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Syracuse Police Investigating apparent Homophobic Attack of Student

Police are investigating an attack on a Syracuse University student who suffered a nose injury in an assault during which he says he was a called a homophobic slur. Campus police learned of the Saturday incident after the unnamed student reported that he was harassed and attacked outside a local bar. Campus and city police are both investigating the incident. It is unclear if the suspect is a student. Recommended LETHAL INJECTIONJudge puts resumption of federal executions on hold U.S. NEWSSyracuse students walk out in protest as chancellor vows action after racist incidents The incident comes just weeks after Syracuse […]

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PrEP’s Unexpected Side Effect: Reduced ‘HIV Anxiety’

When HIV first tore into America’s gay male community in the early 1980s, quotidian questions of sex, love, lust and trust transformed into weighty decisions with potential life-or-death consequences. The decision to stop using condoms with a serious partner? Only as reliable an HIV-prevention method as your partner’s fidelity. A single instance of cheating? An indiscretion that carries the risk of an incurable and deadly disease. A random hookup? A nagging sense that, perhaps, this time was the time. Todd Faircloth, 52, remembers those days well. In 1987, when gay men were still dying from AIDS in large numbers, Faircloth moved […]

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Hallmark Wants to Reinstate Same-sex Marriage Ad after Pulling it

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The Hallmark Channel said Sunday that it would “re-establish” its relationship with the wedding company behind a same-sex commercial, just days after Hallmark pulled the ad amid pressure from a conservative advocacy group. In a statement Sunday, the president of Hallmark Cards, Mike Perry, said Hallmark’s parent company, Crown Media Family Networks, had been “agonizing” over its decision to remove the ad and the “hurt it has unintentionally caused.” Hallmark added that it would work with an LGBTQ advocacy group, GLAAD, to “better represent … the community” while working to reinstate the commercials. After Hallmark’s reversal, GLAAD’s president, Sarah Kate Ellis, […]

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SCOTUS: Homeless May Sleep On The Sidewalk

The Los Angeles Times reports: The Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a major case on homelessness, letting stand a ruling that protects homeless people’s right to sleep on the sidewalk or in public parks if no other shelter is available. The justices without comment or a dissent said that they would not hear the case from Boise, Idaho, which challenged a ruling by a federal appeals court. The outcome was a significant victory for homeless activists and a setback for city officials in California and other Western states who argued the ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals undercut […]

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Book Review: ‘Falling’ by Trebar Healey

In Trebor Healey’s short story, “Ghost,” included in his newly released collection, Falling, the protagonist states, “Often, I think most of my closest friends are dead writers. I talk to them all the time and they talk to me-through their books mostly. But through my dreams as well. Sometimes.” Inspired by writer Roberto Bolaño, among others, Healey’s protagonist travels to Mexico, embarking “on a pilgrimage to meet the master.” He writes, “Darshan, the Hindus call it, when you spend time with one of your teachers.” With his sixth book of fiction, Healey is, thankfully, not a dead writer. He is, though, […]

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Merriam-Webster Names Pronoun ‘They’ as Word of the Year

Popular English-language dictionary Merriam-Webster has named the singular pronoun “They” as their Word of the Year for 2019. Merriam-Webster has been releasing its Word of the Year list since 2003. The top word, along with the rest of the list, is determined by data, specifically the number of lookups received throughout the year and the percentage of increase over lookups from past years. According to the dictionary’s website: Our Word of the Year for 2019 is they. It reflects a surprising fact: even a basic term—a personal pronoun—can rise to the top of our data. Although our lookups are often […]

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Grindr Rolls Out New Features for Countries where LGBTQ Identity Puts Users at Risk

Grindr has announced a rollout of new features designed to help users in countries where the prevailing culture of homophobia, biophobia, and transphobia puts them at risk. In what it describes as “part of its continued commitment to the safety and security” of its users, the popular dating/hookup app is introducing new features including: 1) the ability for users to “unsend” messages that they want to remove from the conversation; 2) expiring photos that give users the ability to have their personal photos disappear from a conversation as a protective measure; and 3) screenshot blocking for photos, chats, and profiles. […]

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Finland’s New Prime Minister – the World’s Youngest Leader – is the Daughter of Same-sex Parents

Sanna Marin, the newly-elected prime minister of Finland, will be the youngest sitting country leader in the world and is the daughter of same-sex parents. The Social Democrat, 34, will replace Antti Rinne who resigned last week, making the country’s five-party coalition entirely led by women. Four out of five are in their thirties. The rest of the coalition is made up of Li Anderson, 32, of the Left Alliance; Maria Ohisalo, 34, of the Green League; Katri Kulmuni, 32, of the Centre party and Anna-Maja Henriksson, 55, of the Swedish People’s party. Marin is currently Finland’s transport minister but was elected […]

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Transgender Latina Makes History as Evangelical Lutheran Pastor

Before coming out as transgender, Nicole Garcia prayed daily that God would “fix” her. When her prayers weren’t answered and the feeling in her gut didn’t go away, she gave up on religion. Now, nearly four decades later, Garcia stands behind the pulpit at Westview Lutheran Church in Boulder, Colorado, and delivers weekly sermons to a congregation of more than 100 faithful as their ordained pastor. “Nobody can question my faith, my devotion to Christ, my devotion to the church. That’s why I’m the pastor here,” Garcia,who turned 60 Thursday, told NBC News. “Being trans is secondary.” Garcia, who delivered her first […]

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Starbucks Fired a Trans Supervisor after Staff Played ‘Pig’ Prank on Cops

Starbucks fired a trans woman from her supervisor job after a police officer was given an order labelled “pig”. Lola Rose, a trans college student, said she was “made to be a martyr” after the incident went viral and is now considering legal action, She had been working as a shift supervisor at a Starbucks in Glenpool, Oklahoma, on Thanksgiving morning, when a police officer was handed a muffin with “pig” on the label. Rose told The New York Post that she’d noticed the label and intervened, thinking, “No, that’s not right.” “I jumped into action, apologised, then I thanked him for […]

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