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The transgendered man who made international headlines as 'The Pregnant Man,' Thomas Beatie, gave birth to his second child, a baby boy, early Tuesday morning. Beatie became a media sensation when he was pregnant with their first child, famously appearing on The Oprah Winfrey show and in countless other media outlets.

Jennifer Capriati, once the top ranked women’s tennis player in the world, was hospitalized after a suspected prescription drug overdose over the weekend. The tennis prodigy, 34, was rushed to a Florida hospital after paramedics responded to a call for a possible overdose.

Anna Paquin celebrated her birthday with the cast of HBO’s True Blood at San Diego Comic-Con International. Fans camped out all day waiting for Ball, Paquin, Stephen Moyer (Bill) and Alexander Skarsgard (Eric). Michelle Forbes (Maryann), Nelsan Ellis (Lafayette), Sam Trammell (Sam), Deborah AnnWoll (Jessica) and Rutina Wesley (Tara) were also at the panel.

Ann Northrop has come along way from her roots in conservative Hartford, Conn. Over the years, the Vassar art history grad has been a force for change… from the Vietnam War to feminism to the AIDS crisis and especially to the fight for universal equality. From Ms. mag to ACT UP to Gay USA, Northrop's been a tireless activist in the trenches of the battle for gay rights.

While there was no systematic program for elimination of people of African descent in Nazi Germany as there was for Jews, the fate of black people from 1933 to 1945 in Nazi Germany and in German-occupied territories ranged from isolation, persecution, sterilization, medical experimentation,  incarceration, brutality and murder. On a return trip to  Europe after headlining at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, Valaida Snow was captured in Nazi- occupied  Copenhagen and interned in a concentration camp. It is rumored that Snow was sent to a concentration camp no only because she was black but also because of her friendships with German women musicians -- implying lesbianism.

The out musician opened up about her Heartthrob, her activism, and being a Dinah Shore virgin.

Advertising Week is being enlightened by a new subject this year: Gays & Lesbians, Know Them? The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and Publicis Groupe have joined forces to ask panelists this very important question with the hopes of changing hearts and minds and making the LGBT lifestyle more approachable in the media.

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Women's competitive boxing is set to make its debut at this year’s Summer Olympic games in London, and Texas native, Marlen Esparza, 22, was the first female added to the precedent setting list.