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Joe Fryer, NBC News' jack-of-all-trades, is his social studies class's newest celebrity

Fryer keeps busy throughout the week as the newest anchor on Saturday Today, as well as NBC News NOW, and a correspondent reporting across the network.

Op-ed: The Future of LGBT Journalism

A student journalist outlines Northwestern University's effort to assure the future of fair and extensive media coverage on LGBT issues.

Students Accused of Tagging Chapel With Swastika, 'Trump'

The two are accused of spray-painting Northwestern University's chapel with racist and antigay slurs, a swastika, images of penises, and the word "Trump."

Sociologist Who Helped Craft 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Dies

Sociologist Charles Moskos, an expert on the attitudes of service members who helped formulate the ''don't ask, don't tell'' policy toward gays in the military, has died. The retired Northwestern University professor died of cancer Saturday at his home in Santa Monica, Calif., his family said. He was 74. His surveys on military personnel issues, such as morale and recruitment trends, made him widely quoted in the news media. But he was best known for the advice to the Joint Chiefs of Staff that led to ''don't ask, don't tell.''

Study: LGB Youth More Likely to Be Obese, at Risk for Diabetes

LGB and questioning youth spend more time in sedentary activities than heterosexuals due to minority stress, says the lead study author.

Shocking Report: Doctors Target Tomboy Babies with Off-Label Drugs

A new report details the dangerous experiementation that's been going on in fetal engineering, in which doctors are using a synthetic steroid off-label to prevent lesbian, bisexual, intersex, and tomboy babies.

Study: Gay and Bi Teens Use Grindr to Find Friends and Boyfriends

Young people are using the hookup app to seek out community.

Male Bisexuality Is Real, a New Study Confirms Once and for All

After decades of skepticism, researchers finally have collected data that shows male bisexuality is real -- not just a bridge toward homosexuality.  

Four Get AIDS Virus From Organ Donor

An organ donor in Chicago infected four transplant patients with the AIDS virus in what a donor group says is the first such transmission in the United States in 13 years. The transplants occurred in January at three Chicago hospitals. The patients infected with HIV and the virus for hepatitis C did not learn of their status until the last two weeks, according to medical officials. Michael Millis, chief of the transplantation program at the University of Chicago Hospitals, said his staff was told of the problem on November 1 and brought in the two patients who had transplants there for testing the next morning.