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Photo: Shutterstock Sex education has often done a poor job when it comes to LGBTQ students. A new lawsuit hopes to change that, at least for the state of South Carolina. NBC News reports that the National Center for Lesbian Rights along with Lambda Legal has filed a lawsuit against …

The death of Gavin Porter, Tyler Perry’s nephew, has caused the famed actor and director to spring into action. Porter reportedly passed away while in his prison cell. Police have ruled the death a suicide, however, Perry is questioning the ruling.  According to a memo he posted on Instagram, Perry …

The movie begins with Cecilia fleeing the high-tech home of her boyfriend, Adrian Griffin (Oliver Jackson-Cohen), who has trapped her in an abusive relationship for years. Soon after, it’s reported that Adrian has died by suicide, leaving Cecilia the fortune he amassed as a leader in “the field of optics,” …

Janet Mock is slated to begin her first major project with Netflix, according to Deadline. Partnering with producer Ryan Murphy, the Pose writer, director and producer inked a deal with the streaming service last year for a film titled Janet, which will portray the complicated story of Washington Post journalist …

DaVina Jackson and her two children currently live in China, however, they call Fort Valley, Georgia their home. Unfortunately for all three, they won’t be able to travel as they’ve been quarantined in their Nanjing home due to Coronavirus fears. Stores in her city have closed due to the virus …

Designed to work alongside of Medicare Part A and Part B (Original Medicare), Cigna Medicare Supplement plans (also known as Medigap plans) help to pay for certain out-of-pocket expenses such as deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments not covered under Original Medicare. In the next few paragraphs we’ll explain: What Original Medicare …

Photo: Shutterstock White nationalists have stayed taking L’s this week. I can’t lie folks, I love to see it. According to CBS News, four members of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to intimidate. Yesterday, we wrote about a leader of the group who …

Last week, a heartbreaking video that showed a young Australian boy who lives with dwarfism crying after being bullied went viral across the globe. In the original video, which has since been taken down, Quaden Bayles is seen crying and telling his mother to “give me a knife, I …

So what exactly is this thing? Astronomers don’t know everything yet—it’s been less than two weeks!—but they’ve identified some traits. The object is about the size of a compact car and traces a rambling loop around Earth about every four months or so. As the object passed by Earth on …

The city of Milwaukee was shocked by a tragic shooting that took place Wednesday (Feb. 27) at the Molson Coors brewery. Five workers were killed before the shooter took his own life, and now details are emerging on the killer and his possible motivations. The gunman, identified as 51-year-old …