JUNE 20, 2019 |
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Issue 301 | Qsaltlake.com
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Suicide rate tops HIV mortality
The top national and world news since last issue you should know BY CRAIG OGAN
Mayor Pete tops president It’s a little early for a victory lap, but Mayor Pete beats the incumbent president in the well-thought-of Quinnipiac 2020 Presidential Match-up Poll, winning 47 to 42 percent. Other Democrats running also beat the incumbent. Buttigieg is polling well among most demographics and surprisingly well among African-American voters, a key demographic where heretofore he has not found much support.
Research in Canada reveals that suicide has surpassed HIV as the leading cause of death among gay and bisexual men. Though HIV mortality rates had been declining for years, suicide rates remained stable. In 2007 the lines crossed and suicide surpassed HIV as the leading cause of death with the difference being now twice as many deaths from suicide as from HIV. The survey points to “Minority Stress” if a man stays “closeted.” The stress is felt even if the man is “out,” says the study, because there is the stress of conforming to cultural norms of “gay life”.
DA Domestic Violence Craig Northcott, a district attorney in Tennessee is being asked to resign his office for statements made while running for the office in 2018.
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In a discussion about domestic violence involving married same-sex couples, he said he wouldn’t prosecute because he doesn’t agree with the 2015 Supreme Court marriage equality ruling. He made an arcane legal argument about prosecuting any domestic violence, as it had an effect on the right to bear arms. He said he had prosecutorial discretion so he’d decline to prosecute most domestic violence cases. Northcott also is quoted a writing that Islam is “evil, violent and against God’s truth” and that being Muslim is no different than “being part of the KKK, Aryan Nation, etc.”
Caster in love A South African runner, Caster Semenya, has been embroiled with the sport’s regulation of the testosterone level in amateur female athletes. She has a very high, natural production
of testosterone which has caused increased bone density and “male-like” muscle development and endurance. She has been repeatedly tested and examined but always allowed to compete. Her lawyers say the Swiss Supreme Court has ordered track’s governing body to suspend its testosterone regulations. The two-time Olympic 800-meter champion can now run in her favored event without suppressing her natural testosterone level. She just announced she is in a relationship with another female athlete.
