The Impact of Shifts in American Culture – Gallup Poll – Gallup Poll

The eminent French sociologist Émile Durkheim wrote more than a hundred years ago about the consequences of anomie in society, a term usually defined as normlessness, or a situation in which...

“Pray Away”: The Rise, Fall, and Rise of Faith-Based Homophobia – Patheos

Exodus International probably needs no introduction for exvangelicals or members of the LGBT community.  For the 37 years of its existence (1976-2013), it was the most vocal and visible part of...

Cruel, debunked anal exams used in homosexuality prosecutions must end, Uzbekistan told – PinkNews

Shavkat Mirziyoyev, president of Uzbekistan. (Presidency of Uzbekistan/ Handout/ Anadolu Agency via Getty) Human rights groups have called for an urgent ban on “cruel” anal examinations used in homosexuality prosecutions in...

How A Gay Community Helped The CDC Spot A COVID Outbreak — And Learn...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a lot of ways to pick up on COVID-19 outbreaks, but those methods often take a while to bear fruit. Not so with...

Terry McAuliffe meets with small business owners in Winchester – The Winchester Star

WINCHESTER — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe met with local business owners and school officials Thursday morning to highlight his efforts to improve Virginia’s economy.He first stopped by Winchester Brew...

White House Makes Back-to-School Push for Student Vaccinations – The New York Times

But like everything else in the pandemic, the coronavirus vaccines have become caught up in partisan politics. Some school officials are finding that persuading parents to get their students vaccinated is...

Who won’t get the vaccine? They’re still worth caring for | Opinion – Deseret...

In any dissolving marriage, there’s a moment where a critical pivot happens — when partners move from a sense of confidence the other person cares about their relationship to a place...

LGBT advocate: DaBaby’s remarks aren’t just homophobic, they have deadly consequences – Austin American-Statesman

By Ian L. HaddockIn an XXL interview in 2017 DaBaby said, “I am all about touching people and influencing people.” As an advocate for HIV prevention and treatment, I am concerned...

Cuomo’s Stubborn Grip on Job Seen as Move to Save Family Legacy – Yahoo...

(Bloomberg) -- However Andrew Cuomo chooses to exit, the three-term New York governor will leave a legacy that includes caps on runaway Albany spending, replacement of the Tappan Zee Bridge and...

After 30 years, Missouri reforms HIV transmission criminalization law • Missouri Independent – Missouri...

Let us know what you think... Six years ago, college student Michael Johnson was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a St. Charles County judge for...

Why the US south is at the center of anti-abortion fervor – Quartz

Not so long ago, laws governing abortion in Massachusetts and Rhode Island were far more restrictive than those in the Deep South, as state legislators throughout New England regularly banned the...

A Citizen Scientist Gave The CDC A Head Start In A COVID-19 Outbreak Investigation...

A statistician compiled data to share with the CDC after friends kept testing positive after a week in Provincetown, Mass. It spurred an investigation that changed how officials saw the...

Footballers subject to 48% increase in online abuse according to PFA research – ESPN

9:30 PM GMTFootballers in the Premier League, Women's Super League (WSL) and English Football League (EFL) were subjected to a 48% increase in unmoderated racist online abuse during the second half...

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...

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...

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...

Why Lorgia García 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.”...

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...

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...

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...

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...