BOSTON — A new study from Boston University School of Public Health found that the proportion of high school students identifying as LGBTQ doubled from 2009 to 2017, but their suicide rate is still high compared to straight students.
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United Methodist Church to split over LGBTQ issues
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NASHVILLE — A group of United Methodist Church leaders announced a plan for the denomination to split on Friday.
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Transgender man killed in Oklahoma on Jan. 1
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McALESTER, Okla. — Not even a full day into the new year, a transgender man has been killed in McAlester, Okla.
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Trevor Project files brief in Maryland ‘conversion therapy’ ban case
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BALTIMORE — The Trevor Project has filed an amicus brief to support a “conversion therapy” ban that’s been challenged in federal court.
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Facebook starts removing some, but not all, misleading PrEP ads
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NEW YORK — Facebook has reportedly start to remove some misleading ads promoting lawsuits over PrEP usage.
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Study: 24% of LGBTQ adults in the South live in poverty
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LOS ANGELES — A new study by the Williams Institute has found that LGBTQ people have a higher rate of poverty than straight people nationwide, but with the highest rate in the South.
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Lambda Legal releases report on anti-LGBTQ judicial appointments
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WASHINGTON — Lambda Legal released its third annual report on Friday on the anti-LGBTQ judges appointed by the Trump administration this year.
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Court orders military to turn over trans ban documents
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SEATTLE — A federal court has ordered the Department of Defense to turn over documents that it has withheld regarding the Trump-Pence administration’s ban on open military service by transgender people, including its purported justifications for the policy.
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Grindr rolls out new safety, security features
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LOS ANGELES — Hook up app Grindr announced new safety and security features this week.
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LGBTQ, HIV orgs call for Facebook to remove PrEP lawsuit ads
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NEW YORK — A coalition of LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS organizations has called on Facebook to take down ads claiming inaccurate side effects of Truvada for PrEP.