Feature Channels: LGBTQ Issues

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Statement on DOMA decision.

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Members of the National Communication Association who study rhetorical and cultural theory, social movements, gender and communication, and queer studies can provide insight the Supreme Court's rulings on DOMA and Prop 8.

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The American Sociological Association (ASA) has sociologists available to discuss the Supreme Court’s rulings in the same-sex marriage cases.

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Concerns that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling favorable to gay marriage might produce a backlash that would impede efforts to achieve equality are unfounded, according to researchers at UC Riverside, UC Irvine, UConn and Princeton.

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With the U.S. Supreme Court expected to rule on DOMA and Prop 8 in the coming days, Wake Forest University's decision to offer a tax equality benefit for same-sex domestic partners of Reynolda Campus faculty and staff beginning July 1 is both timely and important.

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June is National Gay Pride Month. Members of the National Communication Association who study rhetorical and cultural theory, social movements, gender and communication, and queer studies can provide insight into how the word "queer" has evolved, whether "queer" has become mainstream, and more.

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Advances in care, increased focus on LGBT health may explain shift from previous findings.

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The American Sociological Association (ASA) has sociologists available to discuss NBA player Jason Collins’ decision to publicly announce that he is gay, making him the first active male athlete in a major American professional team sport to come out.

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Is there a double standard for gay parents? A new study published this month by a Binghamton University research team suggests that gay parents are being judged more harshly than straight parents.

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Indiana U. experts in family law and Americans' changing public opinion on families are available to discuss the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court cases involving same-sex marriage.

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There is no valid scientific basis for denying same-sex couples the right to legal marriage, or to deprive them of considerable benefits of the institution, according to legal briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by the American Psychological Association and other leading mental health associations.

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The American Sociological Association (ASA) weighed in on the gay marriage cases before the U.S. Supreme Court today, filing an amicus brief outlining social science research that shows “children fare just as well” when raised by same-sex or heterosexual parents.

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Same-sex cohabitors report worse health than people of the same socioeconomic status who are in heterosexual marriages, according to a new study, which may provide fuel for gay marriage proponents.

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A book co-edited by prominent University of Illinois at Chicago gender historian John D'Emilio has received an award from the American Historical Association.

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Out lesbians, gays, and bisexuals are in better mental and physical health than others. “Coming out is no longer a matter of popular debate but a matter of public health” – lead author Robert-Paul Juster

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Is homosexuality genetic? It's a long-running debate. Now researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, say they've found a clue that may unlock the mystery. It lies in something called epi-genetics—how gene expression is regulated by temporary switches.

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The program focused on the “3 C’s” of relationship building: commitment, communication and conflict resolution.

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• Association is not explained by other demographic differences. • According to the researchers, their data should be interpreted cautiously.

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On National Coming Out Day, October 11, Drexel University’s Goodwin College for Professional Studies will launch the research and activism network “LGBT Issues in Sport: Theory to Practice,” which aims to be the definitive resource for research on LGBT issues in sport.

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With the Democratic Party platform officially calling for “equal treatment under law for same-sex couples,” it may be hard to remember that just four short decades ago being in a gay relationship was grounds for imprisonment, not protection. To preserve that history, the University of Rochester has launched an online archive of the Empty Closet, New York State's oldest gay newspaper.

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A new Family Profile from the National Center for Family and Marriage Research (NCFMR) at Bowling Green State University takes a closer look at same-sex couple households, and finds those households often include children. Sociology graduate student Sarah Burgoyne compiled the data.

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For the first time, researchers at Cornell University used a specialized infrared lens to measure pupillary changes to participants watching erotic videos. Pupils were highly telling: they widened most to videos of people who participants found attractive, thereby revealing where they were on the sexual spectrum from heterosexual to homosexual.

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An Indiana University study found that teens and young adults who are members of multiple minority or disadvantaged groups face more discrimination than their more privileged peers and, as a result, report worse mental and physical health.

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An Indiana U. study that focused on the health issues and behaviors specific to behaviorally bisexual men and women, found tremendous variety and that labels can do more harm than good.