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Gay cyclist closes down 'anti-LGBT preacher' & gets applause  - This clip shows a homosexual cyclist being applauded by a group of bystanders when he closes down a man preaching his views on the LGBT  ...

Chinese man loses in country's 1st transgender labor dispute  - A Chinese transgender man said he was disappointed but will continue to fight for equality after a labor arbitration panel on Tuesday ...

State Board urged to rethink proposed LGBTQ policy  - Colbeck said he finds it personally concerning that the board is focused on LGBTQ issues when there are serious academic issues facing Michigan ...

More Than 100 United Methodist Clergy Come Out As LGBT  - hope that the General Conference will “come to a consensus and expunge those passages which are dehumanizing to LGBTQ people,” he said.

Watch the first same-sex routine on 'Dancing with the Stars' - Earlier this week, viewers got to witness the fist-ever same-sex ballroom dance routine on ABC's long-running reality show “Dancing with the Stars.”.

Eastern Europe Is a Hard Place to Be LGBTQ . U.S. Groups Could Help.  - 2015 included some remarkable victories for LGBTQ rights in Europe—remarkable precisely because they were exceptional in a year when it became ...

Lesbian Couple Named Prom King and Queen in Florida  - Well, today brings another bit of LGBTQ prom-related news — but this time, it's a heck of a lot sweeter. Lindsey Creel and Brie Grimes, two seniors at ...

Woman who verbally attacked trans woman on NYC subway speaks out  - Last week, we reported that a subway rider was captured on video in the middle of verbally harassing a transgender woman named Pearl Love.

How video games can capture the terror of mental illness  - After all, games are associated with fun, and there's nothing fun about mental illness . Despite its prevalence, many are still too ashamed to talk about it ...

New research is connecting genetic variations to schizophrenia and other mental illnesses  - We know that changes in our genetic code can be associated with an increased risk for psychiatric illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar ...

Could a sexually transmitted infection Candida trigger mental illness ?  - Their study found a link between a history of Candida infections - commonly known as thrush or candidiasis - and higher rates of the mental illnesses .

A Totally Shame-Free Guide To Your Body Fat  - It's why teen girls are more likely than teen boys to worry about their weight, per the latest survey on teen health from the World Health Organisation ...

Distraction is often a factor in teen drivers' rear-end collisions  - In a U.S. study using in-car video recorders, more than three-quarters of rear end collisions involving a teen driver happened when ...

Weight loss surgery boosts good cholesterol in obese teen boys  - Weight loss surgery boosted levels of HDL “good” cholesterol and improved measures of HDL function in severely obese teenage boys. The results ...

Some teen girls coerced into pregnancy: study  - But the scope of the problem among teenage girls is unknown, according to ... "So it is certainly on some health care providers' radar," Miller said.

6 Things You Need To Know About Living With Mental Illness , From People Who Have It  - May is Mental Illness Awareness Month, dedicated to breaking the stigma of mental health issues like depression, anxiety, bipolar, obsessive ...