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One Key Factor Raises LGBTQ Teens’ Suicide Risk
Teens who are gay or lesbian but engage in heterosexual sex are at higher risk of a suicide attempt, new research suggests.
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Australia’s New Deputy PM Once Blamed Gay People For The AIDS Crisis
Michael McCormack has since apologised and says he no longer holds homophobic views.
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ICE arrests gay Mexican immigrant applying for U.S. citizenship
An undocumented immigrant who was living in the Philly area and was married to an American is fighting deportation.
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Australia : Tribunal criticised after rejecting asylum seeker’s appeal over homosexuality
Federal court finds Administrative Appeals Tribunal relied on ‘unwarranted assumptions’ and showed ‘extreme illogicality’ in rejecting Sikh man’s appeal.
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Senate Confirms Nation’s First Openly-Gay Federal Appellate Judge
Last Tuesday the United States Senate by a vote of 98 to 0 confirmed Todd Hughes to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, making him the first openly-gay person to serve as a federal appellate judge.
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Southern Baptist Convention Shuns Gay Youth with BSA Vote
Yesterday the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) approved a resolution condemning the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) decision to allow openly-gay Scouts, and called for the removal of all pro-equality BSA executives and board leaders.