Light at the End of the Tunnel

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 Light at the End of the Tunnel
 
 Frank Spinelli, M D 
          
          Sep 29, 2010
          
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The tarmac disruption comes amid continuing questions about the lavish jet’s safety, security upgrades and enormous taxpayer cost.

Violent attacks leave Sacramento’s LGBTQ+ community demanding protection

A coalition of 14 community groups is demanding dedicated police patrols in Lavender Heights after a series of assaults, including one that left a local LGBTQ+ leader dead.

Inside the HHS study experts call a political weapon against transgender people

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The Queer Trans Project has sent more than 500 trans Ohioans custom gender-affirming supply kits worth a total of nearly $30,000

The tarmac disruption comes amid continuing questions about the lavish jet’s safety, security upgrades and enormous taxpayer cost.

A coalition of 14 community groups is demanding dedicated police patrols in Lavender Heights after a series of assaults, including one that left a local LGBTQ+ leader dead.

Researchers who study authoritarianism and political violence have major concerns about the study’s ethics and methodology, and how the administration plans to use it.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to be told.

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Igho "Tiny" Ubiribo died earlier this year after getting a nonsurgical cosmetic procedure while overseas.

These are the worst places to go to college if you're looking for a queer-friendly and affirming environment.

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Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers literally wears its aesthetic influences on its sleeve.

These are the top places to get a great education in a queer-friendly and affirming environment.

The Georgia Democrat's arrival in the House of Representatives made history and placed him beside a speaker whose career has been defined partly by opposition to LGBTQ+ equality.