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This is what fuels addiction in LGBTQ+ people, and what's available to help (exclusive)

LGBTQ+ people face escalating discrimination and a social life often dominated by alcohol-centric social spaces, but there are many other resources available to them.

Antigay Activist Uses Robin Williams's Death to Defend 'Ex-Gay' Therapy

Peter Sprigg's circuitous argument: Williams's suicide shows rehab doesn't always work, and therefore reparative therapy is no less successful than rehab.

Transgender Man's Killer Ordered to Rehab

Because the defendant admitted his crime, suffers from substance abuse disorders, and had a history of boxing, German prosecutors said he didn’t intend to kill the victim.

Russian Parents Are Kidnapping Their LGBTQ+ Children and Sending Them to Conversion Therapy Camps

Survivors are speaking out about their horrifying ordeals.

Suspect in Murder of Gay Journalist Josh Kruger Arrested

The award-winning journalist and LGBTQ+ activist was shot dead in his home, but disturbing allegations have emerged about his relationship with his accused killer.

Indonesian Mayor Orders LGBTQ Raids After U.K. Rapist's Conviction

The raids, sparked by the crimes of Reynhard Sinaga, were condemned by major human rights organizations.

Ed Buck Was Not an Anomaly: Black Gay Men and the Lure of Meth

Meth is often spoke of as epidemic affecting whites, but the victims of Ed Buck -- Gemmel Moore and Timothy Dean -- are a stark reminder of that fallacy.

PFLAG National Names Jaime M. Grant Executive Director

The family-oriented organization is putting an impressive mother in the driver's seat.

Seasons change

Crystal meth addiction doesn't follow the rules of traditional rehabilitation. New Seasons clinic in California looks inside the brains of addicts to crack the code.

WATCH: Go Inside the Gay and Trans Wing of L.A. Men's Central Jail

L.A. Weekly obtained unprecedented access to the ward occupied by gay men and transgender women inside the Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail. 

How the Juvenile Justice System Is Failing LGBTQ Youth

The failure puts these incarcerated young people at risk and is bad for society as a whole, writes Sean Cahill of Fenway Health.

Patrisse Cullors Knows That We Are Not Separate

The queer cofounder of Black Lives Matter has a plan to dismantle the prison system that has disenfranchised so many.

Kerry Threatens Aid Cuts Over Uganda's 'Jail the Gays' Law

After weeks of flip-flopping, Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni signed into law a bill that imposes lifetime prison sentences for many LGBT people.

LGBTQ Substance Use: Why Treatment Starts With Self-Acceptance

There's a clear correlation between discrimination and substance abuse, writes Dr. Michael Murphy.

Tuesday Is World AIDS Day: 'The Time to Act Is Now'

Events around the world memorialize those we've lost and call on us to take action to stop HIV in its tracks.

Trump's Religious Order Is a Joke, But His Health Care Bill Is a Threat

The president was grandstanding with right-wingers when he signed his toothless "religious freedom" order, but he could kill millions with Trumpcare.

A neighborhood approach to combating hate crimes in Los Angeles

“Because of our past conduct in law enforcement, and the government, there’s this built-in distrust of us, which to be frank, we’ve earned,” one police official said.

Of Pastors and Politicians

Portland mayor Sam Adams and Colorado evangelist Ted Haggard both got caught with their pants down, but these men's improprieties have less to do with sex than with the unrealistic standards we set for our role models.

The Perfect Storm Facing Black Men on HIV

Government neglect, unemployment, health and socioeconomic disparities, racism, homophobia, and stigma are all contributing to an escalating catastrophe.

The Federal Hospital System Is Disproportionately Packed With Gays

An investigative look into why some queer men remain locked up even after serving their time.

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