Yesterday a landmark ruling was passed recognizing the rights of our transgender peers.

It is now illegal under federal law to descriminate in employment matters on the basis of gender identity.

This ruling is long overdue and will protect those currently employed and those seeking employment from being denied on ...

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One of the newest trends in black market use of household products to get high is Hand Sanitizer.  Over the past three years over 2,000 cases of teens being hospitalized for intoxication due to ingestion of alcohol from alcohol based hand sanitizers has been reported.

The sanitizer is consumed ...

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We are approaching the one year anniversary of the passage of Marriage Equality in New York State. 

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the bill into law on June 24th, 2011 ending years of struggle and enabling couples to legally marry in New York and share the same rights as heterosexual couples ...

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The New York State Court of Appeals is currently hearing a case where the prosecutor hold the opinion that Saliva from an HIV infected person should be treated as a deadly weapon. You can read the full text of the article here. 

The case stems from an incident where an ...

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Today is April 20th. In addition to being the Day of Silence for LGBT Youth the day is also celebrated worldwide by fans of Marijuana.  There are a number of myths as to what 4-20 actually means but no one seems to know the truth behind the legend.  I don ...

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April is STD Awareness Month. Sexually Transmitted Diseases such as Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, and Syphilis are infections that are commonly overlooked and untreated.

Gonorrhea and Chlamydia are often confused and sometimes people are diagnosed as having both infections at the same time.

Gonorrhea symptoms in men include pain during urination, a ...

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Great article in the local paper over the weekend. Two local drag queens were featured. Kasha Davis and Aggy Dune who for years have been staples in the local drag scene have branched out over the last couple of years.

Instead of finding them only on stage peforming in front ...

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Finding an LGBT friendly church can be somewhat daunting for LGBT Christians. A friend passed along a site to me that has a database of nearly 6800 lgbt friendly churches within the United States.  The list for New York alone is well over 400 churches.  I have not gone through ...

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An LGBT school has recently opened in Phoenix Arizona. The school is housed in the same facility that one n ten operates their youth center during hours outside of normal school hours.  This school is one of the few like it in the country and provides an alternative way for ...

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Is some Homophobia Self-Phobia? That was one conclusion drawn by a recent study led by researchers at the University of Rochester.   Four separate experiments or questionnaires were conducted upon a total of 640 students in the US and Germany.  There is little previous research on the role that societal views ...

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