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The World Health Organization declared a global public health emergency on Wednesday because of a new outbreak of mpox, raising concerns worldwide about the spread of this disease, particularly a more severe version known as Clade I. The declaration has prompted governments and public health agencies, including the United States, to respond to the potential …

I did not see An Early Frost when it first ran on NBC in November of 1985. I was in college and couldn’t risk watching a gay and AIDS film — especially since AIDS had lunged to the forefront of the news when Rock Hudson died in October of that year. I remember how cruel …

Dylan Gurley, a 20-year-old transgender woman, was stabbed and strangled to death July 23 in Denton, Texas.

The Steamboat Springs LGBTQ+ community won’t let threats of violence stop them from living with pride.

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An Idaho law enacted partly to prevent transgender youth from obtaining gender-affirming care could impede investigations into the sexual abuse of children.

In response to the World Health Organization’s Wednesday declaration that the mpox virus is once again a global public health emergency of international concern, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued a statement affirming the nation’s readiness to manage potential cases of the more severe Clade I mpox strain. This strain is …

I finally got around to watching Faye, the HBO documentary about Faye Dunaway that dropped last month. A longtime friend who has been in Hollywood for quite some time told me once that she was “very mean.” That was famously validated in 1988 when Bette Davis, appearing on The Tonight Show, famously told Johnny Carson …

Randy Rainbow digs deep into the Broadway catalogue for his latest political parody, “The Lawyer or the Conman,” set to the tune of “The Farmer and the Cowman” from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!

A virus that spread in communities, including in the United States, in 2022 is back. The World Health Organization has escalated the status of mpox, previously known as monkeypox, to a global health emergency following significant increases in cases and fatalities across several African countries, the Associated Press reports. Earlier this week, the AP reported …