Gay Agenda • June 18, 2021 – Dallas Voice
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Interview: Srini Ramaswamy and Ramkrishna Sinha, co-editors, equALLY: Stories by Friends of the Queer...
168pp, ₹595; Rupa & Pride Circle
equALLY: Stories by Friends of the Queer World includes 45 heartfelt stories of allies to the LGBTQ+ community. The anthology has been published by Rupa in...
Husson recognizes local president’s list students – CentralMaine.com – Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
BANGOR — The following local students have been named to the 2021 spring president’s list at Husson University.
Nicholas R. Grard of Albion is enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Health...
Nation’s second largest college-based science-fiction library booted by UMass Amherst – Universal Hub
Western Mass News reports the Commonwealth's Flagship Campus has decided that after nearly 60 years, it no longer has space for a permanent home for the Science Fiction Society, which has...
There’s no shame in “A Sexplanation,” a fun, honest documentary that steps in where...
"A Sexplanation" streaming June 17-27 at the Frameline Film Festival, is Alex Liu's smart, lively, and thoughtful documentary about sex education — both his in particular and America's in general. Liu's...
The making of a Mississippi school shooter – WLBT
PEARL, Miss. (WLBT) - The morning of October 1, 1997, was sunny in Pearl, Mississippi.Dew shone on the grass as students made their way into Pearl High School where they lingered...
Supreme Court’s day of culture war surprises – The Christian Science Monitor
The U.S. Supreme Court remains capable of issuing surprise big decisions that don’t break predictably along partisan lines.That may be one important takeaway from Thursday’s major rulings, in which a...
The Fight for Religious Freedom Isn’t What It Used to Be – The Atlantic
In the legal battle between religious rights and gay rights, religious freedom gained a victory today. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the First Amendment’s religious-freedom protections prevent the city...
In LGBTQ foster care case, Supreme Court backs religious rights – The Christian Science...
Washington The United States Supreme Court embraced religious rights over LGBTQ rights on Thursday by ruling in favor of a Catholic Church-affiliated agency that sued after Philadelphia refused to place children...
LGBTQ myths debunked with science and facts – Washington Blade
MYTH: Being gay is a “choice”
Americans are evenly split on whether sexual orientation is a choice, or is determined by nature, according to a 2015 Pew Research Center survey, with roughly...
9 New Books We Recommend This Week – The New York Times
AMAZON UNBOUND: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire, by Brad Stone. (Simon & Schuster, $30.) Stone seeks to explain the rise of America’s most important private enterprise, a...
Clarke, Hermiller, Hope are finalists to lead Graduate Studies – Nebraska Today
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln has announced three finalists for its next associate vice chancellor and dean of graduate education. The dean is responsible for the administration of academic support for more...
As ‘Dynasty’ Turns 40, Reflecting on Soap’s LGBTQ+ Legacy at Peninsula Estate Where Early...
"It was a time of great capitalist excess, you know, that was really represented in this legendary global show," said Celine Parreñas Shimizu, director of the School of Cinema at San...
Assembly Republicans pass bills excluding trans girls and women from sports – Wisconsin Examiner
Rep. Barbara Dittrich (R-Oconomowoc) wrote the bills passed on Wednesday that would exclude trans women and girls from playing sports. (Screenshot | WisEye) Multiple times during a debate on Wednesday over...
Is Scott Cawthon anti-LGBTQ? Internet says ‘gay people rejoice his retirement’ – MEAWW
As Scott Cawthon announced his retirement via a post on his website on Wednesday, June 16, Twitter slammed the animator for being a 'homophobe'. Cawthon's retirement comes almost a week after...
Washington Blade LGBTQ myths debunked with science and facts 2 days ago – Washington...
MYTH: Being gay is a “choice”
Americans are evenly split on whether sexual orientation is a choice, or is determined by nature, according to a 2015 Pew Research Center survey, with roughly...
Supreme Court Lets Catholic Group Exclude LGBTQ Foster Parents – NPR
With six conservative justices, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with a Catholic group in its dispute with the city of...
Supreme Court rules against Philadelphia gay rights law – Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday for Catholic Social Services in its fight over foster care in Philadelphia, holding city officials discriminated against the church group because of its religious views.The...
The class of 2021: “With the change to quadmesters, the amount of work was...
Jasper Khan, 17
School: St. Francis Xavier Secondary SchoolNeighbourhood: MississaugaWhat’s next: Health sciences at Queen’s
Life was good before the pandemic. I was in a few extracurriculars at school, like the science club,...
The Christian Science Monitor Daily for June 17, 2021 – Christian Science Monitor
Tel Aviv, Israel A taboo in Israel was broken this week when an Arab party joined a ruling coalition for the first time in decades. The inclusion of the small Islamic...
Plan to end HIV transmission in Australia by 2025 – Mirage News
Australian Federation of AIDS OrganisationsAustralia can end HIV transmission within four short years, averting over...
‘Love Victor’ star Michael Cimino has gotten death threats for playing gay: ‘But the...
The Canadian PressA look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Tuesday, June 15, 2021The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 15, 2021....
Retired AIDS researcher John Peterson dies – Bay Area Reporter, America’s highest circulation LGBT...
Professor Emeritus John Lamont Peterson, Ph.D., died unexpectedly of natural causes May 23 in Atlanta. He was 72.Mr. Peterson, a gay man, had served on the faculty of Georgia State University's...
CDC’s New Director of the Division of STD Prevention – AIDS.gov blog
Cross-posted from National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB PreventionDr. Leandro MenaDear Colleague,I am delighted to announce that Dr. Leandro Mena has been officially appointed Director of the Division of...
Spotlight Series: National Leadership Council Member and STS alumna, Michelle Hackman – Science News...
NLC member, Michelle Hackman. Photo courtesy of Michelle Hackman Name: Michelle Hackman (STS 2011)Job Title: Reporter, The Wall Street JournalAbout Felipe: Michelle is a reporter in The Wall Street Journal’s Washington, D.C. bureau,...
LGBTQ+ Excellence: Meet 21 New Point Foundation Scholars Point Flagship – Advocate.com
The Point Foundation — the national nonprofit that mentors and awards scholarships to deserving LGBTQ+ youth — recently announced their crop of scholarship recipients for the 2021-2022 academic year. This year,...
Hungary bill barring LGBTQ content for minors tests EU acceptance – The Christian Science...
London The European Union could impose funding restrictions on Hungary over legislation that bans the dissemination in schools of content deemed to promote homosexuality and gender change, the bloc’s equality chief...
Is De-Criminalizing HIV The Key To Ending Epidemic? – WebMD
June 16, 2021 -- For many people, being told that they are HIV positive is no longer a death sentence. But for Robert Suttle, a Black gay male and...
Blood Feuds and All the Feels: TorCon 2021 Highlights – Den of Geek
Rewatch Here! Space is Gay! With books like Everina Maxwell’s Winter’s Orbit, Charlie Jane Anders’ Victories Greater Than Death, and Ryka Aoki’s Light From Uncommon Stars, it comes as no surprise...
Current, Former Chippewa Falls Students Allege Pervasive Discrimination In Complaint – Wisconsin Public Radio...
When Casaiya Keyser was an eighth grader at Chippewa Falls Middle School, she and her classmates were asked to participate in weekly groups meant to teach strategies for coping with stress....
‘Conversion therapy made me want to die – but now I’m happy and proud...
Ex-pastor Joel Barrett was just a child when he started to realise he was different.“I have memories from as young as four and five years old of thinking about...
Opinion | Opposing Efforts at Voting Reform – The New York Times
To the Editor:Re “Joe Manchin Has a Point About Voting Reform” (Opinion guest essay, June 12):Christopher Caldwell’s attack on the For the People Act and other attempts to allow as many...
More gay, bisexual, and queer men eligible to donate blood in landmark LGBTQ+ victory...
More gay, bisexual and queer men will be able to donate blood in England and Wales, in a major equality win for the LGBTQ+ community.
Between 2017 and now, men who have...
The National Building Museum’s Summer Block Party returns with an outdoor outing – The...
While the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. may not be transforming its soaring Great Hall into a beach, a hammock-equipped open lawn, or a head-scratching plywood labyrinth this year, it...
New Bedford’s #BuyBlackNB Works to Empower Local Black Entrepreneurs – wbsm.com
Among many historically significant events, 2020 will be marked as the year of a long-overdue social awakening. Across the country, activists mobilized and community organizations were formed that became part of...