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Lt. Choi Won't Lie for His Country

Amy Goodman | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Don't Ask Don't Tell, National Guard, Army, Rachel Maddow, Urvashi Vaid, Amy Goodman, Human Rights Campaign, Breaking the Sound Barrier, Lt. Dan Choi, Hrc, Democracy Now, Politics News

Lt. Dan Choi's pre-existing conditions -- being gay and being honest about it -- may be enough to keep him out of the Veterans Affairs health care system for life.

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Lady Gaga and Obama for Gay America

Michael Solis | Posted 10.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Same-Sex Marriagen, Lgbt, National Equality March, Defense of Marriage Act, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay Rights, Matthew Shepard, Lady GaGa, Human Rights Campaign, Barack Obama, Inside DC, Entertainment News

For America's LGBT community last weekend, seeing both Lady Gaga and Obama teaming up to address the community's struggle for civil rights and equality was a welcome surprise.

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National Equality March: Photos From October 11, 2009

Posted 10.12.2009 | Impact

Read More: Slideshow, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Lgbt, National Equality March, LGBT Rights, Gay Rights, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay Marriage, Impact News

Yesterday's National Equality March in Washington D.C. was the largest LGBT action gathering in almost a decade. Tens of thousands marched on the nati...

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Ambassador Jim Hormel: "I Don't Have Time to Wait!"

Karen Ocamb | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: LGBT Politics, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Doma, Enda, Barack Obama, Jim Hormel, Lgbt, Gay Rights, LGBT Community, Gay Rights Speech, Gay Activism, Politics News

"I am as eager as anyone else to have action .. So when I exercise any restraint, it's out of knowledge and awareness of the atmosphere under which the president is operating," says Hormel

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Rousing Speech, Mr. President, But the Pressure Continues

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, National Equality March, Lgbt, Congress, Human Rights Campaign, Senate, Timeline, President Obama, Politics News

The president, fresh from his Nobel Prize for Peace, didn't mention anything about a timeline for ending don't ask, don't tell, and as he has said on other occasions, nothing happens in Washington without a timeline.

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Obama's HRC Speech (VIDEO): President Obama Says He Will End 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Posted 10.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Doma, Lesbian, Transgendered, Obama, Human Rights Campaign, Gay, Obama Pledges, Gay Adoption, Defense of Marriage Act, Lgbt, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Video, Obama Speech, Gay Rights, Dadt, Obama Promises, Gay Speech, Hrc, Gay Marriage, Politics News

Watch President Obama's address at the Human Rights Campaign's banquet in Washington, D.C., Oct. 10. President Obama pledged to end the ban on homo...

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Obama HRC Speech: "I Will End Don't Ask, Don't Tell," Says President Obama

AP | CHRISTINE SIMMONS | Posted 10.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Doma, Lesbian, Transgendered, Obama, Human Rights Campaign, Gay, Obama Pledges, Gay Adoption, Defense of Marriage Act, Lgbt, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Obama Speech, Gay Rights, Dadt, Obama Promises, Gay Speech, Hrc, Gay Marriage, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama reaffirmed his campaign pledge to end the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military in a speech Satu...

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Barack Obama: America's First Gay President?

Timothy Patrick McCarthy | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Harvey Milk Presidential Medal of Freedom, White House Stonewall Rebellion, Lgbt, Gay Rights, Human Rights Campaign Dinner, Obama LGBT, LGBT Rights, Obama Gay Rights, Bill Clinton Gay Rights, Defense of Marriage Act, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Politics News

Election Day 2008 was one of the greatest days of my life: We finally had an ally in the White House who would fight with and for us. In retrospect, we were foolish to have such hope.

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What Would a Nobel Laureate Tell the Gays?

John Aravosis | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Obama, Gay, Doma, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Civil Rights, Enda, Politics News

President Obama will speak Saturday night at the Human Rights Campaign national dinner. The big question in gay-land is what will Obama say. I fear the answer is: Not much.

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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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Hanging Citizen Journalists Out to Dry: Shield-Law Amendment Excludes Unpaid Bloggers

Pam Spaulding | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Lgbt, Citizen Journalists, Shield Laws, Media News

The real issue with the language of the proposed New York shield law is less the law per se than placing a definition of a journalist on the books.

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"Why I Support the National Equality March": NFL's Scott Fujita Speaks Out for Gay Rights

Dave Zirin | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Homophobia, Linebacker, Lgbt, Scott Fujita, National Equality March, Gay Rights, New Orleans Saints, Inside DC, Entertainment News

Star linebacker Scott Fujita speaks out about why he is supporting the October 11th National Equality March for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender rights in Washington DC.

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Gay Games: Cleveland To Host In 2014

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Gay Games City, Cleveland, Gay Games, Gay Athletics, Gay Games Cleveland, Federation of Gay Games, Gay Games 2014, Gay Athletes, Gay Issues, Politics News

On Tuesday, the Federation of Gay Games announced Cleveland as their chosen city to host the 2014 games. The Gay Games, started in San Francisco in 1...

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Colliding Realities in America's Middle Schools

Eliza Byard | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Gays and Lesbians, Gay-Straight-Alliance, Lesbian, Politics News

The fact that so many high school LGBT students surveyed had been assaulted at school is harrowing enough--now picture things nearly twice as bad for students even earlier in their lives.

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AZ Govt Overrides Voters, Strips Benefits From Domestic Partners & Disabled Dependents

Dawn Teo | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Adult Disabled Dependents, Health Insurance, Lgbt, Benefits, Arizona, Disabled Dependents, Domestic Partners, Domestic Partnerships, Jan Brewer, Politics News

But state and university employees no longer feel welcomed by the state. One state employee said, "I choose to work for the state as a public servant, but the state just spit in my eye."

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The Politics of AIDS and Health Care Reform

Johnathon Briggs | Posted 11.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Health Care Reform, Cdc, Obama, Hiv, Chicago, Prevention, Aids, Gay Issues, African-American Issues, Lgbt, Health Care, Chicago News

50 percent of all those living with HIV currently lack needed medical care. The impact of health reform on efforts to control the epidemic could be profound.

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A Tech-Powered Gay Rights Movement

Pam Spaulding | Posted 11.23.2009 | Technology

Read More: Netroots, Lgbt, National Equality March, Aol, Gay Rights, Grassroots Activism, Prop 8, Gay Marriage, Technology News

With web sites, blogs, and social networking tools like Twitter and Facebook, the online LGBT community has emerged as an example of both leadership and rabble-rousing success.

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Maine, The Way Life Should Be

Sara Whitman | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: LGBT Rights, Lgbt, Lgbt-Families, No on 1, Maine, Marriage Equality, Proposition 8, Same Sex Marriage, National Organization for Marriage, Gay Marriage, Living News

I don't know if anyone from the anti-equality side realizes this, but we are going to have families whether we have rights nor not. Our kids are going to go to public schools, period.

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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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Marriage Equality Is on the Ballot in Maine This Fall (Video)

Jesse Connolly | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Catholic Church, Proposition 8, Gay Rights, National Organization for Marriage, Main, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Tv Ads, John Baldacci, Marriage Equality, Politics News

Our opponents are tenacious -- and well-funded. The anti-marriage campaign in Maine is being led by the same groups that ran the Yes on Proposition 8 campaign in California last year.

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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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Senator Ted Kennedy's Leadership on LGBT Issues: A Model for Progressive Catholics

Marianne Duddy-Burke | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Ted Kennedy Catholic, LGBT Rights, Lgbt, Ted Kennedy Lgbt, Ted Kennedy Dead, Ted Kennedy, Politics News

Who will be the kind of leader who would stand up for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) concerns like Kennedy did? We lost a loyal friend and a powerful advocate.

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Lessons In Hope and Inspiration From Harvey Milk

Jason Mannino | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Obama, Living, California, Gay Rights, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Lgbt, Equality, Homosexuality, Relationships, Homosexual, Stuart Milk, Harvey Milk, Sexual Preference, Gay, Harvey Milk Day, Living News

Honoring Harvey Milk with a day that commemorates him helps to send the still dire messages of hope, inspiration, and equality. It also boldly states that we do not live in a culture that tolerates violent oppression.

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