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LGBTQ people recreated iconic romantic movies from Hollywood and they are just perfect

LGBTQ people recreated iconic romantic movies from Hollywood and they are just perfect  - The portrayal of the LGBTQ community in movies has always been minimal. And even when they are, it is usually in a highly demeaning and ...

Health care cultural competency law hopes to ease LGBT patient angst

Health care cultural competency law hopes to ease LGBT patient angst  - And it's stories like this he hopes will be eradicated in the District now that Mayor Muriel Bowser has signed the LGBTQ Cultural Competency ...

Cleanify Co-Founder Wins Entrepreneur Pitch Contest at Lesbians Who Tech Summit

Cleanify Co-Founder Wins Entrepreneur Pitch Contest at Lesbians Who Tech Summit  - Amanda Potter wins entrepreneur pitch contest at the Lesbians Who Tech Summit in San Francisco. The summit brings together over 1,500 LGBTQ  ...

Dustin Lance Black is straight back to work making an LGBT mini-series

Dustin Lance Black is straight back to work making an LGBT mini-series  - Dustin has posted snaps on Instagram from the set of his new project, When We Rise. He thanked the LGBTQ heroes who 'have shared their stories ...

10 most successful LGBT athletes of all time

10 most successful LGBT athletes of all time  - Each of these athletes has had immense success, and in addition to their laurels has become a vocal advocate for the LGBTQ cause worldwide.

Legislators failing Kentucky with law to allow discrimination

Legislators failing Kentucky with law to allow discrimination  - Kentucky lawmakers are back at it again, this time with a bill that would allow business owners to refuse service to LGBTQ * customers. This new bill ...

What's Arabic for "feminism"?

What's Arabic for "feminism"?  - Lebanon's LGBTQ activists also rejoiced in 2014 when a court ruling reversed a law that had criminilized gay sex - a decision that set Lebanon apart ...

Check out Ellen Page's hard-hitting LGBT travel documentary

Check out Ellen Page's hard-hitting LGBT travel documentary  - Now she has made a travel documentary with best friend Ian Daniel, where they travel the world in search of LGBTQ cultures and experiences.

There're Bad Arguments And Then There're Insane Ones About US Inequality

There're Bad Arguments And Then There're Insane Ones About US Inequality  - It's possible to make some reasonable and fair points about inequality in the United States. There's more of it than there is in most other rich countries ...

Why Every Parent Needs to Start Caring About Children's Mental Health

Why Every Parent Needs to Start Caring About Children's Mental Health  - Most parents would agree that the health of their child is of utmost importance. We are regularly surrounded with resources and support on children's  ...

Be there for loved ones struggling with mental issues

Be there for loved ones struggling with mental issues  - Too often people with addiction and mental health issues end up alone and isolated. Part of the reason for this isolation is the stress and pressure ...

Mental illness, those affected are valid

Mental illness , those affected are valid  - Coming from someone who spent eight days in a psychiatric hospital because she was suicidal, I know — mental illness is not laughable. Mental ...

Why Every Parent Needs to Start Caring About Children's Mental Health

Why Every Parent Needs to Start Caring About Children's Mental Health - Were my (super insightful) therapist eyes deceiving me, or was it really possible that a piece spotlighting children's mental health was on the front ...

Better online help for troubled teens could be on its way

Better online help for troubled teens could be on its way  - The idea for the program emerged from concerns that 11 to 25-year-olds are not getting the mental - health services they need. Researchers have ...

Mental health, drug issues have ruined artists' lives

Mental health , drug issues have ruined artists' lives  - I struggled with my own mental health issues in my 20s when I lived in Moscow. When I felt blue I'd go to any live performance I could: theater, ...

Workshop focuses on how to spread awareness about mental illness

Workshop focuses on how to spread awareness about mental illness  -  Mental Illness is a term that some shy away from and others can't escape. There's a stigma attached to mental health that patient advocates say ...