Glbt Rights

'Dirty Looks' Done Dirt Cheap

Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Video, Gay Porn, Queer Film, GLBT Community, Dirty Looks Nyc, GLBT Rights, New York Film, Bradford Nordeen Dirty Looks, Art Films, Gay Films, Arts News

Dirty Looks is a New York-based queer film series headed by Bradford Nordeen which began last year after it received funding via a Kickstarter campaig...

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It's More Than a Housing Issue -- It's About Respect

The Oklahoma Daily | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Lgbt, Gay Bullying, University of Oklahoma Housing, Gay Rights, Student Housing, Lgbtq, GLBT Community, Gender-Neutral Housing, GLBT Rights, LGBTQ Students, University of Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma Students, Anti-Gay Bullying, College News

Gender-neutral housing means the choice to live with someone who students know will be supportive of their sexuality or gender identity. It means freedom from discomfort, discrimination, harassment and fear.

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SILENCE = DEATH

Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Sarah-Schulman, Video, Activism, ACT UP, GLBT Rights, Documentary, Documentary Film, GLBT History, Act-Up-New-York, Moma, Arts News

United In Anger, a new film by producers Jim Hubbard and Sarah Schulman, is the first feature-length documentary to present the history of the AIDS Co...

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Transcending Boundaries: What Happens Beyond the Binary

Amy Shiner | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Polygamy, GLBT Community, Kinky, Bdsm, Transgender Rights, Transgender Issues, Kate Bornstein, Polyamorous, Gender Equality, Intersex, Transgender, Binary, Polyamory, Glbt, GLBT Rights, Dadt, Pansexuality, Massachusetts, Gay Voices News

A trip to transcending boundaries, something that rarely happens in a heterosexual-based society, is a way to push the envelope. Built on a growing community, there is something for everyone who has ever been viewed as "different."

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An RX for Better Treatment of LGBT Patients

Dr. Edward S. Goldberg | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Reexamining LGBT Healthcare, Doctors, Health Care, Medicine, GLBT Rights, Glbt, Politics News

As health care providers, we must open the door to allow all patients to express their identity. In order for providers to provide competent care, they must know whether patients are straight, lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.

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Openly Gay Messiah College Student Leaves School Due To Harassment

Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Isaiah Thomas, Gay Rights, Messiah College, Messiah College Isaiah Thomas, Glbt, GLBT Rights, College News

A student at Messiah College is planning on leaving the school after he was victim to harassment there because he is openly gay. Isaiah Thomas, wh...

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Fighting Prop 8: Lawyers Ask Courts To Lift Order Stopping Gay Marriage

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gay and Lesbian Marriage, California Gay Marriage, American Foundation for Equal Rights, Proposition 8, Gay Rights, Prop 8, Doma, GLBT Rights, Gay and Lesbian Rights, Gay Marriage, Defense of Marriage Act, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In the wake of the Obama administration's decision Wednesday to cease its legal defense of a federal ban on gay marriage, gay-rights adv...

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Why Jews Should Rejoice at the Overturning of Prop 8

Rabbi Michael Lerner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Prop 8, GLBT Rights, LGBT Rights, Proposition 8 Overturned, Judaism Gay Rights, Prop 8 Overturned, Judaism Homosexuality, Jews Gay Rights, Religion News

The rights of homosexuals are supported by an overwhelming majority of the American Jewish community. That support is not only based on a memory of shared victimhood, but also on the core values of our own Jewish tradition.

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More Than 70 Countries Make Being Gay A Crime

The Independent | Emily Dugan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Same-Sex Marriage, Homophobic Regions, Gay-Friendly Regions, Gays, Lesbians, Same-Sex Relationships, Homophobic Nations, Homophobia, GLBT Rights, LGBT Rights, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Discrimination, Pink List, Same-Sex Unions, World News

A comprehensive study of global lesbian, bisexual and gay rights, seen by The Independent on Sunday, reveals the brutal - and, in many instances, fata...

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Bad Blood: Politics Trumps Science in the Gay Blood Donation Debate

David Ambroz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bone Marrow Registry, Bone Marrow Transplant, Civil Disobedience, GLBT Community, Fda, Civil Rights, The American Red Cross Blood Program, John Kerry, GLBT Rights, Glbt, Blood Donations, Politics News

The recent debate on Gay Blood Donations does not have science at its core. Instead, it's a debate as to the otherness of GLBT citizens.

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Maggie and Brian -- Sign the Oath!

Fred Karger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mormon Church, Californians Against Hate, National Organization for Marriage, Maine Gay Marriage, Fred Karger, Jim Bopp, Maggie Gallagher, Gay Marriage, Brian Brown, Legalization of Gay Marriage, Glbt-Rights, Politics News

By giving $250,000, NOM is by far the biggest contributor to Question 1 on the November 3rd ballot in Maine. NOM has not disclosed any of the true donor names, nor filed as a PAC.

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Thank You, Mr. President, for Offering Us a Seat at the Table

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Matthew Shepherd, Hate Crimes Bill, Don't Tell, Don't Ask, Focus on the Family, Hrc, Obama HRC Speech, GLBT Rights, Love Won Out, Obama Speech on Gay Rights, Inside DC, Politics News

Thank you, Mr. President for taking this bold stand. Hopefully, love will win out and your message of civility for all will resound across the land.

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Kennedy, Warren, and the Democrats: How About Some Conflict Resolution?

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, GLBT Rights, Civil Rights, Rick Warren, Inauguration, Democratic Party, Conflict Resolution, Caroline Kennedy, Rick Warren Inauguration, Gene Robinson, Politics News

The Democratic leadership may be prepared to ride out the current storms over Caroline Kennedy and Rick Warren. That would be a mistake. This is a time to heal wounds, not create new ones.

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