Steve Lee, Editor

New study shows youths with gender dysphoria have higher rates of Asperger syndrome

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. —A new study provides clinical data to support growing evidence that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is more prevalent in children and adolescents with gender dysphoria than in the general population. Among youths seen at a pediatric gender clinic who were screened for ASD, 23% possibly or likely had Asperger syndrome, according to…

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President Obama: A stalwart champion of the LGBT community

Tonight, President Obama will deliver his eighth and final State of the Union address. From a record number of appointments of LGBT judges and ambassadors, to the institution of far-reaching administrative and regulatory policy changes, President Barack Obama has been a stalwart champion of the LGBT community. President Obama has signed the only signature pieces…

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La Jolla Playhouse announces 2016 ‘Performance Outreach Program’

LA JOLLA, Calif. – La Jolla Playhouse announces its 2016 Performance Outreach Program (POP) Tour production: Alice Chan, co-written by Robert Lee and Tony Award-winning actor and 2014/2015 Playhouse Artist-in-Residence BD Wong, who will also direct the play. The piece will tour schools throughout San Diego County February 1 – April 1, 2016. Commissioned by…

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Club Skirts welcomes the first transgender DJ to the Dinah roster

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – In an industry that is categorically dominated by males, female DJs have been progressively multiplying in the nation’s clubs, bringing their own unique sounds and individual talent. Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend has continuously been championing this blossoming movement, year after year, proving these DJs can more than rise to the occasion….

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