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In a May 19, 2015 file photo, R. Scott Turner, Professor of Neurology and Director of the Memory Disorder Center at Georgetown University Hospital, points to PET scan results that are part of a study on Alzheimer's disease at Georgetown University Hospita

Health & Safety

LGBTQ Americans Could Be At Higher Risk For Dementia, Study Finds

7:36pm July 17, 2019

by Dani Matias

Research presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Convention found that LGBTQ Americans are three times more likely to experience cognitive decline than their non-LGBTQ counterparts.

Mike Hollinger of IBM joined a group of business leaders at a news conference on the steps of the capitol in Austin, Texas. The business leaders oppose the so-called religious refusal laws currently under consideration in the Texas legislature.

National

Business Leaders Oppose 'License To Discriminate' Against LGBT Texans

11:07am May 06, 2019

by Wade Goodwyn

Texas legislators are considering a bill that would allow professionals to deny service to people based on religious beliefs. Critics say the law would sanction discrimination against LGBT Texans.

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A new study finds that up to 20 percent of the LGBT population in this country live in rural America. For the most part, they chose that life for the same reasons others do: tight-knit communities with a shared sense of values.

National

New Study: LGBT People A 'Fundamental Part of The Fabric Of Rural Communities'

4:41pm April 04, 2019

by Leila Fadel

Up to 20 percent of LGBT Americans live in rural parts of the country. A new study says they shouldn't have to choose between being protected from discrimination and choosing where they call home.

Politics & Government

Proposals Would Expand LGBT Protections In North Carolina

4:05pm March 28, 2019

by Paul Garber

Gay rights advocates and their supporters at the legislature say expanding discrimination protections and repealing remnants of the North Carolina "bathroom bill" will make clear that LGBT people a

Sarah Spiegel, a third-year student at New York Medical College, pushed for more education on LGBT health issues for students.

Medical Students Push For More LGBT Health Training To Address Disparities

8:02am January 20, 2019

by Rachel Cohen

One in 5 LGBT adults has avoided medical care for fear of discrimination, according to a recent survey, and 80 percent of physicians surveyed say they feel "not competent" to treat LGBT patients.

A group of mostly LGBT Central American migrants are the first to reach northern Mexico. On Sunday about 80 of them arrived in Tijuana. They plan to apply for asylum as early as Thursday.

LGBT Splinter Group From Migrant Caravan Is The 1st To Arrive In Tijuana

8:30pm November 13, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

About 80 mostly LGBT migrants reached the border city south of San Diego on Sunday. They plan to seek political asylum as early as Thursday, arriving weeks ahead of thousands en route to the U.S.

After winning Kansas' 3rd District, Sharice Davids is projected to become one of the first Native American women to serve in Congress and the first LGBTQ person to represent the state in the lawmaking body.

Politics & Government

'Rainbow Wave': How Did The Record Class Of LGBTQ Nominees Fare?

10:47am November 07, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Hundreds of lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and queer candidates made the ballot Tuesday. And by Election Day's end, several of them had also made U.S. history.

Joel Edgerton stars as the head of a "conversion therapy" program in Boy Erased, which he also directs.

Arts

A 'Hopeful Story' Within Gay Conversion Therapy Drama 'Boy Erased'

9:25am November 06, 2018

by David Greene

Actor and director Joel Edgerton says that his new movie, based on a memoir of attending a religious "conversion" camp, is targeting "as many parents as possible."

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From left: Kenyan director Wanuri Kahiu and actors Samantha Mugatsia and Sheila Munyiva at the Cannes Film Festival.

'Rafiki': The Lesbian Love Story That Kenya Banned And Then Unbanned

12:26pm September 28, 2018

by Eyder Peralta

In the hopes of becoming an Oscar contender, the Kenyan film board allowed the movie to play in Nairobi for a week. Director Wanuri Kahiu sees it as the beginning of a fight for freedom of expression.

Despite a ban on same-sex intercourse, India has a discreet gay scene in cosmopolitan centers, including at the Lalit hotel, where Rani Ko-He-Nur attends a drag night. The hotel's executive director is one of the plaintiffs in a Supreme Court case seekin

World News

India's LGBTQ Activists Await Supreme Court Verdict On Same-Sex Intercourse Ban

9:14am July 27, 2018

Activists are challenging the law, which dates back to the British colonial era. More Indian cities are hosting gay pride parades, but some polls show most Indians still frown on homosexuality.

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