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Crime

Abercrombie & Fitch’s former CEO Mike Jeffries has dementia, his lawyers say

Jeffries, 80, is currently facing criminal charges connected to sex trafficking and interstate prostitution.

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Voices

Op-ed: Alzheimer's Disease Doesn't Discriminate

Who will take care of you in your old age?

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HIV-Positive in the Golden Years

You and your doctor should watch out for depression, substance use, and Alzheimer’s disease.

Rainbows of Aging is Delving Deeper Into Dementia in Gay Elders
Health

UCSF Receives Six-Figure Grant to Investigate Dementia in LGBTQ Elders

The first-of-its-kind study, led by Dr. Jason Flatt, seeks to find risk factors for Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.

Tony Bennett, Legendary Jazz Singer, Dead at 96
Obituaries

Tony Bennett, Legendary Jazz Singer, Dead at 96

Bennett died two weeks shy of his birthday.

First Major Study on LGBTs and Dementia Provides Much-Needed Info
Health

How Does the LGBTQ Mind Age?

A new study finds queer seniors get dementia at different numbers than straight people, and makes clear more research is necessary.

In the Name of Love: How Love Has Flourished in the Wake of an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
Voices

How Love Flourished in the Wake of Alzheimer’s

Phil Gutis never thought he wanted to get married. That was until a terrifying disease knocked on his door.

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Voices

Op-ed: When Alzheimer's Strikes One of Us

Lesbian author Sarah Leavitt's new graphic novel, Tangles, looks at the impact of slowing losing a loved one to the disease.

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Health

Aging and HIV

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World

Two Female Monkeys Make Four Babies

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World

Two Female Monkeys Make Four Babies

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World

After 40 Years Its Time to Marry

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Obituaries

Dear Abby, Gay-Friendly Advice Columnist, Dead at 94

Pauline Phillips, who wrote the Dear Abby column for many years, often advocated for acceptance of LGBT people.

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Obituaries

'Still Alice' Filmmaker Richard Glatzer Dead at 63

Glatzer collaborated on Still Alice and other films with his husband, Wash Westmoreland.

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Voices

Why the NIH Budget Needs Gutting

The National Institutes of Health is wasting money on animal testing, say Dan Mathews and Emily Trunnell of PETA.

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World

Elderly Crusader For Marriage Equality Dies

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People

Dancer, Professor, Queer Activist Angela Bowen Dead at 82

A true Renaissance woman, Bowen packed five lives into her one. 

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Arts & Entertainment

LGBT and Labor Activist Howard Wallace Dead at 76

Howard Wallace, a leader in organizing and uniting members of the LGBT and labor communities, died in hospice care in San Francisco on Thursday. He was 76.

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World

Calif Sup Ct Wont Expedite Prop 8 Hearing

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Marriage Equality

Connie Kopelov, Member of First Same-Sex Couple Wed in NYC, Dies at 90

Kopelov had a long career of working for labor and other causes, said her wife, Phyllis Siegel: “She was always for the underdog.” 

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Transgender

Ben Barres, Leading Neuroscientist and Trans Advocate, Dead at 63

Barres, a transgender man, did pioneering work on the role of certain brain cells and was an advocate for trans people, women, and more.