Calvin spins off research center to avoid firing gay worker – Inside Higher Ed
Calvin University has long prohibited its employees from pursuing same-sex relationships, but Nicole Sweda didn’t think officials at the evangelical university ever enforced the policy.Now she knows they do.
Until recently, Sweda...
Some past Science News coverage was racist and sexist. We’re deeply sorry – Science...
Content warning: This essay about aspects of Science News’ coverage cites specific examples of racism, sexism and prejudice against members of the LGBTQ community and others. We have chosen to link...
Doctors say it’s time to end ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual...
Medical professionals in Massachusetts are calling on the FDA to rescind a longstanding policy that bars most gay men from donating blood. The call comes in the middle of what some...
‘Don’t Say Gay’: How is Disney embroiled in Florida bill debate? – The Christian...
Orlando, Florida With some workers across the United States threatening a walkout Tuesday, The Walt Disney Co. finds itself in a balancing act between the expectations of a diverse workforce and...
Republicans like Gov. Ron DeSantis can’t suppress science or history – USA TODAY
Republicans like Gov. Ron DeSantis can't suppress science or historyNews Sports Entertainment Life Money Tech Travel OpinionGov. Ron DeSantis and his allies have pushed me into new territory. After decades of...
Gilead faces criticism for donations to state senators who backed ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill...
There was a curious dichotomy underlying the outcry over the “Don’t Say Gay” bill that passed the Florida Senate last week: Nine of the 22 lawmakers who voted in favor of...
Psych journal in revolt as it publishes paper saying masturbation and gay sex are...
Several psychiatry researchers have been unsuccessfully seeking distance from a dodgy journal with which they’re affiliated – and which has now published an article claiming homosexuality and masturbation deserve to...
Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill built on false assumptions about nature – USA TODAY
Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill built on false assumptions about natureNews Sports Entertainment Life Money Tech Travel OpinionYoung people in Florida are being told their sexuality or gender identity is so...
Disney apologises for ‘silence’ on ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill – BBC
In a letter to Disney leadership, a copy of which was obtained by the BBC, LGBT employees at Pixar - the company's computer animation division - accused the parent company of...
Florida lawmakers pass ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill – BBC
The Florida Family Policy Council, a conservative group that supports the bill, said in a statement last week that it was "necessary because government schools in the US have become ideological,...
Florida legislature passes bill to restrict LGBTQ topics in elementary schools – The Washington...
Listen10 minComment on this storyCommentGift ArticleFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida state senators on Tuesday approved legislation that regulates school lessons about sexual orientation and gender identity, defying demands from some...
Coming Out at Work May Impact Productivity – DISCOVER Magazine
Over the past few years, a growing field of research has demonstrated that fostering an LGBT-friendly environment via supportive policies can help businesses recruit and retain employees, and may even boost...
Philosophy needs a revival. Nietzsche can help. // The Observer – Observer Online
The philosophy of our current era is clawing and yelping, locked in a cage under watchful eyes. Its prison, the university, has devolved into a factory for toy soldiers. This is...
While straight men face educational crisis, gay men excel academically, study finds – NBC...
“I love gay people,” activist and playwright Larry Kramer proclaimed at the outset of a 2004 speech in New York City. “I think we’re better than other people. I really do....
Florida House of Representatives passes ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill – BBC
"Every child has a right to speak honestly about their lives, a right to have access to a history that is honest and includes them, and a right to library books...
Sen. Rick Scott’s GOP manifesto denies existence of transgender people – NBC News
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., laid out a conservative blueprint this week for a GOP takeover of Congress, and included in his "11-Point Plan to Rescue America" are a number of proposals...
Francis Collins, Former N.I.H. Director, Will Fill In as Biden’s Science Adviser – The...
Dr. Francis S. Collins, the longtime director of the National Institutes of Health who stepped down late last year to go back to his lab, now has a new title: acting...
MSU hosts acclaimed author Ross Gay for annual writer-in-residence program – Mississippi State Newsroom
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STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University is hosting award-winning author Ross Gay for an upcoming virtual writer-in-residence program, an annual campus event of the College of Arts...
MSU hosts acclaimed author Ross Gay for annual writer-in-residence program – MSState
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STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University is hosting award-winning author Ross Gay for an upcoming virtual writer-in-residence program, an annual campus event of the College of Arts...
MSU hosts acclaimed author Ross Gay for annual writer-in-residence program – msstate.edu
Contact: John Burrow
Submitted photo by Natasha Komoda
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University is hosting award-winning author Ross Gay for an upcoming virtual writer-in-residence program, an annual campus event of the College of Arts...
MSU hosts acclaimed author Ross Gay for annual writer-in-residence program – Mississippi State University
Contact: John Burrow
Submitted photo by Natasha Komoda
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University is hosting award-winning author Ross Gay for an upcoming virtual writer-in-residence program, an annual campus event of the College of Arts...
International Day of Women and Girls in Science – UNC Health Scientists Discuss Their...
In honor of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Drs. Cindy Gay, Onyinye I. Iweala, Emily Sickbert-Bennett, and Ilona Jaspers share their journeys to success, challenges they faced along...
Harvard is Embroiled in Another Sexual Misconduct Controversy. Here’s What You Need to Know....
Harvard is back in the news for a sexual misconduct controversy.The school is reeling this week in the wake of allegations of sexual harassment against a powerful professor and of sweeping...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signals support for ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill – NBC News
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis voiced his support for a bill that would prohibit the discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in the state's primary schools. Asked by reporters at a...
Liberal cardinal calls for revised Catholic teaching on gays – Reuters.com
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich S.J., Archbishop of Luxembourg, (in mask) greets Pope Francis at the opening of the Synodal Path at the Vatican October 9, 2021. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS Register now...
Top European cardinal: Church teaching on gay people ‘no longer correct’ – America Magazine
BERLIN (CNS) -- The president of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union said he believes the current church teaching on homosexuality is wrong, not based in science.In...
Top European cardinal: Church teaching on gay people ‘no longer correct’ – America: The...
BERLIN (CNS) -- The president of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union said he believes the current church teaching on homosexuality is wrong, not based in science.In...
The hunt for the ‘gay gene’ continues – MercatorNet
When it was released in 2011, Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” was the hottest song of the year, topping the charts in 25 countries. It became a gay anthem, with its...
Study of nine million people indicates that men with older brothers are more likely...
New research shows having a greater number of older brothers increases the probability of a person entering a same-sex union at some point in their lives.This finding, detailed in our paper...
Having older brothers increases chance of being gay, study finds – Metro Weekly
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Despite blood shortage, gay and bisexual men in Philadelphia still face donation restrictions. Why?...
By Victoria A. Brownworth
PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has yet to lift its three-month celibacy requirement for donations from men who have sex with men (MSM), even...
Fraternal birth order effect: Having older brothers could be why you’re gay – PinkNews
Having an older brother could be why you're gay. (Pexels/ cottonbro) A new study claims to have found compelling evidence for the...
To Address National Blood Crisis, Human Rights Campaign Calls for End to Discriminatory Restrictions...
In the wake of news that the American Red Cross had declared the first “national blood crisis” due to critically low blood supplies, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) — the nation’s...
FAS Dean Affirms Commitment to Ethnic Studies Faculty Search | News – Harvard Crimson
Despite a prolonged delay in the search for ethnic studies faculty, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay said that “there’s no wavering of commitment” in her promise...