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Cheney and Lesbians!?: Tag Teaming Amazon in Response to Sales Ranking Censorship

Lisa Derrick | Posted 05.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Amazon.com, Lgbt, Gay Glitch, Amazon Glitch, Amazon-Sales-Rankings, Books, Amazon Sales Rankings, Amazon Censorship, Censorship, Amazon, Media News
Lisa Derrick

The first book that pops up on Amazon when searching the word "homosexuality" is A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality. Unlike Heather Has Two Mommies, this book has a sales ranking.

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Rolling with the Changes: Egg Roll Redux

Alisa Surkis | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Easter Egg Roll, White House Egg Roll, LGBT Rights, Family Equality Council, Family Pride, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Alisa Surkis

People complain that the White House Egg Roll invitation extended to the gay and lesbian families is just a symbolic gesture, but symbols are powerful.

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Note to Newt: Back Off Harry Knox!

Candace Gingrich | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Faith-Based Initiatives, Candace Gingrich, LGBT Rights, Harry Knox, Barack Obama Faith Based Groups, Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Human Rights Campaign, Newt Gingrich, Hrc, Faith, Politics News
Candace Gingrich

When my brother Newt Gingrich attacks Harry Knox, he's attacking me. And I don't take too kindly to bullies.

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Follow the Artists to Our New Democracy

Tanene Allison | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Langston Hughes, Art, Participatory Democracy, Elizabeth Alexander Inaugural Poem, Elizabeth Alexander, American Democracy, June Jordan, Democracy, Artists, Obama, Patti Smith, Justin Bond, Barack Obama, Politics News
Tanene Allison

It was a poet who gave our nation, and new President, the words that led to our visioning of how this time of potential and possibility could become real.

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Iraqi Gays May Soon Be Executed: Gay Rights Group

Gay Rights | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

Read More: Lgbt, Iraqi Gays, Gay Rights, Lgbt Executions, Gay Executions, Foreign Affairs, LGBT Rights, Gays in Iraq, Iraqi Government, Iraq, Advocacy, Gay Iraq, World News

It's no secret that LGBT life in Iraq these days is as dangerous as it gets - quite possibly the most dangerous in the world. Secret underground netwo...

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Re-Gifting

Kate Clinton | Posted 04.30.2009 | Living

Read More: George Bush, Glbt, Lgbt, Hiv, Gay Community AIDS, Gay-Lesbian Community, Ronald Reagan, Lesbian Comedian, George W. Bush, Lesbian Comedy, Bush, HIV/AIDS, Pope John Paul, LGBT Community, Careers, Auto Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Aids, Stonewall, Comedy, Living News
Kate Clinton

The same year I began my career, Pope John Paul and President Ronald Reagan began their careers. It was also the year that gay men began dying from AIDS.

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Why I Called Justice Scalia A Homophobe

Rep. Barney Frank | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Lawrence v. Texas, LGBT Issues, Gay Rights, Frank Calls Scalia Homophobe, Barney Frank, Antonin Scalia, Roy Romer, Barney Frank Scalia, Scalia Homophobe, Justice Scalia, Defense of Marriage Act, Politics News
Rep. Barney Frank

In two virulent dissents, Justice Scalia made it clear that, in his view, sex discrimination is not only permitted by the Constitution, but is very much in society's interest.

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Queeries: "Where Did These Kids Come From?"

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Lgbt, Gay Rights, Lesbian, LGBT Rights, Gays and Lesbians, Lesbian Moms, Gays, LGBT Families, Gay Adoption, Gay Issues, Adoption, Living News
Steven Petrow

Although millions of gay and lesbian households with kids now exist, this phenomenon is still, well, a phenomenon and by that I mean something new and remarkable.

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Queeries: Can Boyfriends Make out in Public?

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Lgbt, Gay Rights, LGBT Issues, Lesbian, LGBT Rights, Gays and Lesbians, Gay, Gays, Lesbian Kiss, Kissing, Gay Issues, Living News
Steven Petrow

Can a gay or lesbian couple kiss in public? On the cheek or on the lips? How about holding hands?

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Gays In Latin America: Gay Rights Movements Coming Out Into The Mainstream

Foreign Policy | Posted 03.28.2009 | World

Read More: Lgbt, Gay-Friendly Cities, Latin American Pro-Gay Legislation, Gay Rights, Latin America Lgbt, Latin America, Gays, Latin America Gays, World News

Most analysts haven't noticed, but a major social revolution is taking place in Latin America. The region is becoming gayer. It's not that there are m...

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Obama On LGBT Issues: Reverses US Position At UN Conference

UN Dispatch | Posted 03.22.2009 | World

Read More: Obama LGBT, Gay Rights, Durban Review Conference, Durban Racism Conference, United Nations, Un Racism Conference, Bush Lgbt, Obama Gay Rights, George Bush, Barack Obama, Lgbt, Obama Reverses Bush Gay Issues Un, World News

In late December the United Nations General Assembly held a symbolic vote on a statement calling for the universal decriminalization of homosexuality....

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When the President Orders, the Military Follows

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Howard Kurtz, Congress, Robert Gates, Guantanamo Detainees, President Obama, Executive Orders, Washington Post, Admiral Mullen Joint Chiefs, Dont Ask Dont Tell, House Armed Services Committee, Dan Froomkin, Torture, Gays and Lesbians in the Military, US Military, LGBT Issues, Gays and Lesbians, White House Watch, Media, Civil Rights, Lgbt, Gays in the Military, Military, Armed Forces, LGBT Rights, Gays, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

I believe Congress will be in lockstep with the President on a repeal of DADT. At the end of this year, the law that bars gay men and women from serving openly in the military can be gone.

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President Obama, Equal Rights and Sexual Orientation

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Gay Rights, Sexual Orientation, Obama 100 Days, Equal Rights, Obama Administration, Matthew Shepard, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Geoffrey R. Stone

As one of his first acts of office, Obama should call for federal legislation ensuring equal rights for all persons in the U.S. regardless of sexual orientation.

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A Response to Melissa Etheridge

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Melissa Etheridge, Barack Obama Rick Warren, Gay Rights, Rick Warren Invocation, Obama LGBT, Inauguration, Obama Inauguration, Rick Warren, LGBT Rights, Saddleback Church, Barack Obama Inauguration, LGBT Families, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Melissa Etheridge Rick Warren, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

I am willing to agree that Rev. Warren is a good guy who said some bad things. I, like you, do trust that communication and cooperation will lead to increased tolerance and progress. I can't forgive Obama, though.

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Marriott and Milk

Marc Gunther | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Proposition 8, Gay Rights, Milk, Bill Marriott, Gay Marriage, Marriott Corp., Lgbt, Religion, Prop 8 Donations, Milk Movie, LGBT Community, LGBT Rights, Religion and Politics, Religious Faith, Harvey Milk Movie, Politics News
Marc Gunther

What role should CEOS and big companies play when confronted with controversial issues? Ought they not take a stand on social issues, too?

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It's Pay-to-Gay Time

Kate Clinton | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Obama Senate Seat, Oprah Winfrey, Governor Paterson, David Paterson, Rod Blagojevich, Chicago, Hillary Clinton, Gay Community, Gays, Ted Kennedy, Blagojevich Corruption, Politics News
Kate Clinton

It is sad that selling vacant senate seats is seen as a viable revenue stream in this economy. Desperate times.

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Stonewall 2.0: It's What We Make of It

Jennifer Chrisler | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Stonewall Riots, Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Time Magazine, LGBT Rights, Gay Marriage, Stonewall, Politics News
Jennifer Chrisler

Stonewall was no accident, yet it was not an orchestrated affair. It was a moment and it became what we made of it.

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Remembering the Lessons of Harvey Milk: What It Means to Be GayVisit him on the Web at www.gayandlesbianmanners.com

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Gus Van Sant, Lgbt, Gay, Gay Rights, Gay Marriage, Harvey Milk, Harvey Milk Movie, Living News
Steven Petrow

With his death, Harvey Milk taught us what it means to be gay. For my generation those lessons are secure, as is Milk's place in history.

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A Horn Pokes Prop 8 -- Theatre Secedes From California

Phil Bronstein | Posted 12.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Lgbt, Prop 8, Prop 8 Protests, Theatre Rhinoceros, LGBT Rights, LGBT Issues, San Francisco, Gay Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, Entertainment News
Phil Bronstein

San Francisco's Theatre Rhinoceros, which describes itself as "the world's oldest continuously producing professional queer theater," has seceded from California.

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Winds of Change

Wayne Besen | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Gay, Proposition 8, Gay Marriage, Lesbian, Wayne Besen, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Wayne Besen

The rules of the Mormon, Catholic and Evangelical churches are now enshrined into civil law. I think people are finally awakened to this existential threat and willing to fight back.

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What Harvey Milk Tells Us About Proposition 8

Rob Epstein | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Prop 8, Proposition 6, LGBT Rights, California Prop 8, Gay Marriage, California, Politics News
Rob Epstein

Although Prop 8 wasn't exactly a remake of Prop 6, it's the same disaster movie storyline pitch: any recognition of constitutional rights for gay and lesbian citizens will somehow destroy the natural order.

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Margaret Cho Set for Nov. 22 Equal Rights Rally in Sacramento

Lisa Derrick | Posted 12.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Sacramento Rally, Gay Rights, Margaret Cho, Gloria Allred, Gay Marriage, Lgbt, Selene Luna, California, Prop 8, Sacramento, Entertainment News
Lisa Derrick

Actress/comedienne Margaret Cho and her co-star Selene Luna will participate in the "March on Sacramento" rally in support of equal marriages rights this Saturday at the State Capitol.

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Next Steps For LGBT Civil Rights

Christine C. Quinn | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Christine Quinn, 2008 Election and Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Prop 8, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Christine C. Quinn

How could our nation embrace a movement for change, while three of its states voted to reject the rights of an entire group of Americans? Could this be real?

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GLAAD President Speaks Out on Prop 8, the Religious Right

Charlotte Robinson | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, California Gay Marriage, Yes on Prop 8, Prop 8, Glaad, Arizona Gay Marriage, No on Prop 8, LGBT Rights, Florida Gay Marriage, Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Civil Rights, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Charlotte Robinson

In this exclusive interview, Neil G. Giuliano, President of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) addresses Prop 8, the religious righ...

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Last Week's Gay-Bashing at the Polls: A Call to Action

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, California Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, 2008 Election, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Steven Petrow

By now we know the devastating news that occurred in polling stations across the nation last week. Specifically, I'm thinking of the ballot measures i...

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