Lgbt Issues

Out And About: LGBT Legal -- The Call of the New Decade

Lisa A. Linsky | Posted 12.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Hate Crimes, LGBT Issues, LGBT Rights, Hate Crime, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Gay Marriage, Politics News

As this decade ticks to its close, I am left thinking about fear. Racism, heterosexism, misogyny and xenophobia are still fueling our lives and shaping our world, and the common denominator is fear.

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Out and About: LGBT Legal -- A Message to 38 NY State Senators: Shame On You

Lisa A. Linsky | Posted 12.10.2009 | New York

Read More: Lgbt, Human Rights, LGBT Issues, New York Gay Marriage, LGBT Rights, Defense of Marriage Act, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, New York News

What do I tell my daughter about these injustices, and now the actions of the 38 New York State Senators who had no compunction relegating me and my family to something less than other families?

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Marriage Equality: Not Just For Today's Adults

Serena Yuan Volpp, M.D. | Posted 11.27.2009 | Living

Read More: LGBT Politics, Lgbt, LGBT Issues, Gay Rights, Same Sex Marriage, LGBT Rights, Massachusetts Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Living News

Same-sex marriage laws will benefit not only adults in committed relationships today, but also kids who don't yet know what being gay, lesbian, or bisexual means.

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The Power of Fear and the Obligation to Hope

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

It was not surprising to learn that New Jersey and Virginia both elected Republican Governors. But I could not have predicted the loss in the tiny, liberal, free state of Maine.

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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness -- For All

Sara Whitman | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: LGBT Politics, LGBT Rights, Question 1 in Maine, LGBT Issues, LGBT Families, LGBT Youth, Politics News

Wake up America! A huge battle for rights is about to be voted on in Maine. This will effect everyone from sea to shining sea.

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Homophobia: Healing It From The Inside Out

Jason Mannino | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Government, Lgbt, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay Rights, LGBT Issues, Gay Hendricks, Doma, Enda, Homophobia, LGBT Rights, Dadt, Gay, Defense of Marriage Act, Byron Katie, Living News

We still live in a world where too many LGBT people have unconsciously held onto the poisonous, negative beliefs about sexual orientation that our society, churches, and government still force feed us.

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Tom Coburn Attempts To Get Gay Community To Join Him In Opposing Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Coburn, LGBT Issues, Gay Rights, Public Option, The Advocate, LGBT Rights, Health Care Reform, Gay Community, Gay Marriage, Politics News

Of all the things that have been written in support of derailing health care reform, the oddest yet is a recent op-ed co-authored by Senator Tom Cobur...

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National Equality March: DC Prepares For LGBT Community

The Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 10.09.2009 | Impact

Read More: Lgbt, California Gay Marriage, National Equality March, LGBT Issues, Proposition 8, Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Equal Rights, Gay, Gay Marriage, California Proposition 8, Impact News

People from across the U.S. are converging on Washington D.C. this weekend for the National Equality March, a movement from the LGBT community to dema...

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Out of my Black Church, Into the Streets

Irene Monroe | Posted 10.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Lgbt, National Equality March, LGBT Issues, Gay Civil Rights, LGBT Community, Faith in America, Civil Rights, Black Church, Living News

Because of religion-based bigotry spewing from the pulpits of many black churches, we have a crisis in the African-American community: an epidemic of homelessness among LGBTQ youth.

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Profiles in Courage: JFK and Barack Obama

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Gays in the Military, LGBT Issues, Gay Rights, Big Gay Speech, LGBT Rights, Obama Gay Rights, Gay, Gays, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, Barack Obama, Obama Big Gay Speech, Politics News

Here's the speech I would like to hear Obama make on Saturday when he addresses the national meeting of the Human Rights Campaign, the largest lesbian and gay civil rights organization in the nation.

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Black Queers Are Tying the Knot

Irene Monroe | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Lgbt of African Descent, Loving v. Virginia, LGBT Issues, LGBT Community, Black Gay Marriage, Lgbt Black, Coretta Scott King, Lgbtq Rights, Gay Civil Rights, Black Gays, Gay Marriage, Living News

An idea that was once anathema to black queer identity, marriage, in our LGBTQ communities, is being celebrated and on the rise. And many of us are now proudly walking down the aisle to tie the knot.

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Time for Mullen and Gates to Take a Clear Stand on DADT

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Casualties of War, Don't Ask Don't Tell, White House, LGBT Issues, Senator Mark Udall, President Obama, Senate Armed Services Committee, Admiral Mike Mullen, Confirmation Hearing Chairman Joint Chiefs, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Politics News

If Admiral Mullen and Secretary Gates are asked towards the end of the year whether they are prepared to sign off on repeal language of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, what will their answers be?

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Gay & Lesbian Manners: All About Chaz Bono, Anti-LGBT Jokes, and Straights Using Gay Slang

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Lgbt, LGBT Issues, Transgender, Chastity Bono Sex Change, Chastity Bono Transgender, Transgendered, Transgender Issues, Gays, Chaz Bono, Gay Issues, Living News

What does Chaz Bono teach us about transgender folks?

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Baghdad's Gay Community: A Tale of Two Cities

Michael Luongo | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Lgbt, Iraq Gays Targeted, Michael Luongo, LGBT Issues, Foreign Affairs, Iraq Lgbt, Iraq Gay Murders, Iraq Gays, Iraq, Iraq Gay Murder, Advocacy, World News

I leave Baghdad soon, this beautiful, dangerous and ancient capital, wondering what to make of this tale of two cities for the gay men I have met who must walk a precarious balance in this still war-torn place.

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Iraq: Stop Killings for Homosexual Conduct

Human Rights Watch | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

The killings -- committed without evidence or trial, on the basis of prejudice and whim -- violate standards in Sharia law for legality, proof, and privacy.

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Pandora's Box: The National Equality March

Bil Browning | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Equality March, March on Washington, Equality Across America, Hope, Pandora's Box, Eaa, LGBT Politics, Lgbt, LGBT Issues, LGBT Community, Obama LGBT, LGBT Rights, Pandora, Politics News

The LGBT community is used to being downtrodden and dismissed. Prejudice, animosity, and apartheid flew out of Pandora's Box long ago.

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Portugal Gay Marriage Ban Upheld By Court

AP | BARRY HATTON | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: LGBT Issues, Portugal Gay Marriage Ban, Portugal Gay Marriage, Foreign Affairs, Gay, Lgbt, LGBT Politics, Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Gays, Portugal, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, Advocacy, World News

LISBON, Portugal — Portugal's Constitutional Court on Friday upheld the country's ban on gay marriage, rejecting a challenge by two lesbians who are...

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Anglican Church: LGBT Recognition Raises Possibility Of 'Two Track' Structure

AP | MEERA SELVA | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

Read More: England, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Anglican Church, Global Anglicanism, Lgbt, LGBT Rights, LGBT Issues, LGBT Politics, LGBT Community, Anglican Church LGBT, Catholic Church, Episcopal Church, Anglican Communion, World News

LONDON — The worldwide Anglican Communion may have to accept a "two track" system in which churches can hold different opinions about gay clergy...

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UN: Brazilian Gay, Lesbian Group May Join Debates

AP | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

Read More: United Nations, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Un Gay Rights, Un Gay Rights Declaration, Un Gay Declaration, Brazil, Un Brazil, Brazilian Association of Gays, Lesbians and Transsexuals, Gay Rights, Lgbt, LGBT Rights, LGBT Issues, LGBT Politics, Un Lgbt, World News

GENEVA — The United Nations granted official status to a gay and lesbian organization from Brazil on Monday, allowing it to participate in U.N. ...

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Emmy Nominated Prayers For Bobby Saving Lives of LGBT Youth

Jason Mannino | Posted 08.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Suicide, LGBT Rights, Lgbt, Prayers-for-Bobby, Sigourney Weaver, Religion, LGBT Issues, Emmy Awards, Lifetime, Entertainment News

Twenty years ago, Bobby Griffith died instantly when he threw himself off an overpass, unable to reconcile his self-loathing and his religious mother's determined quest to heal his homosexuality.

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Fort Worth Gay Bar Raid No Accident

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Stonewall was an expression of power and identity in the face of forced anonymity and oppression. The raid at Fort Worth is a different story altogether.

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Women in the Media: A Night of Recognition

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 07.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Salon.com, LGBT Issues, Women's Issues, Media New Media, Lynn Nottage, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Rebecca Traister, Gloria Steinem, Women in Journalism, Liberia, Women in Media and News, Women's Media Center, 2008 Election, Pam Spaulding, Ruined, Dr. George Tiller, Feminsim, Gina Reticker, Rachel Maddow, Abigail Disney, Judy Grahm, Christiane Amanpour, Candy Crowley, Bonnie Erbe, Hillary Clinton, Tina Fey, Bill O'Reilly, Helene Cooper, Wolf Blitzer, Joan Walsh, Media News

The Women's Media Center was packed with women active in old and new media, advocacy, and culture.

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Celebrating LGBT Pride Month

Gerald McEntee | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, LGBT Issues, Workplace Discrimination, Gay Pride, Stonewall, Marriage Equality, Politics News

This month, we mark the 40th anniversary of Stonewall, when the struggle for full citizenship for LGBT Americans began in earnest.

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Obama, Don't Defend DOMA

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Equality, Paul Sousa, Social Security, LGBT Issues, Doma, Defense of Marriage Act, Marriage Equality, Lgbt, Marriage, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Glad, Constitution, LGBT Families, Gay Marriage, Politics News

Obama has the opportunity today, to stand up for equal rights by refusing to argue Defense of Marriage Act's constitutionality in court.

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Gay & Lesbian Manners: To Drink or Not to Drink with Your Alcoholic, Lesbian Sister?

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Style

Read More: Food Allergies, LGBT Issues, Lesbian, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Gays and Lesbians, Etiquette, Lesbians, Gay, Alcoholics Anonymous, LGBT Families, Gay Issues, Manners, Addiction & Recovery, Style News

Since your sister is only recently sober, she no doubt feels especially vulnerable to relapse. In this light, you may want to abide by her request until more time has passed.

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