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Meet the 'Drag Race' star who just won a prestigious science communication award for making math fun

The former ‘Drag Race Canada’ contestant Kyne Santos was recognized with the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Award for Excellence in Science Communications.

Rachel Levine Elected to National Academy of Medicine

Members recognize and elect individuals who have made significant contributions to medical science, health care, and public health.

Naval Academy Will Bar Trans Students Starting in 2020

As Donald Trump's trans military ban goes into effect, the nation's service academies are putting up bars too.

Equality Ride bus defaced as 'Fags-mobile'

Currently touring the nation's conservative Christian universities and military academies with 35 LGBT advocates in tow, the Equality Ride bus was vandalized outside a hotel in Cleveland, Tenn., with the homophobic message spelled out in pink letters.

Rachel Levine receives honorary degree from Rutgers

The trailblazing trans doctor and advocate recieved an honorary science doctorate from Rutgers.

Grammys to Feature Mass Wedding to 'Same Love'

Queen Latifah will be the officiant, with 34 couples, gay and straight, married as the Macklemore and Ryan Lewis song is performed.

Kathy Griffin to Host 2014 Daytime Emmy Awards

The comedian will host the first Daytime Emmy Awards that will be broadcast globally through online streaming.

Trump's DOE Pick Has History of Transphobic, Racist, and Misogynist Tweets

Also, William C. Bradford is Islamaphobic and does not believe in climate change. 

Why Was the Greatest, Gayest Album of 2018 Snubbed at the Grammys?

The Greatest Showman's soundtrack, despite being a commercial and cultural success, failed to be nominated in major categories at the Grammy Awards. 

Op-ed: What It's Like Being Trans In Military Academies

'There are two types of hiding: the kind that requires you to lurk in the dark spaces of the day, behind shadowy places ... and there is hiding in plain sight.'

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Boys with older brothers more likely to be gay

Researchers in Canada have shown that boys with older brothers are slightly more likely to be gay, adding to the growing mountain of evidence that being gay is not a choice.