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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

Read More: Harlem, Harlem's Maysles Cinema, Albert Maysles, Lesbian, Roman Catholicism, President Obama, Rebekah Maysles, Aristotle-Onassis, Sara Maysles, Gay Rights, Tiger Woods, Judge Sotomayor, Gay Parade, Big Edie Bouvier Beale, Stonewall, African-American Issues, Latinos, Women, Gillian Maysles, Little Edie Bouvier Beale, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Episcopal Church, Grey Gardens, Gay Pride Parade, New York City, Lgbt, Columbia University, Philip Maysles, High Society, New York Times, Hillary Clinton, Hotel St Regis, Gay Issues, Jerry Torre, Paper Magazine, Mr. Mickey, Jacqueline Bouvier, Lee Radziwel, New York, New York News
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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DNC-LGBT Fundraiser Boycott Called For Over White House DOMA Defense

AMERICAblog | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Equality Caucus, Lgbt, Dnc, Boycott, LGBT Rights, Gay Rights, Defense of Marriage Act, Doma, Tammy Baldwin, Democratic National Committee, Gay Marriage, Jared Polis, Barney Frank, Politics News

Pam Spaulding has published an email detailing just who's coming to the DNC's $1,000 (and up) a head gay fundraiser next week. I suspect those folks a...

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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
Gerald McEntee

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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The (Zigzagged) Arc of History

Tanene Allison | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, History, Proposition 8, Martin Luther King, Equal Rights, Gay Marriage, Civil Rights, Harvey Milk, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Tanene Allison

Every one of us debating inequality over our coffees in the morning has been granted a rare opportunity to change what it is those future grandchildren will read about.

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California Marriage Equality -- How We Will Win

Christine Pelosi | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Proposition 8, California, Prop 8, Ballot Initiative, Civil Rights, California Supreme Court, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Christine Pelosi

Today's California Supreme Court ruling on Prop 8 all but invited marriage equality proponents back to the ballot box.

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The Dallas Principles: The Best Response To Prop 8

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Discrimination, Proposition 8, Working Life, California Supreme Court, Dallas Principles, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

One day, as a society, we will look back at the absurdity of discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals as something as abhorrent as racial discrimination.

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Would Harvey Milk Be Proud of Us?

Chuck Wolfe | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Gay Lesbian Rights, Harvey Milk Day, Harvey Milk, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Chuck Wolfe

Today would have been Harvey's 79th birthday but for Dan White's bullet. It's a good time to reflect on whether we have heeded his call to live openly and fight hard for true equality.

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White House Announcement On LGBT Policy Is Imminent, Says Calif. Congressman

The Advocate | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Congressman Howard Berman, President Obama, LGBT Rights, The Advocate, Obama Gay Rights, Politics News

California representative Howard Berman predicted in an interview Thursday that the White House would be presenting new information regarding LGBT pol...

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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
Emma Ruby-Sachs

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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Unsure How to Vote Your Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Other Proxy Ballots?

Kim Cranston | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights, CEO Pay, Lgbt, Executive Pay, Chevron, Pride Foundation, Income Inequality, News, Ed Begley Jr., Exxon Mobil, Wall Street Bailout, Global Warming, Employment Non-Discrimination, Ceres, Civil Rights, Climate Change, Shareholder Proposals, Responsible Wealth/ United for a Fair Economy, Environment, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Responsible Endowments Coalition, Shareholder Resolutions, Greenhouse Gases, Say on Pay, Shareholders, Transparentdemocracy, Larry Lessig, Executive Compensation, Shareholder Rights, Proxy Ballots, Economy, Politics News
Kim Cranston

See how organizations and people you trust, like Ed Begley, Jr., Ceres, Pride Foundation, Responsible Endowments Coalition, recommend you vote and why.

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Outrage: An Interview with Director Kirby Dick

Brad Listi | Posted 06.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jim McGreevey, Lgbt, New Releases, Ed Koch, Jim McCrery, Closet, Documentary Film, Larry Craig, David Dreier, Ken Mehlman, Homosexuality, Kirby Dick, Charlie Crist, Washington Blade, Outrage Film, Brad Listi, Gay Rights, Outrage, Closeted Politicians, Jim Kolbe, Entertainment News
Brad Listi

Dick: "It comes as a surprise to many viewers, but DC is actually a very gay town, and a very high percentage of the staffers who work on Capitol Hill are gay."

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Gay & Lesbian Manners: Is Outing Closeted Legislators Unethical?

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Lgbt, Gay Rights, Lesbian, Barney Frank, LGBT Rights, Kirby-Dick-Outrage, Outing, Gay Issues, Manners, Living News
Steven Petrow

Manners usually takes up on the side of privacy, but when hypocrisy is at play, truthfulness and honesty are our more important companions in our struggle for fairness and equality.

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Don't Be An Adult Bystander

Rosalind Wiseman | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Youtube, Peer Pressure, Parenting, Gays, Gay Issues, Bullying, Politics News
Rosalind Wiseman

We must do better. We must individually and collectively change the definition of masculinity to standing up for social justice so that real men speak out when they see someone being targeted.

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Lessons of Hate in the Bible Belt

Reproductive Justice | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Bible-Belt-Politics, Hate Crimes, Hate, Ethics, The Laramie Project, Bible Belt, Wyoming, Grandfield High School, Gay Issues, Politics News
Reproductive Justice

Any gay student at Grandfield High School has been taught a dubious lesson. They have learned they better keep quiet until they are old enough to leave town.

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Tragically, Transgender Identifiers Have a New Martyr

John Ridley | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Transgendered, LGBT Issues, Angie Zapata, Transgender, Transgender Issues, Civil Rights, Politics News
John Ridley

While the loss of Angie Zapata is tragic, the fact that with due process a trial was held and a conviction obtained speaks to how greatly America is altering its nature with regard to acceptance of transgender individuals.

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Queeries: Beware of Sexting

Steven Petrow | Posted 05.23.2009 | Style

Read More: Lgbt, Pornography, Sexting, LGBT Issues, LGBT Community, Lesbian, Teens, Gays and Lesbians, Gay, Gay Issues, Style News
Steven Petrow

It's simple enough: Sexting is the sending of nude (or semi-nude) photos with your cell.

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National Day of Silence, LGBT: Watch LANCE BASS Speak Out

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Day of Silence, Lgbt, National Day of Silence LGBT, National Day of Silence, LGBT, Politics News

Lance Bass of *NSYNC talks about the importance of GLSEN's National Day of Silence in this public service announcement, leading up to the Day of Silen...

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Getting to the Roots of Hate Crime

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Hate Crimes, Hate, Annual Day of Silence, Bullying, Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, Mathew Shepard Act, State Hate Crime Statutues, Colorado, Harassment, Transgender, Gay, Oppression, Gender Identity, Gender Expression, Schools., Angie Zapata, Federal Hate Crime Law, Privilege, Inequality, Hate Crime, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, Politics News
Abby L. Ferber

If we are serious about protecting people from violence and crime simply because of their group identities, we must also take seriously their right to equality in the home, workplace, and school.

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Queeries: "Is He Your Brother or Lover?"

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Coming Out, LGBT Rights, Lgbt, Coming Out to Family and Friends, Gay, Gay Rights, LGBT Issues, Gays, Gay Issues, Sexual Orientation, Living News
Steven Petrow

Displaying your boyfriend's photo is a good way to come out (at least partially) without shouting the dreaded, "Hey, I am gay!" Obviously, there are many degrees to being out.

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