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    ‘The L Word’: TV’s most famous lesbians are back

    “The L Word” is back after 10 years off air. Lots of young queer women saw themselves for the first time in the show’s characters.

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    Person smiling broadly wearing glasses and plaid shirt against ivy-covered wall background.By Steve Chiotakis • Dec 12, 2019 • 25m Listen

    “The L Word” is back after 10 years off air. Lots of young queer women saw themselves for the first time in the show’s characters. The show is also famous for helping queer people discover their own sexual or gender identities, and come out of the closet.

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      ‘The L Word: Generation Q’ is bringing back TV’s most famous lesbians

      “The L Word” is back after 10 years off air. Lots of young queer women saw themselves for the first time in the show’s characters. The show is also famous for helping queer people discover their own sexual or gender identities, and come out of the closet.

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      10 min
    2. 10:26

      Privacy concerns over the use of genealogical databases

      DNA can help you build your family tree, find out where your relatives came from, find a parent you’ve been searching for (or a sibling or distant relatives you may not have been searching for).  DNA used to be for forensic scientists and…

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      9 min
    3. 19:41

      Do men or women cause more car collisions, and why?

      There’s been a longtime debate about whether men or women are better drivers. Or maybe you can frame it this way: Who is the safer driver? The kinder driver? Is it a man or woman who is more likely to be involved in an at-fault crash?

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    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 0:0010 min

      ‘The L Word: Generation Q’ is bringing back TV’s most famous lesbians

    2. 10:269 min

      Privacy concerns over the use of genealogical databases

    3. 19:415 min

      Do men or women cause more car collisions, and why?

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