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World's largest psych association passes policy supporting trans youth care by massive margin

The American Psychological Association, representing 157,000 members, has issued a resolution calling for an end to trans care bans and misinformation around care.

Study: Gay, Lesbian Parents Still Face Bias in Custody Disputes

Judges and psychologists often ignore research that shows gay and lesbian parents to be as fit as straight ones, notes a new Drexel University study.

Web site launched to fight distortion of research on LGBT families

While James Dobson's Focus on the Family continues to cherry-pick and distort research on LGBT families, Soulforce and Truth Wins Out are raising the stakes to expose what they call a harmful and alarming disinformation campaign discriminating against LGBT families.

Study: Female Couples Break Up Twice as Often as Male Couples

An expansive study on same- and opposite-sex couples delivered some intriguing results. 

How White and Latino Gay Men Come Out Differently

Exiting the closet is often a very different experience for varying groups, according to a researcher.

Op-ed: Why the 'Ex-Gay' Industry Is Going Under

There is evidence that the so-called ex-gay industry is becoming less viable by the day, says Wayne Besen of Truth Wins Out.

Northern Ireland Hospital 'Regrets' History of Shock Therapy on Gays

Queens University Belfast continued research on the practice as late as 1973.

New 'Scientific' Study on Sexuality, Gender Not New or Scientific

The right wing is pushing a study that isn't based in sound science, says famed geneticist Dean Hamer.

'Gaydar' AI Researchers Accuse HRC, GLAAD of 'Smear Campaign'

LGBT groups criticized a Stanford University study of an algorithm designed to identify gay and straight people as "junk science."

The Unspoken Horror of Incarcerated LGBT People

A new study finds a disproportionate number of LGBT people in America's prisons -- and many of them are subjected to abuse while there.

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Op-ed: Next Our Most Ardent Opponents Must Change

We've swayed the movable middle. Now it's time to change the way the right wing thinks about us.