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

AP | MEERA SELVA | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

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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

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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
Jason Mannino

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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Gay & Lesbian Manners: A Lesbian Stereotype That's Not a Subaru

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Lgbt, Potlucks, LGBT Community, Lesbian, Subaru, Gays and Lesbians, Etiquette, Gays, Parties, Manners, Living News
Steven Petrow

Just because you want to invite them all doesn't mean you should. Masked or unmasked bitterness, rage or jealousy can quickly tank the best of parties.

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Bush Justice Department Blacklisted LGBT Groups

The Washington Blade | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Attorney General Gonzales, Lesbian, Immigration, George Bush, Gay, Immigration Equality, Lgbt, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, White House, Justice Department, Gay Men’s Health Crisis, George W. Bush, Alberto Gonzales, Politics News

Applicants for Justice Department internships and honors programs may have been rejected based on their membership in LGBT groups during the Bush admi...

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Broadway's Hair Spreads Love Nationally

James Sims | Posted 08.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Lgbt, Bill Clinton, Proposition 8, Gay Rights, New York City, Broadway, Musicals, Hair, The Tonight Show, Entertainment News
James Sims

The unprecedented decision to cancel a performance in order to join the National Equality March comes on the heels of another admirable move by the Hair team.

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Equality Can't Afford a Summer Vacation

Frank Voci | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, White Knot for Equality, Obama LGBT, LGBT Rights, Washington DC, March for Equality, Politics News
Frank Voci

For this October's March for Equality in Washington, people are already organizing in states you might not expect to be leading in the equality movement. States like Tennessee and Texas.

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No LGBT Rights Mentioned in Sotomayor's Confirmation Hearing

Jacob Reitan | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: LGBT Rights, Lgbt, Lawrence v. Texas, Gay Rights, Sotomayor Confirmation, Minorities, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
Jacob Reitan

I watched the opening statements made by the nineteen senators in Monday's confirmation hearing for Judge Sotomayor. Each senator previewed what they...

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Four Reasons for Hope on LGBT Rights and the Obama Administration

Carlos A. Ball | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Census, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Lgbt, Gay Rights, John Berry, Nancy Sutley, Obama Gay Rights, Fred Hochberg, Defense of Marriage Act, Politics News
Carlos A. Ball

I want to find reasons to still believe that the Obama Administration will do the right thing for LGBT people, and do it relatively soon.

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Fort Worth Gay Bar Raid No Accident

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

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Emma Ruby-Sachs

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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NYC Anti-Gay Violence Rises: Report

Advocate | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Lgbt, Hate Crimes, Anti-Gay Violence, Anti-Gay Violence New York, Violence, Homophobia, New York Gay Pride, New York City Violence, Gay Pride, Hate Crime, New York, New York Lgbt, Lgbt Violence, New York News

Following a gay pride weekend marked by hate-motivated violence, advocates in New York City plan a press conference on Wednesday morning to ...

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Obama Gives a Good Speech, But Will It Help Lt. Choi?

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 07.31.2009 | Home

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Emma Ruby-Sachs

If the Obama administration can't pass a comprehensive overhaul of health care, then how is it going to repeal laws that a large proportion of Americans don't care about or to which many don't object?

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On the Ground at San Francisco's Pride Weekend (PHOTOS)

Jessica Gage | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Pride Weekend, Slideshow, San Francisco Pride Parade, Gay Pride Weekend, San Francisco Pride, Gay Pride, Gay Pride Parade, Politics News
Jessica Gage

Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of San Francisco Sunday in flamboyant costumes and waving rainbow flags, marking the 39th year of the foremost pride celebration in the country.

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Gay and Lesbian Manners: When Best Friends Have Sex and the Sounds of Silence

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Style

Read More: Friendship, Lgbt, Homosexuality, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Lesbian, Sex, Gays and Lesbians, Gay, Style News
Steven Petrow

Last week I ended up having sex with my best friend, Richard. At least he used to be my best friend -- we haven't talked since. Did I mess up?

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Disposable Income: How Gender and Sexuality Don't Add Up to Equal Pay

John Caldon | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Gays and Lesbians, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Transgender Issues, Gay Rights, Pride-Month, Politics News
John Caldon

June marks Pride Month, an annual celebration of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community's struggle for full equity. Despite the h...

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Code Orange And June Bugs

Rochelle Lefkowitz | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

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Rochelle Lefkowitz

It's June, that month more or less identified with weddings -- and Rainbow Pride -- and we seem to have been busily courting a new generation to embrace gay marriage.

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Sigourney Weaver And Cast Of Prayers For Bobby Offer Hope To LGBT Youth

Jason Mannino | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living

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Jason Mannino

Service comes in many forms. In my article last week I discussed how positive images in television are serving LGBT youth. As Pride month comes to c...

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The White House, the Gays, and Lessons to Learn

Lane Hudson | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

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Lane Hudson

Optics matter, they need to match the rhetoric and the reality. Part of the anger surrounding this announcement is that the White House was trying to claim credit for more than they were doing.

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The Face of the LGBT Movement and the Mainstream Media: Tackling the Diversity Problem

Pam Spaulding | Posted 07.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Mainstream Media, Lgbt, Obama Administration, Media, Gay Rights, Barack Obama, Media News
Pam Spaulding

What I believe hurts our case a bit, from a PR (and strategic) perspective, is that we've seen few LGBT people of color on-air as the movement faces off against the first black President and his administration.

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Kathy Griffin Speaks Up for Gay Youth

Jason Mannino | Posted 07.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Lgbt, Media, Youth, Gay, Tv, Gay Issues, Movies, Television, Degrassi, Greek, Ellen, Kathy Griffin, Living News
Jason Mannino

Television is often touted as one of the banes of our culture, but it can also be of great service to the empowerment and uplifting of society. To hon...

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Our Moral Imperative

Rea Carey | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Barack Obama Gay Issues, Doma, Obama LGBT, Stonewall, Defense of Marriage Act, Politics News
Rea Carey

Last week's Department of Justice brief defending DOMA was not merely disappointing, it was a public abrogation of the promise of equality the president himself embraced as a candidate.

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Gay Rights Advocates Not Satisfied By Obama's "Very Small Step"

AMERICAblog | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Obama Gay Rights, Gay Benefits, Obama, Gay Marriage, Politics News

Ah, those pesky details. As you may have heard, President Obama tomorrow will be signing a presidential directive, not an executive order, providing ...

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How to Win Back Same-Sex Marriage In California - Voter Registration

Fred Karger | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: LGBT Rights, LGBT Politics, Lgbt, Proposition 8, Voter Registration, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Fred Karger

All LGBT organizations need to make voter registration the number one activity between now and next October 18th.

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The Gay Guide to Obama's Remarks Today

Lane Hudson | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Equal Rights, Fairness, Barack Obama, Obama Extends Federal Benefits, Gays Federal Benefits, Barack Obama Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, Politics News
Lane Hudson

The administration has taken backward steps away from fulfilling the vision Obama laid out for LGBT Americans. What the president says today will be far more consequential than what he does.

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Meeting the Maysles: Grey Gardens Comes to Harlem

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 07.17.2009 | New York

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Michael Henry Adams

Bred to be lovely and pleasant, to take for granted an ample supply of cash, the women of Grey Gardens were essentially abandoned to languish in a mansion infested with raccoons and cats.

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