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Democratic Convention will include first openly transgender speaker  - “People must understand that even as we face daily harassment, tragic violence, and an onslaught of anti- LGBTQ political attacks across the country, ...

Facebook diversity stats reveal LGBTQ numbers for the first time  - We are proud to support the LGBTQ community through our policies, products and extensive benefits for our employees,' wrote Global Director of ...

HBO Was One of the Best Networks for LGBTQ Representation. How Did It Become One of the  -  In addressing HBO's cancellation of Looking last year, Michael Lombardo—a gay man, and the former president of HBO programming—described his ...

Singaporean man fights back against bullies after someone circulated his nudes online  - Lokies Khan, a 24-year-old online personality, claims that he discovered a video that he shot privately started getting passed around on Tumblr without his consent or prior knowledge.

This sheriff's candidate wants you to know he's not gay  - While I have a lot of openly gay friends and I'm a big supporter of the LGBTQ community, much to the dismay of gay men everywhere, I'm not gay.

Rebecca Sugar on LGBTQ themes in Steven Universe and what's to come  - In Friday's SDCC panel and press interviews, series creator Rebecca Sugar elaborated on her personal connection to the show's LGBTQ themes.

Grindr serial killer faces new charges from eight victims who lived  - Stephen Port, charged in 2015 with the murder of four gay men, faces 17 new charges relating to the drugging and sexual assault of eight more men.

If You're Looking for Truth, the Media Is Not Your Friend  - The literal phrase “ LGBTQ ” may have made its first appearance, but every Republican Convention ever held has been about patriotism, the strong ...

Time to forget about your own problems and tune in to others  - Having mental - health issues is not like belonging to a secret society where there's a sign — invisible to all except other sufferers — hovering overhead ...

Palliative psychiatry for severe persistent mental illness as a new approach to psychiatry?  - We propose that the beneficiaries of palliative psychiatry are patients with severe persistent mental illness , who are at risk of therapeutic neglect ...

What it's like to live with both a mental and a chronic illness simultaneously  - While the first came as a surprise, the second was no shock as I had been under the care of the mental health services since the age of 15.

Women with ADHD more likely to have physical and mental problems , study finds  - According to a recent study, ADHD can be especially dangerous to women because it usually indicates a greater risk of mental illness and other ...

You're so bipolar': Mental illness is not a joke  - The extent to which people are unaware about mental illness is so pervasive, that those who are educated on it is in fact a minority; a very small and ...

Early Bedtime for Preschoolers May Ward Off Teen Obesity  - Preschoolers who were in bed by 8 p.m. were half as likely to be obese 10 years later as their peers who were still up after 9 p.m., researchers report in the Journal of Pediatrics.

DNC opens against backdrop of education inequality  - Economic inequality was a major theme in the Democratic primary battle ... convening in the poorest among the 10 most populous cities in America .

The Debate Over Crime Rates is Ignoring the Metric That Matters Most: 'Murder Inequality '  - As Trump noted in his speech, in many major U.S. cities, violent crime ... vast inequality is one of the most important features of American violent crime.