New biomarker identified in women with mental illness

Psychiatric disorders can be difficult to diagnose because clinicians must rely upon interpreted clues, such as a patient’s behaviors and feelings. For the first time, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report identifying a biological marker: the over-production of specific genes that could be a diagnostic indicator of mental illness in…

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‘The T Word’s’ Daniella Carter talks about being a good trans ally (VIDEO)

YouTube creator and LGBT rights activist Raymond Braun recently sat down with Daniella Carter, who was featured on Laverne Cox’s The T Word, to discuss her journey and, importantly, what it takes to be a good trans ally. Watch the video above. Braun has been a new voice in the LGBT equality conversation giving the…

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HRC: First Amendment Defense Act is ‘reckless’

WASHINGTON — Last week, anti-equality Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the so-called First Amendment Defense Act  (S. 1598, H.R. 2802) – legislation that would create a breakdown of government services and runaway litigation by giving federal employees and contractors  a right to sue the federal government over opposition to marriage…

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Chicago’s Henry Gerber House designated a National Historic Landmark

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In recognition of LBGT Pride month, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced Friday that the Henry Gerber House in Chicago, Illinois, has been designated a National Historic Landmark, becoming the nation’s second LGBT related property to achieve such recognition. Once the residence of noted gay rights activist Henry Gerber, the…

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Fandor acquires ‘Laurence Anyways’ for trans spotlight

Fandor, the leading curated subscription streaming service today announced a mid-June spotlight on trans films, entitled Breaking Binary. Kicking off  June 19, the films include narratives and documentaries by such esteemed filmmakers as Monika Treut, Doris Wishman, Xavier Dolan and even non-LGBTQ legend Ernst Lubitsch, films that challenge misconceptions and shine a light on the…

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E.W. Jackson: Charleston shooting result of anti-Christian climate created by gays, Obama

Anti-gay pastor and Fox News contributor E.W. Jackson said yesterday that people shouldn’t “jump to conclusions” that the Charleston shooting was “some sort of racial hate crime,” reports Right Wing Watch. Instead, Jackson told radio host John Fredericks that the shooting may have been a result of the “growing hostility and antipathy to Christianity and what…

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