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John Travolta's and Kelly Preston's son Jett, 16, suffered a seizure and died suddenly while on a family vacation in the Bahamas Friday. Jett had a history of seizures that were speculated to be either related to autism or Kawasaki Syndrome.

Sen. Ted Kennedy collapsed from a seizure and was hauled away by emergency medical personnel during President Obama's inaugural luncheon Tuesday. Teresa Heinz Kerry helped to get Kennedy into a chair to wheel him out of the room. Sen. Robert Byrd also left to seek medical attention although no details have been released.

Plenty of actors have portrayed characters that experience seizures on television drama series or in films. For actress Tucky Williams, the creator, writer and lead of the hit lesbian-themed drama web series Girl/Girl Scene, epilepsy is no acting matter.

Teresa Rowe's partner of 3 1/2 years, Kristin Orbin, who is epileptic, collapsed after the Equality March in Fresno, suffering three grand mal seizures. The volunteer emergency aid staff at the Meet in the Middle rally responded promptly and appropriately, but that is opposite of what happened in the ambulance and at the hospital. Lesbian and gay couples are still struggling to get proper care in medical emergencies.

Canadian customs officers seized three lesbian and gay-themed films enroute to Canada's Inside Out LGBT film festival, according to Xtra.com. Officials gave no explanation for the seizure and the films will remain in custody until officials have had a chance to personally screen them for offensive content. The films seized were I Can't Think Straight starring Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth, Clapham Junction and Patrik 1.5.

Two Marines were arrested early Saturday in Savannah, Ga. and charged with misdemeanor battery after they beat a gay man they claimed was "harassing" them with a wink. Police chased down Joseph Cronauer (pictured) and Christopher Charles Stanzel around 4 A.M. in downtown Savannah as friends performed first aid on Kieran Daly, who lay unconscious on the ground.

In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Georgia, Amanda Booker claims that a sheriff’s department forced her to see “ex-gay” therapists paid by the county rather than take her to mandated psychiatric treatment.

A video of a teen undergoing an exorcism in a Connecticut church to rid him of "homosexual demons" is causing outrage among many gay activists.

Sen. Edward (Ted) Kennedy, the famed Massachusetts lawmaker and family of an American political dynasty, died Wednesday of brain cancer at his home in Hyannis Port, Mass, CNN reported. The senator was 77. President Barack Obama recently awarded Kennedy the Medal of Freedom.

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