News Briefs: EQCA workers form union – Bay Area Reporter, America’s highest circulation LGBT...

A supermajority of workers at Equality California, the statewide LGBTQ rights organization, announced July 29 that they have formed a union, Equality Unites, with the Communications Workers of America.Later that same...

The story of an Olympic diver and his gay dad who got him to...

Good Morning AmericaWhat is a HIPAA violation?Late last month Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, of Georgia, raised eyebrows around the country when she claimed that a reporter's question about her COVID-19...

Granderson: Delta variant shattered Provincetown’s moment of normalcy – Los Angeles Times

It’s a strange feeling getting caught in the middle of a storm you never saw coming. A couple of weeks ago I thought I was headed for a lovely vacation in...

10 wildly different life perspectives to read or watch in Savannah – Savannah Morning...

People often hear the phrase “beach read” and immediately picture a quick novel that is easy to read without requiring too much thought.  I challenge you this summer to elevate the...

Explained: Why a key NASA telescope is at the centre of a LGBT debate...

NASA is set to launch the large infrared James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) touted as the “premier observatory” of the coming decade later this year. Considered the successor of the Hubble...

U.S. Officials Press Pfizer for More Evidence of Need for Booster Shot – The...

Representatives of Pfizer met privately with senior U.S. scientists and regulators on Monday to press their case for swift authorization of coronavirus booster vaccines, amid growing public confusion about whether they...

Americans Suffer Pandemic Whiplash as Leaders Struggle With Changing Virus – The New York...

WASHINGTON — A week of public health reversals from the White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has left Americans with pandemic whiplash, sowing confusion about coronavirus vaccines...

Breaking Up: the humour, the science and the misery – Life Matters – ABC...

The break up of an intimate relationship just bloody hurts, and who knows that more than anyone else? Gay women. They lead the world in relationship 'uncoupling'.That finding is contained within...

A Short History of The Falls Church News-Press’ First 30 Years – Falls Church...

TWO OF THE YOUNG NEWS-PRESS’ lions from its first year holding forth at the 1992 Memorial Day Parade and Festival: Nate Martin (left) and Danny O’Brien. After 30 years of still-continuing...

I Was Part of the July Fourth Provincetown “Breakthrough” COVID Cluster. It’s Been a...

Coronavirus Diaries is a series of dispatches exploring how the coronavirus is affecting people’s lives. Last Thursday, an internal slide presentation leaked from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that...

What STEM Loses to LGBTQ Bias – zocalopublicsquare.org

by Barbara Davenport | August 2, 2021 In 1981, an influential letter was published in Science, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement...

15 LGBTQIA2S+ Content Creators You Should Be Following – Elle Canada

@yazdemand Thank you all for supporting me, follow me on insta for updates!🥺 ♬ original sound – Yaz🍩 As one of the most authentic LGBTQIA2S+ influencers out there, Yasmin’s...

Sally Miller Gearhart, Lesbian Separatist and Activist, Dies at 90 – The New York...

“The Wanderground” is about a utopian community of women who communicate psychically with one another. It explored themes of women’s inherent connections to the Earth and to one another. Remaining in...

Culture 15 LGBTQIA2S+ Content Creators You Should Be Following – Elle Canada

@yazdemand Thank you all for supporting me, follow me on insta for updates!🥺 ♬ original sound – Yaz🍩 As one of the most authentic LGBTQIA2S+ influencers out there, Yasmin’s...

PhilSA lady official named as 2021 NAST Outstanding Young Scientist for Physical Sciences –...

Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) Deputy Director General for Space Science and Technology (DDG-SST) Dr. Gay Jane P. Perez has been named as this year’s Outstanding Young Scientist (OYS) in the field...

CDC Changes Mask Guidance For Vaccinated People, Including In Schools : Shots – Health...

Subway riders mask up this month in New York City. Wearing masks in all kinds of indoor settings may be...

Why Lorgia GarcĂ­a Peña Was Denied Tenure at Harvard – The New Yorker

García Peña felt that she had been turned into “a stranger” on Harvard’s campus, she told me. “I existed in discomfort, and my presence made many of my colleagues feel uncomfortable.”...

Anti-LGBTQI+ bill: Let your disagreement be based on law, science not emotions – Sam...

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Sam George Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Sam George has said he and his colleague anti-LGBTQI+ legislators are ready to debate anyone who is opposing...

19 Movies I Had Absolutely No Idea Were Based On Books We All Read...

So...you're telling me watching Groundhog Day is basically the same as reading Nietzsche, right? Buena Vista Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection The play is a comedy...

NASA investigates renaming James Webb telescope after anti-LGBT+ claims – Nature.com

NEWS 23 July 2021 Some astronomers argue the flagship observatory — successor to the Hubble Space Telescope — will memorialize discrimination. Others are waiting...

NASA Investigates Renaming James Webb Space Telescope after Anti-LGBT+ Claims – Scientific American

NASA is considering whether to rename its flagship astronomical observatory, given reports alleging that James Webb, after whom it is named, was involved in persecuting gay and lesbian people during...

Dr. Richard Gay appointed dean of College of Arts and Sciences at UNCP –...

PEMBROKE — Dr. Richard Gay has been promoted to dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke.  Gay brings 30 years...

What’s behind the illiberal attacks on our institutions and how to fight back, with...

In this episode of The Vital Center, host Geoffrey Kabaservice and Jonathan Rauch discuss the “deliberate, sustained, sophisticated, and very effective attack on the system we rely on to make and...

The Olympics Will Be Completely Gay By 2080, According to Science – Autostraddle

Feature image photo by Elsa/Getty Images Like many of us, I’ve been hyped about the Olympics since I was a kid. Despite the worrying circumstances in which...

The Olympics Will Be Completely Gay By 2080, According to Science – www.autostraddle.com

Feature image photo by Elsa/Getty Images Like many of us, I’ve been hyped about the Olympics since I was a kid. Despite the worrying circumstances in which...

Cannabis: sexually diverse youths with depression use more – EurekAlert

image: Kira London-Nadeau view more  Credit: UniversitĂ© de MontrĂ©al It's no secret that studies show that sexually diverse youth - in particular,...

Science is political | Opinion – Chemistry World

Chemist Anna Krylov of the University of Southern California has argued in a recent article1 in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters that science is becoming dangerously politicised. In a...

Hungary: Writers, bookstores brace for ban on LGBT content – Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Some bookstores in Hungary placed notices at their entrances this week telling customers that they sell “non-traditional content.” The signs went up in response to a new...

SF museum exhibit highlights LGBTQ scientists – Bay Area Reporter, America’s highest circulation LGBT...

A groundbreaking exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park is highlighting the work of queer scientists. It is believed to be the first such display...

Surveys prone to undercounting, misclassifying sexual minorities | Nebraska Today | University of Nebraska–Lincoln...

Welcome to Pocket Science: a glimpse at recent research from Husker scientists and engineers. For those who want to quickly learn the “What,” “So what” and “Now what” of Husker research. What?...

Lesbian, gay, bisexual smokers are at a higher risk for smoking menthol cigarettes –...

Compared with heterosexual smokers, menthol cigarette smoking is higher among lesbian, gay and bisexual cigarette smokers, according to a Rutgers-led study, especially among bisexual and lesbian/gay female cigarette smokers. ...

Historians Identify 14 Living Relatives of Leonardo da Vinci – Smithsonian Magazine

Presumed self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, circa 1512, red chalk on paper Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Fourteen people alive today can now boast a direct...

She’s Black, gay, loves STEM and hopes to be the next Miss USA NJ...

Taylor Lee (COURTESY TAYLOR LEE)By LAUREN PEACOCKFor Montclair Local Montclair resident Taylor Lee is hoping to defy expectations in the pageant world and become a role model for those who are part...

Opinion | Why the Most Unusual Covid Cases Matter – The New York Times

Like many people around the world and in Brazil where she lives, Parouhi Darakjian Kouyoumdjian became infected with the coronavirus last year; she had mild symptoms and recovered. But her case...

The problem with the ‘born gay’ theory – ChristianToday – ChristianToday

(Photo: Unsplash) The Methodist Church has just decided to change the definition of marriage and offer it to gay couples. In so doing, it once more raises several important questions,...