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(CNN) — Whether they’re raising their adopted baby girl, dodging homophobic quips from their fraternity brothers or teaching the “Single Ladies” dance to the football team after glee club, it seems gay characters are becoming a vital part of prime time TV. With characters like “Modern Family’s” Mitchell and Cameron, Calvin from “Greek” and Kurt from […] The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2002 commissioned a series of surveys and studies on the roots of the clergy sex abuse crisis from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University. Researchers’ findings so far have helped explain some patterns of abuse […] Fifty percent of Americans say they’d support having an openly gay President of the United States, a new 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll shows. Forty-four percent would be opposed to having a gay president in office. The poll asked respondents how they’d feel about having openly gay contenders in a variety of positions, including Supreme Court Justice, Secretary […] By Sara Lipka College students who describe themselves as politically “far right” arrive on campuses across the country supporting legal same-sex marriage significantly more than do conservative Republicans nationwide, according to new data released by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles. Twenty-four percent of the most conservative college […] Three-quarters of Americans say that they support openly gay people serving in the U.S. military, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, a finding that could lend momentum to the Obama administration’s effort to dismantle the policy known as “don’t ask, don’t tell.” The level of public support for allowing gay men and lesbians to serve […] Because healthcare providers often lack the basic cultural competency on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues, creating barriers to adequate healthcare access for their LGBT patients, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) has released a new guideline, Straight for Equality in Healthcare. The new guide was created with the assistance of a diverse […] Posted on Advocate.com February 04, 2010 By Julie Bolcer Citing the growing influence of gay and lesbian consumers, Galileo Capital Management announced Tuesday that it would set up LGBT Capital, a corporate advisory and investment management unit believed to be the first to deal exclusively with the LGBT market. LGBT Capital, which also is planning […] Live Science Thursday, February 04, 2010 Kids can surely be mean to each other. And for those who identify as gay or lesbian, life can be particularly tough. A new study shows these adolescents get bullied two to three times more than their heterosexual peers. While the researchers aren’t sure why this sexual minority gets bullied […] It’s easy to understand why we celebrate the New Year, but you may not have given much thought to celebrating 2010 as a census year. Most everyone knows what the U.S. Census is — a count of the people — but in these challenging economic times, it’s important to spread the word about what the Census […] The Center for American Progress last week released a report on LGBT Health Disparities. The report states that despite legitimate recognition as a social minority, members of the LGBT community continue to experience worse health outcomes than their heterosexual counterparts. The report suggests the US Department of Health and Human Services create an Office of LGBT […] |
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