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We talked to the writer about his debut memoir How We Fight for Our Lives and his move from poetry to prose.
One big surprise (to straight people at least) is that over two thirds of LGBT people avoid holding hands in public.
Being able to safely affirm one’s gender identity and sexual orientation is crucial to mental and physical well-being. Yet many LGBTQIA+ people face enormous challenges in owning their true identities.
Experts say the lack of LGBTQ-inclusive care is caused by a variety of factors, but the need to improve the system is vital in preventing potential detrimental outcomes for people in this community.
A movement has formed around the idea that one’s ability to build a family should not be determined by wealth, sexuality, gender or biology.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists endorses equitable treatment for lesbians and bisexual women and their families, not only for direct health care needs, but also for indirect health care issues.
Jaimie Kelton and Robin Hopkins, the creators and hosts of the popular podcast If These Ovaries Could TalkK, realized the world needed to know there was more than one way to make an LGBTQ family.
Originally developed to help heterosexual couples, fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilization and sperm donation have provided lesbians with new methods for achieving pregnancy during the past two decades.
Over the past decades, the focus of LGBTQ activism has shifted and evolved, from the AIDS crisis in the 1980s to the fight for marriage equality to the focus on transgender rights today.
While HIV affects Americans from all walks of life, the epidemic continues to disproportionately impact certain members of the LGBTQ+ community.