Anti Gay Discrimination

Shall We Vote Away Your Rights Next? An Open Letter To America's Conservative Christians

Mikko Alanne | Posted 05.09.2012

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Mikko Alanne

To those Christians who championed and voted for this Amendment, or others like it, I'd like to propose the following exercise: Imagine if instead of gays and lesbians, it were your rights that were put to a vote in the ballot box.

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Man Denied Michigan High School Graduation Speaker Role For Being Gay

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 04.26.2012

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Dominic Sheahan-Stahl, a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy in Mount Pleasant, Mich., is speaking out after officials allegedly told his mother he would...

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Boy Scout Den Mother Forced To Resign Because She Is A Lesbian

Posted 04.18.2012

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A Boy Scouts den mother is speaking out after being ousted from her role because she is a lesbian. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (...

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Michelangelo Signorile

LGBT Activists Criticize Obama, Gay Leaders, for Failure to Sign Executive Order Banning Discrimination

HuffingtonPost.com | Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 04.15.2012

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In separate interviews, two prominent LGBT activists slammed President Obama for refusing to sign an Executive Order "at this time" barring federal co...

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Our Place in the World: Reclaiming Our Humanity

Kergan Edwards-Stout | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Homophobia, Lgbt Humanity, Anti-Lgbt Discrimination, Lgbt Self-Esteem, Gay Humanity, Gay Self-Esteem, Anti-Gay Discrimination, Gay Voices News
Kergan Edwards-Stout

In the fight for LGBT equality, often it seems as if others don't understand just how normal our lives truly are. The right wing has been so effective in demonizing our community as something exotic, sexually driven, and threatening.

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Heterosexism and GOP Presidential Candidates

Warren J. Blumenfeld | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Heterosexism, Lgbt, Republicans Homophobia, Republicans Heterosexism, Anti-Lgbt Discrimination, GOP Heterosexism, GOP Homophobia, Anti-Gay Discrimination, Gay Voices News
Warren J. Blumenfeld

Today, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are targeted. Tomorrow, they may come for you. Everyone, therefore, has a self-interest in actively working to dismantle all the many forms of bigotry, including heterosexism.

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Repentance Of An Anti-Gay Bigot

Mark Osler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Osler

I am straight, and though everyone gets made fun of for something, I never faced the relentless teasing, bullying and violence that gay and lesbian kids did and do. In fact, I was a bigot. But I got better.

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Members Of Congress Demand Boy Scouts End Gay Discrimination

ourlivesmadison.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today, 26 Members of Congress urged the Boy Scouts of America to end its discriminatory policy of not accepting gays and lesbians in a letter sent to ...

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