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Millstone the Klown Wants to Protect Your Kids
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Trump’s Reinstated LGBTQ Suicide Hotline and Women’s Health
In the past few weeks the Trump administration has made moves that, on the surface, seem to be positive moves in healthcare. However, if looked at closely these moves could make things worse or do nothing at all. The administration
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AI Used to Intensify School Book Bans
There is a startlingly increasing number of books being banned or restricted in public schools across the United States. According to Pen America, during the 2025–2026 school year, 11,982 book-ban cases involving 7,370 unique titles were recorded, representing the highest
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India Distinguishes Sex Work from Sex Trafficking
India’s Supreme Court has moved to protect adult women engaged in voluntary sex work, which is legal in India, from being subjected by police to automatic assumptions that they are victims of human trafficking. The court said magistrates across the
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Protecting Trans Prisoners
Although transgender people make up only about 1% of the U.S. population, politicians continue to view them as a threat to society and rolling back rights and protections and putting the trans population at risk. Lately, trans prisoners are in
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Mental Health Among Male Dating App Users
A common perception is that users of dating apps are unhappy people who have trouble maintaining a stable monogamous relationship. A recently published study of 578 Australian males offers more nuance. Among straight men, non-users generally reported lower rates of
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China Extinguishes More Queer Culture
Beijing’s annual “Love Queer Film Week”, one of the nation’s oldest film festivals and mainland China’s only independent LGBTQ+ film and culture forum, was cancelled following repeated harassment and pressure from police. The festival was founded in 2001 by Peking
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Can AI Sex Robots Help Adults with Cognitive Disabilities?
While AI-powered sex robots are as yet merely a theoretical possibility, rapidly progressing technologies make them a realistic possibility in the not too distant future. Can they serve a positive function as tools of sexual education for the intellectually disabled?
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