http://s.huffpost.com/images/HuffingtonPost_250x20.png tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2013:/tag/civil-rights 2013-05-23T06:00:00Z Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/23/emilys-list-allyson-schwartz_n_3322253.html 2013-05-23T06:00:00Z 2013-05-23T06:02:41Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- Emily's List made its first official foray into 2014 gubernatorial politics Thursday by formally endorsing Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.)... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/abortion">Abortion</a>, <a href="/tag/pennsylvania-governor">Pennsylvania Governor</a>, <a href="/tag/allyson-schwartz-2014">Allyson Schwartz 2014</a>, <a href="/tag/allyson-schwartz-emilys-list">Allyson Schwartz Emilys List</a>, <a href="/tag/allyson-schwartz-abortion">Allyson Schwartz Abortion</a>, <a href="/tag/abortion-rights">Abortion Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/allyson-schwartz">Allyson Schwartz</a>, <a href="/tag/tom-corbett-abortion">Tom Corbett Abortion</a>, <a href="/tag/tom-corbett">Tom Corbett</a>, <a href="/tag/maggie-hassan">Maggie Hassan</a>, <a href="/tag/emilys-list-allyson-schwartz">Emilys List Allyson Schwartz</a>, <a href="/tag/emilys-list">Emily&#039;s List</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-politics">Women in Politics</a>, <a href="/tag/huffpolitics-blog">HuffPolitics Blog</a>, <a href="/tag/tom-corbett-allyson-schwartz">Tom Corbett Allyson Schwartz</a>, <a href="/tag/allyson-schwartz-endorsements">Allyson Schwartz Endorsements</a>, <a href="/tag/barbara-buono-governor">Barbara Buono Governor</a>, <a href="/tag/kathleen-mcginty">Kathleen Mcginty</a>, <a href="/tag/state-and-local-government">State and Local Government</a>, <a href="/tag/2014-election">2014 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/pennsylvania-politics">Pennsylvania Politics</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/beverly-bell/from-field-to-table-right_b_3320131.html 2013-05-22T17:02:50Z 2013-05-22T17:02:53Z Beverly Bell http://www.huffingtonpost.com/beverly-bell/ The Food Chain Workers Alliance has a goal of nothing less than full rights and fair wages for the 20 million workers who grow, harvest, process, pack, ship, cook, serve, and sell food in the US. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/law">Law</a>, <a href="/tag/wages">Wages</a>, <a href="/tag/employment">Employment</a>, <a href="/tag/labor">Labor</a>, <a href="/tag/food">Food</a>, <a href="/tag/community">Community</a>, <a href="/tag/civil-rights">Civil Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/economy">Economy</a>, <a href="/impact">Impact News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/22/jon-bruning-lindsey-creekmore_n_3321985.html 2013-05-22T16:58:32Z 2013-05-22T16:58:34Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ OMAHA, Neb. &mdash; A prominent Nebraska abortion clinic is facing a new legal challenge from state officials who want to revoke the license of the cl... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/abortion">Abortion</a>, <a href="/tag/lindsey-creekmore-nursing-license">Lindsey Creekmore Nursing License</a>, <a href="/tag/nebraska-abortion">Nebraska Abortion</a>, <a href="/tag/lindsey-creekmore">Lindsey Creekmore</a>, <a href="/tag/lindsey-creekmore-abortion">Lindsey Creekmore Abortion</a>, <a href="/tag/jon-bruning">Jon Bruning</a>, <a href="/tag/jon-bruning-lindsey-creekmore">Jon Bruning Lindsey Creekmore</a>, <a href="/tag/abortion-rights">Abortion Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/nebraska">Nebraska</a>, <a href="/tag/abortion-nurse">Abortion Nurse</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/22/connecticut-boy-scouts-gays_n_3321529.html 2013-05-22T15:13:40Z 2013-05-22T15:13:42Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ MILFORD, CT - The Boy Scouts of America's Connecticut Yankee Council, which runs camps in several towns and has members from dozens more communities, ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/boy-scouts-gay-discrimination">Boy Scouts Gay Discrimination</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-rights">Gay Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/boy-scouts-of-america-gay-policy">Boy Scouts of America Gay Policy</a>, <a href="/tag/boy-scouts-anti-gay">Boy Scouts Anti-Gay</a>, <a href="/tag/boy-scouts-of-america">Boy Scouts of America</a>, <a href="/tag/boy-scouts-anti-gay-policy">Boy Scouts Anti-Gay Policy</a>, <a href="/tag/boy-scouts">Boy Scouts</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-youth">LGBT Youth</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-rights">LGBT Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/boy-scouts-gays">Boy Scouts Gays</a>, <a href="/tag/boy-scouts-anti-gay-stance">Boy Scouts Anti Gay Stance</a>, <a href="/tag/boy-scouts-gay-ban">Boy Scouts Gay Ban</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-youth">Gay Youth</a>, <a href="/gay-voices">Gay Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/22/harvey-milk-day-2013_n_3320966.html 2013-05-22T13:35:44Z 2013-05-22T14:14:10Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Harvey Milk may have been a San Francisco city supervisor 35 years ago, but with Pride preparations underway, a tribute concert piece debuting at the ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/gay-rights">Gay Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/harvey-milk-day-san-francisco">Harvey Milk Day San Francisco</a>, <a href="/tag/sf-pride">SF Pride</a>, <a href="/tag/milk">Milk</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-rights">LGBT Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/harvey-milk-day">Harvey Milk Day</a>, <a href="/tag/san-francisco-pride">San Francisco Pride</a>, <a href="/tag/pride">Pride</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-pride">Gay Pride</a>, <a href="/tag/harvey-milk-day-2013">Harvey Milk Day 2013</a>, <a href="/tag/harvey-milk">Harvey Milk</a>, <a href="/tag/harvey-milk-day-california">Harvey Milk Day California</a>, <a href="/san-francisco">San Francisco News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amelia-hemphill/the-sisters-of-life-aim-t_b_3320884.html 2013-05-22T13:35:56Z 2013-05-22T13:36:05Z Amelia Hemphill http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amelia-hemphill/ The latest department of health figures show that 40 percent of all New York pregnancies end in termination. Among African American women, the abortion rate stands at 60 percent. These are statistics that a group of young nuns named the Sisters of Life, are working to change. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/abortion-rates">Abortion Rates</a>, <a href="/tag/abortion">Abortion</a>, <a href="/tag/sisters-of-life-pro-life">Sisters of Life Pro-Life</a>, <a href="/tag/sisters-of-life">Sisters of Life</a>, <a href="/tag/nyc">Nyc</a>, <a href="/tag/nyc-abortion-rate">Nyc-Abortion-Rate</a>, <a href="/tag/abortion-rights">Abortion Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/nyc-abortion">Nyc Abortion</a>, <a href="/tag/pro-life">Pro-Life</a>, <a href="/new-york">New York News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dustin-lance-black/what-would-harvey-milk-think-if-he-were-alive-today_b_3320107.html 2013-05-22T12:12:06Z 2013-05-22T12:12:11Z Dustin Lance Black http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dustin-lance-black/ It seems that the message we too often miss from Milk's work is that all Americans have an interest in equality because soon we will all be minorities in some way or another. Harvey called this his "coalition of the us's" -- not only gays but blacks, Asians, seniors, the disabled. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/lgbt-movement">LGBT Movement</a>, <a href="/tag/dustin-lance-black">Dustin Lance Black</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt">Lgbt</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-rights">Gay Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-rights">LGBT Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/harvey-milk-day">Harvey Milk Day</a>, <a href="/tag/harvey-milk">Harvey Milk</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-coalition-building">LGBT Coalition Building</a>, <a href="/tag/dustin-lance-black-harvey-milk-2013">Dustin Lance Black Harvey Milk 2013</a>, <a href="/tag/dustin-lance-black-milk">Dustin Lance Black Milk</a>, <a href="/tag/harvey-milk-day-2013">Harvey Milk Day 2013</a>, <a href="/tag/dustin-lance-black-harvey-milk">Dustin Lance Black Harvey Milk</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-equality">Gay Equality</a>, <a href="/tag/dustin-lance-black-harvey-milk-day">Dustin Lance Black Harvey Milk Day</a>, <a href="/tag/harvey-milk-day-dustin-lance-black">Harvey Milk Day Dustin Lance Black</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-equality">LGBT Equality</a>, <a href="/gay-voices">Gay Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/22/exxon-mobil-anti-gay-freedom-work_n_3320175.html 2013-05-22T12:39:57Z 2013-05-22T11:47:21Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ NEW YORK (AP) — One after another, major U.S. corporations have updated anti-discrimination policies to protect gay, lesbian and transgender workers... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/department-of-human-rights">Department of Human Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/exxon-anti-gay">Exxon Anti Gay</a>, <a href="/tag/workplace-discrimination">Workplace Discrimination</a>, <a href="/tag/exxon-mobil">Exxon Mobil</a>, <a href="/tag/exxon-mobil-gay-discrimination">Exxon Mobil Gay Discrimination</a>, <a href="/tag/human-rights-campaign">Human Rights Campaign</a>, <a href="/tag/exxon-mobil-homosexual-bias">Exxon Mobil Homosexual Bias</a>, <a href="/tag/exxon-mobil-anti-gay">Exxon Mobil Anti-Gay</a>, <a href="/tag/ap">Ap</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/22/gay-marriage-fight-usa_n_3319572.html 2013-05-22T10:20:18Z 2013-05-22T10:20:21Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ This piece comes to us courtesy of Stateline. Stateline is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts that provides daily repo... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/lgbt-issues">LGBT Issues</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-rights">Gay Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/same-sex-marriage">Same Sex Marriage</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-rights">LGBT Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-marriage">Gay Marriage</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-issues">Gay Issues</a>, <a href="/tag/same-sex-marriage">Same-Sex Marriage</a>, <a href="/tag/marriage-equality">Marriage Equality</a>, <a href="/gay-voices">Gay Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/22/texas-lesbian-couple-ruling_n_3319295.html 2013-05-22T09:55:02Z 2013-05-22T09:55:05Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ MCKINNEY, Texas -- A judge has ruled that a North Texas lesbian couple can't live together because of a morality clause in one of the women's divorce ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/texas">Texas</a>, <a href="/tag/children-of-gay-parents">Children of Gay Parents</a>, <a href="/tag/children-of-lesbian-moms">Children of Lesbian Moms</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-rights">Gay Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-issues">LGBT Issues</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-parenting">Gay Parenting</a>, <a href="/tag/children-of-gay-and-lesbian-parents">Children of Gay and Lesbian Parents</a>, <a href="/tag/texas-gays">Texas Gays</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-rights">LGBT Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/texas-gay-rights">Texas Gay Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/children-of-lesbian-mothers">Children of Lesbian Mothers</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-parents">Gay Parents</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-issues">Gay Issues</a>, <a href="/tag/texas-lgbt-rights">Texas Lgbt Rights</a>, <a href="/gay-voices">Gay Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/immigration-reform-gay-couples_n_3315674.html 2013-05-21T19:59:48Z 2013-05-21T19:59:51Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) had to make what the New York senator called an "excruciating" decision on Tuesday... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/immigration-reform-same-sex-couples">Immigration Reform Same-Sex Couples</a>, <a href="/tag/immigration-reform">Immigration Reform</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-immigration">LGBT Immigration</a>, <a href="/tag/patrick-leahy-uafa">Patrick Leahy UAFA</a>, <a href="/tag/comprehensive-immigration-reform">Comprehensive Immigration Reform</a>, <a href="/tag/patrick-leahy-immigration">Patrick Leahy Immigration</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-rights">LGBT Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/immigration-reform-gay-couples">Immigration Reform Gay Couples</a>, <a href="/tag/uafa">Uafa</a>, <a href="/tag/uniting-american-families-act">Uniting American Families Act</a>, <a href="/tag/immigration-reform-lgbt-couples">Immigration Reform LGBT Couples</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/angelina-pivarnick-adam-barta-serendipity-_n_3314534.html 2013-05-21T15:34:56Z 2013-05-21T15:35:22Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ "Jersey Shore" castmember Angelina Pivarnick ties the knot with Cheryl Caruso of TLC's "Starter Wives" in a new music video. <br /> <br /> The video for "Serend... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/angelina-pivarnick-gay-wedding">Angelina Pivarnick Gay Wedding</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-rights">Gay Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/adam-barta">Adam Barta</a>, <a href="/tag/angelina-pivarnick-gay-marriage">Angelina Pivarnick Gay Marriage</a>, <a href="/tag/adam-barta-angelina-pivarnick">Adam Barta Angelina Pivarnick</a>, <a href="/tag/same-sex-marriage">Same Sex Marriage</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-rights">LGBT Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/angelina-pivarnick">Angelina Pivarnick</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-marriage">Gay Marriage</a>, <a href="/tag/marriage-equality">Marriage Equality</a>, <a href="/tag/same-sex-marriage">Same-Sex Marriage</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/gay-voices">Gay Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/arizona-abortion-ban_n_3314121.html 2013-05-21T14:14:39Z 2013-05-21T14:14:42Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ SAN FRANCISCO &mdash; A federal court Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy absent a medical emergency.<br /> <br /> The 9th ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/abortion">Abortion</a>, <a href="/tag/politics-news">Politics News</a>, <a href="/tag/abortion-ban">Abortion Ban</a>, <a href="/tag/abortion-20-weeks">Abortion 20 Weeks</a>, <a href="/tag/abortion-rights">Abortion Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/abortion-law">Abortion Law</a>, <a href="/tag/arizona-abortion-ban">Arizona Abortion Ban</a>, <a href="/tag/arizona-politics">Arizona Politics</a>, <a href="/tag/arizona">Arizona</a>, <a href="/tag/arizona-abortion-law">Arizona Abortion Law</a>, <a href="/tag/20-week-abortion-ban">20 Week Abortion Ban</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/hate-crime-new-york-rally_n_3313008.html 2013-05-21T13:02:58Z 2013-05-21T13:03:11Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ On Monday night, two men in their 40s marched with thousands of New Yorkers just a few blocks from the historic inn where the modern gay-rights moveme... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/christine-quinn">Christine Quinn</a>, <a href="/tag/nyc-hate-crimes">Nyc Hate Crimes</a>, <a href="/tag/mark-carson-hate-crime">Mark Carson Hate Crime</a>, <a href="/tag/stonewall-riots">Stonewall Riots</a>, <a href="/tag/nyc">Nyc</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-rights">Gay Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/mark-carson">Mark Carson</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-rights">LGBT Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/hate-crime-new-york">Hate Crime New York</a>, <a href="/tag/anti-violence-protest">Anti-Violence Protest</a>, <a href="/gay-voices">Gay Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bishop-minerva-g-carcano/immigration-reform-lgbt-families_b_3312363.html 2013-05-21T10:02:42Z 2013-05-21T10:02:46Z Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bishop-minerva-g-carcano/ The opportunity to reunite their families should be extended to all immigrant families, including LGBT families. It is the just and right thing to do. It is the humane thing to do. It is what we must do. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/lgbt-rights">LGBT Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt">Lgbt</a>, <a href="/tag/immigration-reform">Immigration Reform</a>, <a href="/tag/immigration">Immigration</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-families">LGBT Families</a>, <a href="/tag/immigration-reform-lgbt-families">Immigration Reform LGBT Families</a>, <a href="/tag/comprehensive-immigration-reform">Comprehensive Immigration Reform</a>, <a href="/gay-voices">Gay Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/new-york-gay-hate-crime-protest_n_3312229.html 2013-05-21T09:42:52Z 2013-05-21T09:42:55Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ NEW YORK -- The killing of a gay man who police say was taunted with homophobic slurs drew thousands of people to the scene of the crime to restore a ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/elliot-morales-gay-hate-crime">Elliot Morales Gay Hate Crime</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-issues">LGBT Issues</a>, <a href="/tag/elliot-morales-mark-carson">Elliot Morales Mark Carson</a>, <a href="/tag/new-york-hate-crimes">New York Hate Crimes</a>, <a href="/tag/mark-carson-anti-gay-hate-crime">Mark Carson Anti-Gay Hate Crime</a>, <a href="/tag/new-york-hate-crime">New York Hate Crime</a>, <a href="/tag/mark-carson-gay-hate-crime">Mark Carson Gay Hate Crime</a>, <a href="/tag/anti-gay-discrimination">Anti-Gay Discrimination</a>, <a href="/tag/anti-gay-violence">Anti-Gay Violence</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-rights">Gay Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/mark-carson">Mark Carson</a>, <a href="/tag/mark-carson-dead">Mark Carson Dead</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-rights">LGBT Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-issues">Gay Issues</a>, <a href="/tag/anti-gay-hate-crimes">Anti-Gay Hate Crimes</a>, <a href="/gay-voices">Gay Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/boy-scouts-gay-vote-_n_3308759.html 2013-05-20T17:35:30Z 2013-05-20T17:37:26Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ -- With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious mem... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/gay-rights">Gay Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/boy-scouts-anti-gay">Boy Scouts Anti-Gay</a>, <a href="/tag/boy-scouts-of-america">Boy Scouts of America</a>, <a href="/tag/boy-scouts">Boy Scouts</a>, <a href="/tag/boy-scouts-anti-gay-policy">Boy Scouts Anti-Gay Policy</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-rights">LGBT Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/boy-scouts-gays">Boy Scouts Gays</a>, <a href="/tag/boy-scouts-gay-ban">Boy Scouts Gay Ban</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-youth">Gay Youth</a>, <a href="/gay-voices">Gay Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-radcliffe/the-global-lgbt-rights-kaleidoscope_b_3303565.html 2013-05-20T13:04:25Z 2013-05-20T13:04:27Z Charles Radcliffe http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-radcliffe/ The improvement in the human rights situation of LGBT people is real, but millions have yet to feel its touch. Extending the reach of progress and guaranteeing the rights of every LGBT individual, no matter where they live, is emerging as a vital, if contested, objective of human rights activism. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/lgbt-rights">LGBT Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/human-rights">Human Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/international-day-against-homophobia-and-transphobia">International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-pride">LGBT Pride</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-equality">LGBT Equality</a>, <a href="/tag/transgender-rights">Transgender Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/transphobia">Transphobia</a>, <a href="/tag/transgender-equality">Transgender Equality</a>, <a href="/tag/global-lgbt-rights">Global LGBT Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/trans-rights">Trans Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/idaho-2013">Idaho 2013</a>, <a href="/tag/international-day-against-homophobia-and-transphobia-2013">International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia 2013</a>, <a href="/tag/international-lgbt-rights">International LGBT Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-equality">Gay Equality</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-rights">Gay Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/idaho">Idaho</a>, <a href="/tag/homophobia">Homophobia</a>, <a href="/tag/trans-equality">Trans Equality</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/gay-voices">Gay Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/chinese-gay-pride-march-o_n_3306442.html 2013-05-20T10:29:56Z 2013-05-20T10:30:00Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ BEIJING -- Police in central China have detained the 18-year-old organizer of a gay pride march in a sign of the government's nervousness over a growi... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/lgbt-issues">LGBT Issues</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-rights">Gay Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/china-gay-pride">China Gay Pride</a>, <a href="/tag/china-gay-pride-organizer">China Gay Pride Organizer</a>, <a href="/tag/global-gay-rights">Global Gay Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-rights">LGBT Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/china-gay-pride-festival">China Gay Pride Festival</a>, <a href="/tag/china-gay-rights">China Gay Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/xiang">Xiang</a>, <a href="/tag/china-gays">China Gays</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-issues">Gay Issues</a>, <a href="/tag/china">China</a>, <a href="/gay-voices">Gay Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/elliot-morales-gay-hate-crime-_n_3306206.html 2013-05-20T09:55:56Z 2013-05-20T09:55:59Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ NEW YORK &mdash; The man who police say hurled homophobic slurs at a gay man on a Manhattan street before firing a single fatal shot to his head appea... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/elliot-morales-gay-hate-crime">Elliot Morales Gay Hate Crime</a>, <a href="/tag/new-york-gay-hate-crime">New York Gay Hate Crime</a>, <a href="/tag/new-york-west-village">New York West Village</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-issues">LGBT Issues</a>, <a href="/tag/elliot-morales-mark-carson">Elliot Morales Mark Carson</a>, <a href="/tag/new-york-anti-gay-hate-crime">New York Anti-Gay Hate Crime</a>, <a href="/tag/new-york">New York</a>, <a href="/tag/new-york-city">New York City</a>, <a href="/tag/mark-carson-gay-hate-crime">Mark Carson Gay Hate Crime</a>, <a href="/tag/homosexuality">Homosexuality</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-rights">Gay Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/west-village-anti-gay-hate-crime">West Village Anti-Gay Hate Crime</a>, <a href="/tag/new-york-anti-gay-assaults">New York Anti-Gay Assaults</a>, <a href="/tag/mark-carson">Mark Carson</a>, <a href="/tag/mark-carson-dead">Mark Carson Dead</a>, <a href="/tag/elliot-morales-murder">Elliot Morales Murder</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-rights">LGBT Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/homophobia">Homophobia</a>, <a href="/tag/west-village">West Village</a>, <a href="/tag/new-york-anti-gay-attacks">New York Anti-Gay Attacks</a>, <a href="/tag/mark-carson-murder">Mark Carson Murder</a>, <a href="/tag/elliot-morales">Elliot Morales</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-issues">Gay Issues</a>, <a href="/gay-voices">Gay Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jay-michaelson/mission-not-accomplished-_1_b_3302960.html 2013-05-19T20:03:15Z 2013-05-19T20:03:19Z Jay Michaelson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jay-michaelson/ Mark Carson's murder highlights the shortcomings of a rights-based, marriage-based approach to LGBT equality, and cries out for deeper, and more difficult, forms of engagement. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/lgbt">Lgbt</a>, <a href="/tag/anti-gay-violence">Anti-Gay Violence</a>, <a href="/tag/transgender">Transgender</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-christians">LGBT Christians</a>, <a href="/tag/mark-carson">Mark Carson</a>, <a href="/tag/the-atlantic">The Atlantic</a>, <a href="/tag/jay-michaelson">Jay Michaelson</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-rights">LGBT Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/anti-gay">Anti-Gay</a>, <a href="/tag/anti-transgender-violence">Anti-Transgender Violence</a>, <a href="/tag/ce-ce-acoff">Ce Ce Acoff</a>, <a href="/tag/new-york">New York</a>, <a href="/tag/anti-gay-hate-crimes">Anti-Gay Hate Crimes</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-equality">LGBT Equality</a>, <a href="/gay-voices">Gay Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/murray-lipp/gay-pride-parades_b_3299768.html 2013-05-19T18:26:17Z 2013-05-19T18:26:22Z Murray Lipp http://www.huffingtonpost.com/murray-lipp/ One of the defining characteristics of the LGBT community is our resilience and refusal to accept oppression. We're also known for our capacity, as a community, to put on a grand party when the situation demands it. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/lgbt">Lgbt</a>, <a href="/tag/politics">Politics</a>, <a href="/tag/nyc">Nyc</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-rights">Gay Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/activism">Activism</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-rights">LGBT Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/protests">Protests</a>, <a href="/tag/gay">Gay</a>, <a href="/tag/pride-parades">Pride Parades</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-pride-parades">Gay Pride Parades</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-activism">Gay Activism</a>, <a href="/gay-voices">Gay Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/18/im-a-trans-woman_n_3287302.html 2013-05-18T10:34:58Z 2013-05-18T10:35:20Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ A month or two after I started living full time out as woman, one of my friends suggested I talk to an acquaintance of his, an older trans woman who h... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/lgbt-rights">LGBT Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/transgender-women">Transgender Women</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-issues">LGBT Issues</a>, <a href="/tag/transgender-rights">Transgender Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/transgender-issues">Transgender Issues</a>, <a href="/tag/transgender">Transgender</a>, <a href="/gay-voices">Gay Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marian-wright-edelman/birmingham-childrens-crusade_b_3294954.html 2013-05-17T17:55:11Z 2013-05-17T17:55:11Z Marian Wright Edelman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marian-wright-edelman/ On this 50th anniversary of the Birmingham Children's Crusade it is a time to remember, honor, and follow the example of the children who were frontline soldiers and transforming catalysts in America's greatest moral movement of the 20th century. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/southern-christian-leadership-conference">Southern Christian Leadership Conference</a>, <a href="/tag/boycott">Boycott</a>, <a href="/tag/bomb">Bomb</a>, <a href="/tag/children">Children</a>, <a href="/tag/civil-rights">Civil Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/birmingham-childrens-crusade">Birmingham Childrens Crusade</a>, <a href="/tag/birmingham">Birmingham</a>, <a href="/tag/freedom-schools">Freedom Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/march">March</a>, <a href="/tag/fred-shuttlesworth">Fred Shuttlesworth</a>, <a href="/tag/alabama-christian-movement-for-human-rights">Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/bull-connor">Bull Connor</a>, <a href="/tag/children%253Fs-defense-fund-freedom-schools">Children?S Defense Fund Freedom Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/jim-crow">Jim Crow</a>, <a href="/tag/addie-mae-collins">Addie Mae Collins</a>, <a href="/tag/martin-luther-king">Martin Luther King</a>, <a href="/tag/carole-robertson">Carole Robertson</a>, <a href="/tag/letter-from-a-birmingham-jail">Letter From a Birmingham Jail</a>, <a href="/tag/cynthia-wesley">Cynthia Wesley</a>, <a href="/tag/16th-street-baptist-church">16th Street Baptist Church</a>, <a href="/tag/denise-mcnair">Denise McNair</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/17/cuba-gay-celebration-_n_3294770.html 2013-05-17T17:04:02Z 2013-05-17T17:04:11Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ HAVANA &mdash; A week of drag shows, colorful marches and social and cultural events in Havana culminates Friday with celebrations of the Internationa... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/cuba-gay-equality">Cuba Gay Equality</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-issues">LGBT Issues</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-rights">Gay Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/cuba-international-day-against-homophobia-and-transphobia">Cuba International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia</a>, <a href="/tag/cuba-gay-community">Cuba Gay Community</a>, <a href="/tag/global-gay-rights">Global Gay Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbt-rights">LGBT Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/cuba-gay-rights">Cuba Gay Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/international-day-against-homophobia-and-transphobia">International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-issues">Gay Issues</a>, <a href="/tag/cuba">Cuba</a>, <a href="/gay-voices">Gay Voices News</a></p>