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The Challenges Facing the LGBTQ+ Community in 2025: A Path Forward

The Challenges Facing the LGBTQ+ Community in 2025: A Path Forward As we move deeper into 2025, the LGBTQ+ community continues to face an evolving set of challenges, some familiar and others new. While progress has been made over the past few decades, including significant strides in marriage equality, workplace protections, and societal acceptance, many members of the LGBTQ+ community still...

2024-11-07 16:57:51

Life In The Closet

For many who come out as LGBTQI+ later in life, the closet isn't just a metaphorical space—it’s a tightly wound existence where you're both present and absent in your own life. As a late-in-life lesbian, the experience of living in the closet can feel like being trapped between two worlds—one that others see, and another that is your truth, hidden away for fear of rejection,...

2024-10-31 06:01:40

Facebook Is Receiving Sensitive Medical Information from Hospital Websites

Experts say some hospitals’ use of an ad tracking tool may violate a federal law protecting health information By: Todd Feathers, Simon Fondrie-Teitler, Angie Waller, and Surya Mattu A tracking tool installed on many hospitals’ websites has been collecting patients’ sensitive health information—including details about their medical conditions, prescriptions, and...

2024-04-27 16:34:02

Facebook and Anti-Abortion Clinics Are Collecting Highly Sensitive Info on Would-Be Patients

The social media giant gathers data from crisis pregnancy centers through a tracking tool that works whether or not a person is logged in to their Facebook account By: Grace Oldham and Dhruv Mehrotra This article is a collaboration with Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting. Facebook is collecting ultrasensitive personal data about abortion seekers and enabling anti-abortion...

2024-04-27 16:28:47

Trevor Project Study: LGBTQ youth in small towns & rural areas

Nearly half of LGBTQ youth in rural areas and small towns reported that their community was somewhat or very unaccepting of LGBTQ people. Among the broader population of youth ages 10–24 in the U.S., suicide rates are higher in rural than in urban communities. Further, data from GLSEN’s National School Climate Survey indicate that LGBTQ youth from small towns or rural areas are...

2024-04-27 16:23:14

Seafood Macaroni Cheese

The best seafood macaroni and cheese you will ever eat, and so easy to prepare almost anybody can make it. Ingredients: 1 Pound Penne Pasta or Large Elbow Pasta 3 Cups Whole Milk 2 Cups Half & Half 1 Tablespoon Butter 2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil ¼ Cup Onion, diced 1 Tablespoon Fresh Thyme, chopped 1 to 2 Cloves Fresh Garlic, finely minced 3 Level Tablespoons All...

2024-04-27 16:20:54

It’s Time to Stop Airing Your Dirty Laundry on Facebook

Recently in a few of the local Facebook groups I read, I’ve noticed something in my newsfeed that is both irking and alarming. Some people (many of whom I don’t know in person) are using Facebook as a virtual clothesline to air their dirty laundry. I’ve seen grown women rip their boyfriend’s exes to shreds through status updates, guys do the same thing about the ladies...

2024-04-27 16:18:02

Introducing Queerlinq: A New Era in Social Networking

In a world where social media platforms often come with their fair share of controversies, drama, and privacy concerns, a new contender has emerged: Queerlinq. Billing itself as the next evolution of social networking, Queerlinq aims to provide all the familiar features of platforms like Facebook, while eliminating the drama and prioritizing user privacy and well-being for the LGBTQ+...

2024-04-27 16:12:30

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