Roberta Kaplan: Edie Windsor, Thea Spyer Were Engaged 2 Years Before Stonewall
Spyer died in 2009, two years after the women married in Canada. Windsor challenged the Defense of Marriage … “Edie’s life kind of tells a panoramic story of how life was for gay and lesbian people in this country in the 20 th century,” Kaplan …

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Surprise! The Planned Parenthood Shooter Is Not Transgender

Robert Lewis Dear’s “female” gender designation was a simple clerical error that he actually tried to fix.

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After Turing Pharmaceuticals’ Outrageous Price Hike on Life-Saving Drug, Low-Cost Alternative Emerge

Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization issued the following statement on news that Express Scripts will partner with Imprimis Pharmaceuticals to offer a low-cost alternative to Daraprim, a lifesaving treatment for people living with HIV. Two months ago, Turing Pharmaceuticals’ CEO Martin Shkreli bought the rights to Daraprim and hiked the price of this crucial drug by 5,000 percent overnight.

“This is a positive development that will improve access to lifesaving treatment for many patients, including people living with HIV and pregnant women,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “It doesn’t change the troubling fact that Martin Shkreli and Turing Pharmaceuticals despicably preyed on vulnerable patients in an effort to turn a profit. Lawmakers should seek answers, hold Turing and Shkreli to account and ensure this can’t happen again.”

Just before Thanksgiving, Turing Pharmaceuticals’ Martin Shkreli announced that he would continue the price hike on Daraprim – a crucial treatment for people living with HIV, pregnant women, and others with weakened immune systems.  The announcement came two months after the company first made headlines for an outrageous 5,000 percent price increase on Daraprim, which took the price from $13.50 to $750 per pill overnight. Express Scripts announced their alternative will be made available for as low as $1 per capsule for people whose pharmacy benefit is managed by the company.

Last month, at HRC’s urging, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman began investigating whether Turing Pharmaceuticals may have violated antitrust laws by limiting distribution of a drug that is essential to the lives of medically vulnerable people. HRC also sent letters to Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Chair of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions; Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce; and Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Chair of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, seeking an investigation into the unconscionable action of Turing Pharmaceuticals. The letters also called for an inquiry into Turing’s acquisition of Daraprim, the pricing strategy for the drug, investments made to bring the drug to market, the impact of that strategy on patient access, and the increased cost to federally-funded health programs. And they requested a hearing on formulary and tiering structure for prescription medications offered through health exchanges.

HRC also joined 151 other organizations from across the nation in signing an open letter to Turing Pharmaceuticals urging company CEO Martin Shkreli to restore the original price for Daraprim.

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New study reveals why and when straight women form close friendships with gay men
Russell says although Americans have seen the gay male-straight female dynamic play out on the … female students at a major public university in the southwestern United States. All of the participants were enrolled in at least one undergraduate …

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Saudi Arabia Is Set To Break The World Record For Tallest Building
Saudi Arabia’s aspirations are rising to dizzying new heights as the country finalizes plans to construct the world’s tallest building — one that will shadow the United Arab Emirates … also known as the Kingdom Tower, is slated to become the …

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'Tour companion' sites introduce girls to clients looking for sex
Meng Wei, a research fellow with Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told CCTV that the online sex trade has spread at an astonishing speed and has had a major impact on society, especially among young people who are frequent users of the Internet.

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74% Of Doctors Think PrEP Will Be Effective in Reducing HIV Infections
One geriatrician from the UK said, “I feel like there are a group of people that will benefit from PrEP but the feeling is that in the gay community it’s become … the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the …

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Nawaz, Modi chat in ‘friendly atmosphere’
Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi exchanged pleasantries on the sidelines of the 21st UN Climate Change Conference after Modi approached Nawaz Sharif and had a brief chat with him … of Afghanistan and United Kingdom of his government …

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WhatsApp is blocking links to a competing messenger app
The behavior wasn’t exhibited on every device but it was consistent within devices, blocking both usernames and links to individual messages or chat rooms. Reached by The Verge, Telegram confirmed the activity, which seems to have begun with a silent …

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We Need Gay Sex Education in Schools Now More Than Ever
And it makes a lot of people – gay and straight – very uncomfortable. Featuring graphic scenes of real sex parties in which guys inject mephedrone, smoke crystal meth and engage in bareback sex, CHEMSEX makes for challenging viewing. Just when you were …

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