Julian Bond, Champion of Civil Rights for All, Dead at 75

Bond was a supporter of marriage equality, comprehensive LGBT civil rights legislation, and more.

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Trudy Ring

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Caitlyn Jenner meets Chaz Bono in new I Am Cait clip

In the latest episode of Caitlyn Jenner’s series I Am Cait she meets one of her icons.

Jenner visits the Los Angeles’ Children’s Hospital LGBT center in a new clip and talks to Chaz Bono: transgender trailblazer.

‘For the longest time, I’ve wanted to talk to Chaz,’ Jenner says.

‘I met him at Dancing With the Stars briefly, and obviously I couldn’t tell him my story.’

In the clip Jenner tells Bono she was watching his transition and admired how well he’d done.

‘In your transition, which obviously I was watching and everybody else was watching, I know it’s been a lot of hard work, but you’ve done a very good job and I was really glad to see that.’

Bono came out publically as a transgender man in 2009.

‘He came out publically before I did. So finally having the opportunity to spend some time with him – I think it’s going to be great,’ Jenner said sometime after the meeting.

Watch the full clip below.

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Jack Flanagan

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Survey Finds Half of Young Brits Say They’re Not Completely Straight

A new YouGov survey has found 49% of 18-24 year-olds in Britain don’t identify as 100% heterosexual.  Respondents were asked to put themselves on a Kinsey scale where 0 is exclusively heterosexual and 6 was completely homosexual.

International Business Times reports:

One of the most striking findings of the new study is that with each generation, people see their sexuality as less fixed and more fluid. The results for 18-24 year-olds are particularly telling, with 43% placing themselves in the non-binary area between 1 and 5 and 52% place themselves at one end or the other. Of these, only 46% say they are completely heterosexual and 6% as completely homosexual.

More from the survey:

People of all generations now accept the idea that sexual orientation exists along a continuum rather than a binary choice – overall 60% of heterosexuals support this idea, and 73% of homosexuals. 28% of heterosexuals believe that ‘there is no middle ground – you are either heterosexual or you are not’.

See the full poll results here.

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Kyler Geoffroy

Survey Finds Half of Young Brits Say They’re Not Completely Straight

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Family of gay man who died in Texas jail wants answers

Jesse Jacobs entered the Galveston County Jail on 6 March to spend 30 days behind bars as part of a plea deal after pleading guilty to a driving under the influence (DUI) charge, with the hope that he was only supposed to spend around 12 days in jail with time off with good behavior.

However, a week after he went in, Jacobs was dead.

According to media reports, jailhouse medical personnel denied Jacobs the prescribed Xanax he had been taking for ten years to treat a severe anxiety disorder. The 32-year-old gay man began experiencing seizures, a known side-effect of Xanax withdrawal, and was admitted to a hospital where he died a day later.

His parents have called for an investigation into what happened in the jail.

The sheriff however — on the advice of the Galveston County Attorney– is refusing to turn over video fearing a lawsuit.

Medical personnel said he died from a ‘seizure disorder’ while Sheriff Henry Trochesset said it was due to natural causes.

His parents told ABC13 their son has several other medical conditions which were all well documented and were worried that he would not get the needed medication behind bars despite having medical prescriptions and notes from doctors.

Citing medical records released and obtained by Eyewitness News, ABC13 reported that it appears county jail doctors had put Jacobs on a different medication. It was also noted in his medical records that he was ‘detoxing’ from Xanax.

Jacobs parents say their son had a legitimate prescription to Xanax, and without it, dire consequences could result.

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Sylvia Tan

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