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  • Gay teens really are at greater risk for poor mental health, substance use, and isolation, study finds

    Gay teens really are at greater risk for poor mental health, substance use, and isolation, study finds0

    Teens are mischievous, not to be trusted. You’ve probably heard the trope before – maybe you even believe it yourself. But is the stereotype now warping our trust of scientific results? Surveys can help researchers better understand the lives of teens, but skeptics argue that youth are often dishonest and that the results cannot be

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  • Gay Men Now Earn More Than Straight Men, Study Finds

    Gay Men Now Earn More Than Straight Men, Study Finds0

    Attitudes about homosexuality have changed dramatically in recent decades, and the change appears to have had economic consequences for gay men—for the better. A new study conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt University found that gay men make considerably more than straight men, on average. The findings are a dramatic shift from results of previous studies,

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  • Gay Men Given Free IVF and Surrogates Under Proposed California Bill

    Gay Men Given Free IVF and Surrogates Under Proposed California Bill4

    Once understood as a simple law of nature, a man’s inability to fall pregnant may soon be classed as “infertility” in California under proposed legislation that would entitle LGBT couples to employer-paid infertility treatments. “Fertility equality” is the Orwellian phrase being used to justify the Golden State’s new logic-defying bill. Passed in the Senate last

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  • Gay and Transgender Issues: Can You Actually Change People’s Minds on Them?

    Gay and Transgender Issues: Can You Actually Change People’s Minds on Them?0

    The irony is delicious. For once, it might justify optimism rather than cynicism. Consider carefully the facts reported in this story by Katie Palmer in the April 7 online issue of Wired magazine: In December 2014, researchers Michael J. LaCour and Donald P. Green published a report of their study in Science magazine, purporting to

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  • Gay Activist: ‘We’re Sitting Ducks’ in Gun-Free Zones

    Gay Activist: ‘We’re Sitting Ducks’ in Gun-Free Zones0

    While the majority of the calls in the aftermath of the slaughter in Orlando have been for more stringent gun control laws, a few people have argued that these laws are part of the problem. Tom G. Palmer, a gay man and the successful plaintiff in Palmer vs. District of Columbia, a case that affirmed

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  • Gavin Newsom and the Limits of Science

    Gavin Newsom and the Limits of Science0

    There have been many responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in all spheres of life from businesses, educational institutions, churches, and within close intimate human relationships. Most of these responses have arisen spontaneously as people’s duties to protect themselves and others, both individuals and communities, have become plain to them. Government at all levels has also acted, imposing a series of sometimes

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