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Rugby Player Risks Career To Protest Anti-Gay Slur
instinctmagazine.com
Australian rugby star David Pocock risked his chances of becoming captain of his team during a recent match when he argued with a referee about …
Autism Group Urges Parents To Vaccinate Children: 'Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism'
HuffPost - Robbie Couch
Updated on February 9, 2015; 3:18 p.m. EST. A leading autism advocacy group is advising parents to vaccinate their children, as a movement by caretakers who oppose the common practice continues to stir
Physiotherapy
Repairing the brain: Why we're living in an age of neuroscience
independent.co.uk - Clint Witchalls
One of the most extraordinary stories in Norman Doidge's new book, The Brain's Way of Healing, is that of the Broadway singer, Ron Husmann. Husmann …
Autism
I’m Autistic, And Believe Me, It’s A Lot Better Than Measles
medium.com
Vaccines don’t cause autism. But even if they did, is being like me really a fate worse than death? Sarah KurchakBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Feb 6, …
When Children With Autism Grow Up
BuzzFeed - Bob Plantenberg
I was 23 and needed a summer job; he was 21 and needed full-time support. He's one of an estimated half million people diagnosed with autism who are soon becoming adults — and who society is entirely for.
Armed Forces
Army general says he is planning to come out: 'I'm gay, and plan to fight military homophobia'
independent.co.uk - Cahal Milmo
A married Army general has said he is planning to come out as gay to highlight what he claims is continuing widespread homophobic discrimination in …
Tampa reverses decision, will help fund gay pride parade
tbo.com
— After initially denying an application, city of Tampa leaders have agreed to co-sponsor an upcoming Tampa Pride festival that celebrates the LGBT …
Duggar Family
Michelle Duggar’s Big Secret? Anti-LGBT Reality Star Has Openly Gay Sister
The Inquisitr - Samantha Kilgore
Michelle Duggar has made it no secret that she is firmly anti-LGBT, coming out staunchly against gay marriage, and making headlines as she recorded a …
The Year in Gay Pop Culture, and What We Learned from It
Gawker - Rich Juzwiak
Depending on where and how you were looking, it was a terrific year for gay pop culture... or a rotten one. While representations of gay folk in …
This Was TV's Most Diverse Year, But There's Still Progress To Be Made
HuffPost - E. Oliver Whitney
When television historians (and future listicle makers) look back on 2014, one thing will seem crystal clear: this past year was one of the most diverse in the history of the small screen, a transformative
Imitation Game
The Imitation Game 's Alan Turing -- A Gay Man for All Seasons
HuffPost - Nancy Doyle Palmer
For all of the distinctly drawn period piece-ness of The Imitation Game, with its English rain, tweeds, tea and understated heroism and humor, the film holds bracingly modern themes that make it both and
Leelah Alcorn's Transgender Suicide Prompts Response From Laverne Cox, Andreja Pejic, Janet Mock
ibtimes.com - Maria Vultaggio
Transgender celebrities like Laverne Cox, Janet Mock and Andreja Pejic took to social media Tuesday after trans teen Leelah Alcorn took her own life. …
Hogmanay
First same-sex weddings take place in Scotland
bbc.co.uk
Scotland's first same-sex weddings have taken place. Joe Schofield and Malcolm Brown tied the knot at a humanist ceremony at the Trades Hall in Glasgow, while Susan and Gerrie Douglas-Scott married in
Southern grocery chain offering same-sex health benefits
CNN Business - by Katie Lobosco
More gay and lesbian married couples living in conservative Southern states can get health benefits -- so long as they work for Publix. The grocery chain is one of the largest in the south, with stores
2014: A review of a remarkable year for marriage equality
dailykos.com - Steven Payne
In order to fully understand what has transpired this year, one must first look at the groundwork that had been done to bring us to this point. Let's …
LGBT TV Characters Are Whiter, Male-er, And Richer Than Real Queer People
BuzzFeed - Ariane Lange
LGBT characters on broadcast television in 2014 weren't as diverse as real queer people in the U.S.
Transgender teen: 'My death needs to mean something'
USA TODAY - Sharon Coolidge
Editor's note: Leelah's suicide and the conversation her note inspired has rocked families in the Ohio region, becoming part of a national conversation. Here, we share the facts and report what happened.
What are the best books series for younger children?
The Guardian - Julia Eccleshare
What can a boy who has devoured the Beast Quest series (and is a bit too young for Harry Potter) read next? The Book Doctor prescribes How to Train Your Dragon and Horrible Histories for starters My son
R.A. Montgomery, Author And Publisher Of Choose Your Own Adventure Books, Dead At 78
HuffPost - Claire Fallon
R.A. Montgomery, the author and publisher who founded the Choose Your Own Adventure book series, died Nov. 9 while at his home in Vermont. He was 78. Montgomery's popular Choose Your Own Adventure series
This Is What The 'Steel Magnolias' Premieres Looked Like In 1989
HuffPost - Matthew Jacobs
"I'm not crazy, I've just been in a very bad mood for 40 years," Ouiser Boudreaux (Shirley MacLaine) hollers in "Steel Magnolias," a movie that has put us in a weepy mood for more than two decades. We've
How Erudite Are You? Take the Test.
HuffPost - Larry Paros
Book Two of fifteen books of educational comics by Larry Paros. This is the second column from that second book. The saga of our heroic efforts to educate the masses continues. Enjoy! Follow Larry Paros
Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Being Adapted for HBO by Jonathan Nolan
electricliterature.com
Lincoln MichelBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Nov 10, 2014 News broke today that Jonathan Nolan, brother of acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan, is …
Amazon and Hachette End Dispute
electricliterature.com
Lincoln MichelBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Nov 13, 2014 The contract negotiation that spawned 1,000 think pieces ended today as Hachette and Amazon …
Friction Fiction: The 2014 National Book Award Finalists
barnesandnoble.com - Tom LeClair
This is the second year that the National Book Awards have announced a long list of ten nominees before narrowing to five finalists. Because the …
Sometimes Being Wrong Can Be More Valuable Than Being Right
HuffPost - The Huffington Post
Alexandre Dumas is thought to be the first person who said, “nothing succeeds like success.” Yet hard to know who really said it first. It’s one of those aphorisms that seems so obviously true and it’s

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Rugby Player Risks Career To Protest Anti-Gay Slur

Autism Group Urges Parents To Vaccinate Children: 'Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism'

Repairing the brain: Why we're living in an age of neuroscience

I’m Autistic, And Believe Me, It’s A Lot Better Than Measles

When Children With Autism Grow Up

Army general says he is planning to come out: 'I'm gay, and plan to fight military homophobia'

Tampa reverses decision, will help fund gay pride parade

Michelle Duggar’s Big Secret? Anti-LGBT Reality Star Has Openly Gay Sister

The Year in Gay Pop Culture, and What We Learned from It

This Was TV's Most Diverse Year, But There's Still Progress To Be Made

The Imitation Game 's Alan Turing -- A Gay Man for All Seasons

Leelah Alcorn's Transgender Suicide Prompts Response From Laverne Cox, Andreja Pejic, Janet Mock

First same-sex weddings take place in Scotland

Southern grocery chain offering same-sex health benefits

2014: A review of a remarkable year for marriage equality

LGBT TV Characters Are Whiter, Male-er, And Richer Than Real Queer People

Transgender teen: 'My death needs to mean something'

What are the best books series for younger children?

R.A. Montgomery, Author And Publisher Of Choose Your Own Adventure Books, Dead At 78

This Is What The 'Steel Magnolias' Premieres Looked Like In 1989

How Erudite Are You? Take the Test.

Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Being Adapted for HBO by Jonathan Nolan

Amazon and Hachette End Dispute

Friction Fiction: The 2014 National Book Award Finalists

Sometimes Being Wrong Can Be More Valuable Than Being Right