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To make and record history is a privilege. We learn so much from it. Now that I am teaching Philanthropy in Action at Yale University, I feel compelled to see these huge moments also in a philanthropic context.
U.S. anti-gay crusaders have taken their show on the road and as a result there is a human rights crisis brewing for LGBT people in Uganda.
Recent news stories have announced as part of your ability to gain employment with some companies, perspective employers are demanding your Facebook password -- and now everyone thinks it's a big deal.
I decided to start Just a Bit Radical because I was tired of seeing the suicides of LGBT youth every time I turned around. I was tired of seeing every magazine only cater to one part of the LGBT spectrum and never include youth.
Since being established, Jeffrey Fashion Cares has raised more than $11 dollars for its beneficiaries, with 90 percent of every dollar donated to the fight discrimination, support LGBT youth, provide life-saving services and education.
My wife Tracie and I have been playing "suburban lesbian poster family" since our oldest son was kickin' it in utero. But I have a confession to make: the rally cry of the marriage equality movement -- "We're just like everyone else!" -- doesn't fit for me.
I heard that you'd left behind a note, writing that although you did not like girls, you did not want to like boys. And suddenly it became horribly clear to me. You and I were exactly alike. That anger and venom you directed at me, you were also directing at yourself.
Many of my friends in the LGBT community have had or adopted children, but very few children's shows exist where these young people can see representations of their families. I plan to help change that with my next film project: Family Restaurant.
Called for Violence Against Pride Paraders (London) – The Albanian government should publicly reprimand Deputy Defense Minister Ekrem Spahiu for...
While federal laws currently protect students on the basis of their race, color, sex, religion, disability, or national origin, no federal statute explicitly protects students on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. The Student Non-Discrimination Act would do just that.
We chose to walk on water. We chose to step out in faith in response to the one who says "come" and to believe that miracles can happen.
The term "trailer trash" is symbolic of a type of systemic discrimination that's allowing low income home owners from Appalachia to Arizona to fall through the cracks.
My mission is to empower young people in the LGBT community to be courageous, so that they can make the right choices and find their own voice.
These days, I'm mostly comfortable in my own skin. I enjoy being a man. But the embarrassed little boy who could never be himself will always be part of me. I try to carry him with tenderness, and tell him, always, that it's OK to be just who he is.
What does Romney really think and believe? It actually doesn't matter. He is shaped by the views of the Republican party around him; he doesn't lead as much as follow the loudest voices in his party. And the loudest GOP voices are perhaps the scariest they have been in generations.
