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Study Shows What Happens To Gay Dads' Brains When They Raise A Child

Study Shows What Happens To Gay Dads' Brains When They Raise A Child | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Having a baby alters new mothers' brain activity, researchers have found, and a new study adds the first evidence of such changes in the brains of gay men raising children they adopted through surro...


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Streisand's Gay Sex Problem

Streisand's Gay Sex Problem | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

It was just an inconvenient factoid, this inertia she seemed to have with Larry Kramer's visceral play about gay men in New York confronting and mobilizing and dying around HIV and AIDS in those horrific...

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The legacy of Harvey Milk strengthened with release of US postage stamp, community celebrations

The legacy of Harvey Milk strengthened with release of US postage stamp, community celebrations | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Today, May 22 – which would have been his 84th birthday and is celebrated as Harvey Milk Day in California – he will be memorialized with a stamp from the United States Postal Service, complete with a dedication ceremony at the White House.

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Countdown to the Gay Games 2014 in Cleveland

Countdown to the Gay Games 2014 in Cleveland | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

This August, Harvey will compete at the 2014 Gay Games in Cleveland in the 50, 100 & 200 butterfly, 50 backstroke and 200 freestyle. His training leading up to the Games will consist of swimming four-to-five times a week, weightlifting and solidcore training.

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Finlandization

Finlandization | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
When news broke that the Finnish government would be commemorating Tom of Finland on a postage stamp, reaction in the Blogosphere was skeptical. Was it a hoax?
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How The Internet Is Responsible For Media’s Best LGBT Characters

How The Internet Is Responsible For Media’s Best LGBT Characters | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
To the average viewer, TV’s biggest problem is somewhat clear. To the hardcore number crunchers and critics, the same problem is glaringly obvious.
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Love Is All You Need?

Love Is All You Need? | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

In this fictional world, to be heterosexual is to be ridiculed; homosexuality is the expectation... if you can, please help this IndieGoGo LGBT film project become a feature film!  Help Stop Bullying... Help Make This Movie!

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Wall Street CEOs open up about their gay sons

Wall Street CEOs open up about their gay sons | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

"I had strong views of being anti-gay," Mack said this month at a conference hosted by Out on the Street, an organization that helps firms recruit and retain LGBT talent.

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Russian Gay Rights Advocates Fear Closure Of NGO

Russian Gay Rights Advocates Fear Closure Of NGO | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
The St. Petersburg-based organization Vykhod -- translated as Exit, or Coming Out -- offers support to the LGBT community in Russia, where laws against "homosexual propaganda" make it a crime to publicly promote gay rights.
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Ophelia's vs. Ms. Ney's Gourmet : Food Court Wars

Ophelia's vs. Ms. Ney's Gourmet : Food Court Wars | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
Renee and her daughter Tara are home cooks who hope their upscale salad restaurant will help them start their new lives. Best friends Malcolm and Cordey want their soul food concept to honor the strong women in their lives. The teams battle at the Collin Creek Mall in Plano, Texas, for the chance to win a spot in the Food Court.
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Our one and only Cordey Lash with his best friend Malcolm Gage win the Food Court Wars episode set in Dallas, TX... and they are FIERCE on this show!

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A message from the United Nations on IDAHOT

A message from the United Nations on IDAHOT | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
This International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, share your story. It can help change the world.
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A message from the United Nations on IDAHOT (International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia)

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What we’re losing when we lose Giovanni’s Room

What we’re losing when we lose Giovanni’s Room | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
Sitting at his battered desk, Ed Hermance looks surprisingly peppy for a man whose business is about to close. As the owner of... (RT @joetresh: My gay heart is breaking...
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LGBT Seniors: Twice as likely to need help but five times less likely to ask

LGBT Seniors: Twice as likely to need help but five times less likely to ask | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

With statistics showing that LGBT Seniors are five times less likely to ask for help, according to Cathy Croghan, a geriatric consultant and public health nurse, we need to think of our LGBT seniors a little differently.

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Groundbreaking Law Would Make It Easier For LGBT Couples To Start A Family

Groundbreaking Law Would Make It Easier For LGBT Couples To Start A Family | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

When Judy Appel and her partner of 22 years, Alison Bernstein, wanted to have children, the state of California didn’t make it easy. Bernstein gave birth to their son using an anonymous sperm donor. But in order for Appel to gain legal custo...

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L.A. Pride Runs “New American Family” Billboard In Topeka For Westboro

L.A. Pride Runs “New American Family” Billboard In Topeka For Westboro | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
L.A. PRIDE is promoting this year’s festivities with a series of billboards introducing “The New American Family,” which feature models representing the LGBT community including a gay dad, a transgender mom, a grandmother in drag, and two children.
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The author shares a motivational TED talk about being gay & different in America

The author shares a motivational TED talk about being gay & different in America | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

The crazy-popular TED event—which began as a conference for technology, entertainment, and design in the 1980s has evolved to cover numerous topics in...

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Pennsylvania gay marriage ban overturned by judge

Pennsylvania gay marriage ban overturned by judge | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Deanna Geiger, left, and Janine Nelson, her partner of 32 years, react to news that they can get their Oregon marriage license, Monday, May 19, 2014, in Portland, Ore., following a...

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Love Is All You Need - Post - Tweet - Donate

Love Is All You Need - Post - Tweet - Donate | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
A feature length movie, currently in pre production, will be based on the premise set by the award winning viral short “Love is All You Need?
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5 to fight bullying: Love is all you need: Post - Tweet - Donate

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Oregon ruling marks 13th gay marriage win in a row

Oregon ruling marks 13th gay marriage win in a row | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

A federal judge threw out Oregon's same-sex marriage ban Monday, marking the 13th legal victory for gay marriage advocates since the U.S. Supreme Court last year overturned part of a federal ban. State officials earlier refused to defend Oregon's voter-approved ban and said they wouldn't appeal.

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8th Annual LGBT Community Survey

8th Annual LGBT Community Survey | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Please take part in CMI's 8th Annual LGBT Community Survey. Participation in this survey gives important feedback to our LGBT community media and organizations, and provides valid data to companies interested in serving our needs, sponsoring our charities, and supporting their LGBT employees. A previous LGBT Community Survey had over 45,000 LGBT participants in 150 countries!

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Sam's arrival likely to expand NFL's gay fan base

Sam's arrival likely to expand NFL's gay fan base | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

When Michael Sam was drafted by the St. Louis Rams earlier this month, he became the first openly gay player ever drafted by an NFL team.

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A Decade of Equality: Remembering the First Same-Sex Marriages in the US

A Decade of Equality: Remembering the First Same-Sex Marriages in the US | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Fast forward a few decades, and gay marriage is now legal in 17 states plus the District of Columbia, including California, Connecticut, Maryland and New York.

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Planners Adapt as Gay Unions Become More Common

Planners Adapt as Gay Unions Become More Common | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Early on, a host of entrepreneurs popped up to offer planning services for gay and lesbian couples, eager to take advantage of a previously untapped market.

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Diary of Gay Games Virgin: An underwear show to raise money

Diary of Gay Games Virgin: An underwear show to raise money | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
Diver Joshua Koch gets help from his friends to make his Gay Games dream a reality.
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Gay Games brings wrestling coach back to the mat

Gay Games brings wrestling coach back to the mat | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
Carlin Yetts had not wrestled competitively since high school, but with the Gay Games in his home state he is back learning a new discipline.
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