Lesbian, gay, bisexual medical students are more likely to experience burnout, study finds –...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Studies have shown that nearly half of all medical students in the U.S. report symptoms of burnout, a long-term reaction to stress characterized by emotional exhaustion, cynicism and feelings...
First openly gay cabinet secretary confirmed by US Senate – The Jerusalem Post
Pete Buttigieg was confirmed by the US Senate on Tuesday on a 86-13 vote to head the US Transportation Department, the first openly gay US Cabinet secretary.Buttigieg, the former mayor of...
Buttigieg Confirmed As Transportation Secretary By Senate : President Biden Takes Office – NPR
The Senate confirmed Pete Buttigieg to be President Biden's transportation secretary on Tuesday. Buttigieg is the first openly gay man...
BLM influencers: 10 Black Lives Matter activists on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter you...
BLM influencersProvidedCelebrities and scholars, best-selling authors and everyday people are using their social media presence to lead the conversation on racial justice. Here are just a few of them spreading the...
Dive Deeper The Changing Landscape of Global LGBTQ+ Rights – Council on Foreign Relations
The global campaign to secure protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other (LGBTQ+) people has made significant progress in recent decades, especially in the realm of marriage equality. Yet...
The best Covid vaccine is the one you can get — here’s how they...
President Joe Biden said that 90% of adults in the U.S. will be eligible for Covid-19 shots by April 19 and will be able to get them within five miles of...
BlueCity CEO discusses his journey to creating the first publicly listed LGBTQ+-focused social network...
NASDAQ-listed BlueCity is the owner of Blued, the first LBGTQ+-focused social network to go public CEO Ma Baoli began his career as a policeman in China before creating his own...
How scientists can ‘copy and paste’ Covid vaccines to work on the strain from...
With the news that Moderna's and Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid vaccines may not be as effective on the new coronavirus variant that emerged in South Africa, it's time to "prepare, if it's necessary,...
Grindr hit with $10 million fine over user privacy – The Independent
Grindr is facing a fine worth more than $10 million over accusations it failed to protect people’s personal information.Norwegian regulators said the gay dating app did not get proper consent from...
Grindr: Gay dating app hit with $10 million fine over user privacy – The...
Grindr is facing a fine worth more than $10 million over accusations it failed to protect people’s personal information.Norwegian regulators said the gay dating app did not get proper consent from...
Silicon Valley donors back a recall to oust California governor Gavin Newsom – Vox.com
Some major Silicon Valley donors are mobilizing behind a plan to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom, using their money to turn what was a quixotic attempt into a looming political threat...
They lived a ‘double life’ for decades. Now, these gay elders are telling their...
In the 1950s, when Ray Cunningham was just 19, he served in the Navy as secretary to the personnel officer aboard the USS Ranger. He was responsible for preparing discharge and...
Operto Guest Technologies appoints Rick Gay as VP Revenue – Short Term Rentalz
Vancouver: Property automation system Operto Guest Technologies, which provides solutions for the hotel and short-term rental industries, has announced it has appointed Rick Gay as its new VP Revenue.
Gay will oversee...
12 Biggest Companies with Gay CEOs – Yahoo Finance
BloombergCentral Banks to Pour Money Into Economy Despite Sharp Rebound(Bloomberg) -- The aggressive rebound in global economic growth still isn’t enough for most of the world’s central banks to pull back...
The Stories of Those Who Lost Decades in the Closet – The New York...
“We started it. You young folks finish it.”— The Rev. Magora Kennedy, an 82-year-old on the fight for LGBT+ rightsOn a quiet block in downtown Brooklyn, a new photography exhibit —...
Hungary’s government orders disclaimers on books with gay content – Reuters
Participants take part in the annual Pride festival in Budapest, Hungary, July 7, 2018. REUTERS/Bernadett SzaboBUDAPEST, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Hungary's government, which has made hostility to LGBT people a central...
Ralph Lauren drops Justin Thomas after gay slur heard on TV – Bay News...
HONOLULU (AP) — Ralph Lauren Corp. said Friday it is ending its sponsorship with Justin Thomas after he was heard muttering a homophobic slur to himself after missing a putt last...
Biden announces Science and Technology Policy director, elevates position to Cabinet-level – NBC News
Biden announces Science and Technology Policy director, elevates position to Cabinet-levelIE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.On the TrailMeet the Press Blog: Latest...
Social exclusion, career limitations hinder LGBTQ STEM professionals – University of Michigan News
LGBTQ professionals’ pride in their science, technology, engineering, and math work is not reciprocated, say researchers.Erin A. Cech
These STEM professionals are more likely to experience career limitations, social exclusion and harassment,...
Stanford team behind BS gaydar AI says facial recognition can expose political orientation –...
Stanford researcher Michael Kosinski, the PhD behind the infamous “Gaydar” AI, is back with another phrenology-adjacent (his team swears it’s not phrenology) bit of pseudo-scientific ridiculousness. This time, they’ve published a...
Adjunct Says He Was Denied a Full-Time Job for Being Gay – Inside Higher...
Jéaux Rinedahl, an adjunct professor of nursing at Seattle Pacific University, says he was told last year he did not qualify for an open full-time position because he is gay. He...
Russell T Davies speaks out on the importance of casting gay actors as gay...
"You wouldn’t cast someone able-bodied and put them in a wheelchair."
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How Egypt is using cyber laws to crack down on LGBTQs – Haaretz.com
News and PartnershipsLife and CultureColumnists and OpinionHaaretz Heb and TheMarkerHaaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East...
The Ex-Cop Behind China’s Largest Gay Dating App – Courthouse News Service
Screenshot of the website for the app Blued, which ranks as the largest gay social network today. (Image via Courthouse News) BEIJING (AFP) — Browsing the internet as a young...
The Complete Field Guide to Male Sex Toys – InsideHook
At a glance, the male sex toy landscape is scarce. A motorized cock ring here, a pocket pussy there and you’ve essentially covered half the category. If you’re...
Greece names first openly gay minister – The Associated Press
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The center-right government in Greece named the country’s first openly gay minister in a Cabinet reshuffle Monday.Nicholas Yatromanolakis, 44, was named as the new deputy minister of...
Regulating Big Tech will be hard, and California is proving it – MarketWatch
As technology companies have grown from dot-com upstarts to the most powerful entities in America, U.S. legislators have done virtually nothing to establish new laws that regulate the companies and their...
Egypt’s Dangerous New Strategy for Criminalizing Queerness – Slate
Earlier this year, Adel went on Grindr to surf and meet other queer people in town. (Adel is a pseudonym I’m using for his protection.) Adel eventually set a date with...
‘There’s a diversity grift right now’: Employees at center of racial controversies at tech...
As the nation’s racial-justice issues were thrust into the spotlight this year, so were the tech industry’s longstanding problems with race. Tech companies proclaimed their commitment to diversity after widespread protests...
The Best Queer Films of 2020 – IndieWire
Being a year where everyone was trapped indoors glued to their screens meant, for moviegoers, that smaller films were able to sneak onto the radar, and that especially extended to queer...
These Bonuses Beat The Biglaw Market Rate! – Above the Law
This is getting to be a habit — boutique law firm Selendy & Gay, has, once again, beaten the prevailing market rate for year-end bonuses doled out in Biglaw. We get...
10 Years After DADT Repeal, LGBTQ Airmen Say More Can Change – Air Force...
Share Article Ten years after the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy began to phase out, gay and lesbian Airmen say there’s more the Department of the Air Force...
Religious leaders are standing up against LGBT+ discrimination – World Economic Forum
Almost 400 global multi-faith religious leaders are calling for countries to overturn bans on same-sex relations and end LGBT+ conversion therapy. The campaign is run by is supported by...
Pete Buttigieg’s faith was as much a part of his profile as being LGBT....
When President-elect Joe Biden this week announced his intention to nominate former South Bend, Indiana, mayor (and one-time rival for the Democratic presidential nomination) Pete Buttigieg as his secretary of transportation,...
Colombian village offers hope for indigenous gay men – Jakarta Post
Growing up in an indigenous village in the Colombian Amazon, Junior Sangama long hid his sexuality -- before clashing with his family and choosing to leave. But the 27-year-old has...