Polish president vetoes Polish Gender Accordance act

Friday, Polish President Andrzej Duda vetoed the law on Gender Accordance, which had been previously approved by the Polish Parliament (Sejm).  The act will now return to the Sejm, where the veto can only be rejected with 3/5 of votes. According to ILGA Europe, the Gender Accordance Act is an attempt to codify the legal gender recognition…

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Scripps issues expanded guidelines for breast cancer screening

SAN DIEGO – October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the debate continues in the United States regarding appropriate guidelines for breast cancer screening. After extensive review and discussion, the Scripps Breast Cancer Task Force recommends that women continue to follow the same screening mammography guidelines supported by the American Cancer Society (ACS), with…

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SeaWorld trainer responds to PETA commentary

I read with dismay the Sept. 3 guest commentary (San Diego LGBT Weekly issue 181) by PETA’s Gray Caskey urging the LGBT community to unite against SeaWorld.  I am a proud member of San Diego’s LGBT community, and I completely disagree with the distorted portrait Ms. Caskey painted of our park.  There is no organization…

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