April 26, 2011
As we all anxiously await for the moment William and Kate profess their love to each other in front of millions of viewers and live spectators, those who don’t fit into the neat and tidy heterosexual category are sure to feel slighted. If you fit somewhere within LGBTI, it’s a hard pill to swallow that ...
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British law,
demonstrations,
Equal Love,
equal=love,
equality,
gay,
gay rights,
Kate,
lesbian,
LGBTI,
marriage,
protests,
queer,
royal wedding,
same-sex marriage,
transgender,
William
March 9, 2011
Dear Madame X, At the moment I have a girlfriend and a boyfriend. Neither knew about the other until last week when my girlfriend found out that occasionally I prefer dicks to chicks. She’s losing it and says I was cheating, but I used protection every time and we’re hardly serious. I tried to explain ...