Being discussed in the forum right now:

"Just about 23.5 hours of my day are consumed by me thinking about how I am gay. It ranges from non stop thinking about guys, trying to guess who is gay that is walking past me, how to get a boyfriend, to thinking about coming out (I think about this the most). Obviously this leaves little time for things like, writing essays, like I am suppose to be doing right now...

So back to the question for all you out guys...after you came out did your mind go back to normal, as in thinking about other things than just being gay?" Join the discussion

The end of the military's ban on gays in the military could come as early as next year.

When human rights issues fall at the hands of defense priorities, what better way to reverse discriminatory policies than to attach it to a defense spending bill. It worked with The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Now, Rep. Barney Frank and other Congressional Dems want to try again, but this time with the controversial 'don't ask, don't tell' ban on gays in the military.

Dems plan to include the repeal as an amendment to a Department of Defense appropriations bill as early as next year... more at Advocate.com

The following are LGBT poverty facts collected from the 2000 census:

-Gay men are sometimes poorer and sometimes less poor than heterosexual men.

-Lesbian women across data sets are consistently poorer than their heterosexual counterparts.

-22 to 64 percent of transgender people reported earning less than $25,000 per year. (source: The Williams Institute)

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The American Medical Association took a shot at anti-LGBT government policies Tuesday, saying they are detrimental to the health of gay and lesbian individuals.

The nation's largest doctor's lobby adopted a resolution declaring the military's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy a violation of doctor-patient confidentiality. Gay and lesbian patients fearful of their military careers hesitate to disclose their sexual orientation when talking about certain health issues. By command, military doctors must report their patient's sexual orientation to superiors.

The declaration also calls for the expansion of federal marriage statutes since prohibiting gay and lesbian couples from marrying excludes individuals from receiving health care benefits such as insurance or medical leave.