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Jamie Lee Curtis and Her Daughter on Ruby's Journey Coming Out as Trans

Jamie Lee Curtis and Her Daughter on Ruby's Journey Coming Out as Trans | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

'I'm a grateful student. It's learning new terminology and words,' Jamie Lee Curtis, whose daughter Ruby came out as transgender last year, exclusively tells PEOPLE.

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Saunas, sex clubs and street fights: how Sunil Gupta captured global gay life – and Miss UK

Saunas, sex clubs and street fights: how Sunil Gupta captured global gay life – and Miss UK | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

From the treacherous ‘sex trucks’ of New York to the grim days of Aids and Clause 28 in Britain, Sunil Gupta had a ringside seat at the fight for gay liberation. At last, the Zelig-like photographer is getting his dues

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Can Men Be Lesbian Icons? An Investigation

Can Men Be Lesbian Icons? An Investigation | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Tracing the phenomenon of queer women worshipping at the altar of certain soft butch men.

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#ILoveGay Today’s “Voices of LA”

#ILoveGay Today’s “Voices of LA” | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

#ILoveGay “Voices of LA” showcases some of LA's LGBTQ+ creativity, featuring and bringing together some of those amazing LGBTQ+ voices from Southern California. Join us as we explore the best in us, the global LGBTQ+ community, as part of #ILoveGay “Voices of LA”.

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How Social Media Fucked Up Lesbian Breakup Culture

How Social Media Fucked Up Lesbian Breakup Culture | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Breakups are so often garbage and hard, and managing the social media that surrounds it is just another gross layer that makes them even more garbage and even harder.

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Vogue cover features transgender 'muxe' from Mexico for the first time

Vogue cover features transgender 'muxe' from Mexico for the first time | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Mexican and British editions of the magazine feature Estrella Vazquez on the cover in December

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For National Coming Out Day, These Polar-Opposite PSAs Show 2 Paths Parents Can Take

For National Coming Out Day, These Polar-Opposite PSAs Show 2 Paths Parents Can Take | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

RPA and the Los Angeles LGBT Center contrast the impacts of support vs. isolation.

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Theseus and The Minotaur (The Black, Queer Version)

Theseus and The Minotaur (The Black, Queer Version) | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

When I started the summer, I wanted to write about the struggle of black LGBT youth in churches that didn’t approve of their lifestyle and persecuted them

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The gay Hong Kong Chinese men afraid to come out to their families, and why parents need educating to accept them

The gay Hong Kong Chinese men afraid to come out to their families, and why parents need educating to accept them | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Hong Kong Chinese respondents to a survey say fear of rejection is the main reason they conceal their gay identities from their families. Parents need education and support to understand their children’s sexual orientation.

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LGBT advocate to finish visiting all 419 national parks in a mission to honor his father

LGBT advocate to finish visiting all 419 national parks in a mission to honor his father | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Mikah Meyer showed people that growing up gay in America’s heartland doesn’t prevent individuals from finding love and purpose — or from knowing God.

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New Report Points Unique Challenges, Rewards For 3 Million+ Rural LGBT People

New Report Points Unique Challenges, Rewards For 3 Million+ Rural LGBT People | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Rural Life Amplifies Impact of Both Acceptance and Discrimination, But Millions of Rural LGBT People Have Few Legal Protections

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Review: ‘Real Queer America’ shines light on LGBT folks living in red states

Review: ‘Real Queer America’ shines light on LGBT folks living in red states | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Samantha Allen’s new book, "Real Queer America: LGBT Stories From Red States" shares the lives of LGBT communities in the South, Texas and other locations between the coasts.

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Kyle and Marion living and loving the 'new normal' in a transgender marriage

Kyle and Marion living and loving the 'new normal' in a transgender marriage | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

A year ago, Kiwi author Kyle Mewburn revealed a 50-year secret to the world. She expected trouble, but it never came.

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I Miss Lesbian Bars - Queer NYC Experience During COVID

The strong sense of community and belonging that I felt in lesbian bars was something I’d been searching for since I came out.

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How Lesbians Are Misinterpreted By Str8 Media

How Lesbians Are Misinterpreted By Str8 Media | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

As a lesbian, I was excited by the headline in the Daily Mail: NHS to Fund Sperm Bank for Lesbians. Sure it was in the UK and I haven’t lived there in years, but so what? Any progress for lesbians is good news, right?

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Capturing a colorful Southern town where everything and nothing is Black or white

Capturing a colorful Southern town where everything and nothing is Black or white | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

In travel writer Richard Grant's "The Deepest South of All," Natchez, Miss., is full of characters, stubborn racist traditions and lots of contradictions.

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Sorry, Straight People: Lockdown Culture is Just Lesbian Culture

Sorry, Straight People: Lockdown Culture is Just Lesbian Culture | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Homemade hummus, DIY haircuts and constant yearning? We’ve been doing that for decades.

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Lesbian Culture Went Viral, Finally, in 2019

Lesbian Culture Went Viral, Finally, in 2019 | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

From Megan Rapinoe to the “gay rights” meme, queer women's culture was all over the internet this year.

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Can I Be Gay and Happy Living in Rural America?

Can I Be Gay and Happy Living in Rural America? | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

In this installment of our advice column, ¡Hola Papi!, John Paul Brammer phones a friend.

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Report: LGBT People Of Color Lives In Rural America

Report: LGBT People Of Color Lives In Rural America | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

LGBT People of Color Experience Heightened Impacts of Acceptance or Discrimination in Rural Life, Pointing to Critical Need for Nondiscrimination Protections; Shatters Stereotypes of Life in Rural Communities.

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‘It takes a lot of courage’: Rebekah Robertson on raising transgender activist Georgie Stone

‘It takes a lot of courage’: Rebekah Robertson on raising transgender activist Georgie Stone | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Robertson and Stone’s advocacy led to the successful 2013 challenge to the family court’s jurisdiction on making early medical decisions for transgender youth

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2018 Bar Exam topper:  LGBT members aren’t just for entertainment

2018 Bar Exam topper:  LGBT members aren’t just for entertainment | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

By topping the 2018 Bar Exam, Sean James B. Borja, an Ateneo law school valedictorian, wants to debunk the myth that LGBT members are just for entertainment.

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As the Mother of a Trans Child, I Applaud Charlize Theron

As the Mother of a Trans Child, I Applaud Charlize Theron | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

"Like Charlize, we affirmed who our child was. And like Charlize, our family was judged for it."

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It's never been better to be LGBT in the Midwest

It's never been better to be LGBT in the Midwest | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Samantha Allen, an author and reporter covering LGBT issues, traveled the Midwest recently to learn about our community’s resolve during

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What It’s Like to Grow Up LGBTQ+ in Rural Britain

What It’s Like to Grow Up LGBTQ+ in Rural Britain | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The joys of coming to terms with your sexuality in a traditional working class community where every member of your family lives a ten-minute walk away.

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