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The 2012 London Summer Olympics begins July 27th. While we all know that homophobia in sports is the other "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, twenty-one openly LGBTQ athletes, two coaches and two gay paralympians will compete for the gold. Three LGBTQ olympians will represent the U.S. -Seimone Augustus (basketball), Megan Rapinoe (soccer), and Lisa Raymond (doubles tennis).

When lesbian filmmaker Tanya Wexler heard about the treatment for female hysteria (i.e. orgasms) she says, “It made me laugh. I knew it was a story I had to tell.” Her new film, Hysteria, which premiers May 18, is a romantic comedy wrapped around the surprising story of the first electro-mechanical vibrator.

While the medical world knows that lesbian and bisexual women tend to have high levels of breast cancer occurrences, doctors want to know more about this growing problem. Susan Love, MD, one of the leading experts on breast health in the U.S., and an openly lesbian doctor, said that while studying breast cancer on the general population is important, identifying the unifying risk factors and exposures among lesbian and bisexual women will help refine our greater knowledge of cancer.

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) has partnered with the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association and the Suicide Prevention Resource Center for their lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) Initiative. The purpose of the initiative is to conduct research, participate in discussions and make recommendations surrounding the suicide risk among the LGBTQ population, specifically.

The judge who ordered Lindsay Lohan to jail has takeen herself off the case following a complaint by a prosecutor that she improperly contacted experts or participants in the case privately. Among those contacted was a rehab facility.

Breast health expert Dr. Susan Love announced Thursday that she was diagnosed with leukemia after a routine blood test.

Apple has granted CEO Steve Jobs an unexpected medical leave, but did not specify how long the leave will be, or provide any further information on 55-year-old Jobs' health. Jobs underwent a liver transplant in 2009, and specified before taking that leave that he would be back after six months. This time, his announcement just says that he hopes to return. He did say that he will continue as Apple's CEO, and will be involved in major decisions.

In a Tuesday address to the National Institutes of Health, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that she had named Ellen DeGeneres as a special envoy for global AIDS awareness. “Your words will encourage Americans in joining you to make their voices heard in our campaign to achieve an AIDS-free generation,” Secretary Clinton wrote to DeGeneres in a letter released Tuesday. “The enormous platform of your television show and your social media channels will enable you to reach millions of people with the strong and hopeful message that we can win this fight.”