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What Ghost Stories Taught Me About My Queer Self

What Ghost Stories Taught Me About My Queer Self | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

On literary ghosts, queer invisibility, and coming of age, then and now.

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Date Lab: A promising start. A decided ending

Date Lab: A promising start. A decided ending | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

There was an immediate physical attraction.

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WATCH: Blinken urges global effort to expand LGBTQ rights

WATCH: Blinken urges global effort to expand LGBTQ rights | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed the United Nations LGBTI Core Group on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly meeting Monday.

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.gay Impact Report, New Episodes of The Library, and FREE .GAY Domains September 16th in honor of DotGay’s Second Anniversary

.gay Impact Report, New Episodes of The Library, and FREE .GAY Domains September 16th in honor of DotGay’s Second Anniversary | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Sept 16 marks the day that .gay domain is celebrating its 2nd anniversary on the market with the release of its 2nd annual Impact Report and a variety of DotGay Day celebrations.

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Why is far-right ideology taking hold in LGBT+ communities?

Why is far-right ideology taking hold in LGBT+ communities? | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

The way that many gay men talk about bodies and beauties may have ripened their minds for right-wing thinking

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LGBTQ+ MM (Male/Male) Romance Novel Author releases new novel, Melody of the Heart

LGBTQ+ MM (Male/Male) Romance Novel Author releases new novel, Melody of the Heart | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Catch up with Blake in this exclusive QueerForty.com interview, where the out novelist shares the background to his many popular works about male-to-male romance, and why it is important now more than ever to write from the heart.

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Census wants to know how to ask about sexuality and gender

Census wants to know how to ask about sexuality and gender | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

The 2020 census questionnaire drove Scout crazy. With no direct questions about sexual orientation and gender identity, it made him feel left out of the U.S. head count. Among LGBTQ people, the census only asked about same-sex couples living together, and Scout didn’t live with his partner. So to compensate, he hounded his gay, cohabiting neighbors in Providence, Rhode Island to respond and provide at least som

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Older LGBTQ advocates are watching the current cultural war with a sense of fear

They hoped the long battle for mainstream acceptance was nearing an end. Then came the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bills and the “groomer” rhetoric.

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How rebellious queer joy took on corporate camp

How rebellious queer joy took on corporate camp | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Now part of the mainstream, queer culture is repositioning itself to challenge its own conventions, says writer Louis Staples

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Logo announces grant initiative with LGBTQ community centers around the country Raquel Willis set to host three-part ‘Trans Youth Town Hall’ special beginning March 29

Logo announces grant initiative with LGBTQ community centers around the country Raquel Willis set to host three-part ‘Trans Youth Town Hall’ special beginning March 29 | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Ahead of International Transgender Day of Visibility, and amid the unprecedented political assaults on transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming youth in the United States, Logo today announced its MTV Entertainment Group Social Impact microgrant campaign for LGBTQ community centers nationwide in partnership with CenterLink, the world’s largest LGBTQ community-based network.

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Gay men’s academic success could show how to close the gender gap

Gay men’s academic success could show how to close the gender gap | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

The educational achievement of gay men could show what is possible when you ditch traditional masculinity.

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A record 7.1% of US adults now identify as LGBTQ

A record 7.1% of US adults now identify as LGBTQ | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

The number of U.S. adults who identify as LGBTQ has rocketed to a record 7.1%, and young people are again steering the increase, a Gallup poll shows.

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More than 500 US businesses are calling on the Senate to pass LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination laws

More than 500 US businesses are calling on the Senate to pass LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination laws | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

“In 2022, no person should ever be subjected to harassment or discrimination because of who they are.”

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How to Have Great Sex if You Deal With Gender Dysphoria

How to Have Great Sex if You Deal With Gender Dysphoria | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

For trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming people, hooking up can sometimes feel fraught instead of hot. Here's what to do about it.

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Meteorologist Erick Adame’s Firing Over Online Sex Prompts Backlash

Meteorologist Erick Adame’s Firing Over Online Sex Prompts Backlash | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Spectrum News NY1 fired Erick Adame after someone took nude pictures of him performing on an adult webcam site and sent them to his employer and his mother.

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Kelley Robinson to lead Human Rights Campaign

Kelley Robinson to lead Human Rights Campaign | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Robinson, who comes to HRC from Planned Parenthood Action Fund, said her identities shape how she will approach the job.

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How Does Queerness Fit Into the US Census? 

How Does Queerness Fit Into the US Census?  | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

The population tally, with its normative ideas of identity and household, counted queerness nearly a century ago—but it needs to go much further.

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Gender Is Complicated for All of Us. Let’s Talk About It.

Gender Is Complicated for All of Us. Let’s Talk About It. | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

A distinguished professor helps us understand our complicated — and changing — culture around gender.

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House Moves to Protect Same-Sex Marriage From Supreme Court Reversal

House Moves to Protect Same-Sex Marriage From Supreme Court Reversal | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

The legislation, which garnered some Republican support, would recognize same-sex marriages at the federal level. It faces an uncertain path in the Senate.

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This Pride Month, I'm embracing 'rainbow capitalism'

This Pride Month, I'm embracing 'rainbow capitalism' | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

I don't like rainbows. But I can't imagine a world without them.

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First Person: Watch Queer People Fight Prejudice in Their Daily Lives

First Person: Watch Queer People Fight Prejudice in Their Daily Lives | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Hear firsthand how LGBTQ+ people of all stripes deal with homophobia and transphobia.

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DeSantis' Attack on Disney Recalls a Culture War That the Right Lost

DeSantis' Attack on Disney Recalls a Culture War That the Right Lost | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

If the increasingly bare-knuckle battle between Florida’s conservative Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, and the Walt Disney Co., over the Sunshine State’s new “Don’t Say Gay” law and other legislation…

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In Alabama and Idaho, local news outlets largely fail to check misinformation behind bills to ban health care for trans youth

In Alabama and Idaho, local news outlets largely fail to check misinformation behind bills to ban health care for trans youth | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Print and online news articles echoed misinformation and mostly ignored necessary context on the medical community’s support for gender-affirming care

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Queer people have mastered sexual friendships — and it’s time you straights caught on

Queer people have mastered sexual friendships — and it’s time you straights caught on | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Allow me to impart some wisdom upon the cishet masses.

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Yes, the 2022 World Conference is going ahead

Yes, the 2022 World Conference is going ahead | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Is the 2022 ILGA World Conference going ahead as planned? In short: yes. Will it be an in-person event? Yes, and...