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Pride said gay cops aren’t welcome. Then came the backlash

Just as L.G.B.T.Q. visibility reached a new peak, splinter groups are re-examining the annual parade. Is Pride too corporate? Should police officers be allowed to march? Is it a revolution, or is it a party?

Was the CDC’s Guidance on Ditching Masks Too Hasty—Especially for Folks Living With HIV? Courtesy of the subject Mary Glenn, 67, of Jacksonville, Florida, has been living with HIV since 1990. She was also among those first vaccinated against COVID in early February, because she was part of the Pfizer vaccine trial. In fact, Glenn was one of the nearly 10% of trial participants who were Black. (Black folks have historically been underrepresented in all sorts of clinical trials.) Now, Glenn is enjoying the relative freedom that comes with being fully vaccinated. “I’m taking my mask off ...

By Dan Rivoli New York City PUBLISHED 9:48 PM ET Apr. 14, 2021 PUBLISHED April 14, 2021 @9:48 PM SHARE Dozens of people rallied in Washington Square Park in honor of Daunte Wright, the 20-year-old black man fatally shot by a white police officer in a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Dominique Lucious, a transgender woman murdered in Missouri. What You Need To Know The killing of Daunte Wright is sparking new protests in New York City Doz...

February 11, 2021 By Courtney McGee As the third anniversary nears of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida that killed 17, a congresswoman from New York is looking to bring gun safety to the forefront of the congressional agenda.  Representative Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y. 12th District) has introduced a legislative package containing five bills aimed at improving gun safety in the United States. "We stand alone as a country with mass shootings — there are too many guns," she told Cheddar. "If guns made Americans safer, we'd be the safest country on Earth."...