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"Same Love" was written in support of legalizing same-sex marriage particularly in reference to Washington Referendum 74 (R-74 or Ref 74), a Washington state referendum to approve or reject the February 2012 bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in the state.

Lesbian, gay and bisexual people were portrayed for 5 hours and 43 minutes - 4.5 per cent of total programming. Lesbian, gay and bisexual people were portrayed negatively for two hours and three minutes. Lesbian, gay and bisexual people were positively and realistically portrayed for just 46 minutes, 0.6 per cent of total programmes monitored. Three quarters of portrayal was confined to just four programmes - Hollyoaks, I'm A Celebrity..., How to Look Good Naked and Emmerdale. Half (49 per cent) of all portrayal was stereotypical. Gay people were depicted as figures of fun, predatory or promiscuous. Lesbian, gay and bisexual people were portrayed negatively for two hours and three minutes - accounting for 36 per cent of all portrayal. Just seven minutes featured scenes where homophobia was challenged.

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United Colors of Benetton has launched a new ad campaign showing world leaders locked in same-sex kisses in what it called a bid to build a new culture of tolerance.

United Colors of Benetton has launched a new ad campaign showing world leaders locked in same-sex kisses in what it called a bid to build a new culture of tolerance.

Covering major issues in adolescent sexuality in the United States from colonial times to the present, this work provides an account of how adults, from policymakers to police and parents, have attempted to intervene in the sexual lives of adolescents, and how adolescent sexuality has been and continues to be a subject of social concern and control.This balanced, nuanced, and data-grounded view of the past and present of adolescent sexuality provides readers with a store of valuable and reliable information.

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