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Pat Robertson: Your lesbian friend might turn your kids gay
Mich. governor condemns GOP leader’s remark that gays are dying of AIDS
Australian court rejects gay marriage law, nullifies dozens of same-sex marriages
India ruling brings to 77 the number of countries where it’s illegal to be gay
Top Indian court upholds colonial-era law criminalizing homosexuality
Hearing begins in challenge to Ark. same-sex marriage ban
Calif. city approves Vietnamese parade despite exclusion of gay residents
Mich. governor condemns GOP leader’s remark that gays are dying of AIDS
Activists say Detroit murder victim was a transgender woman
Head of N.J. marriage equality campaign leading new push to repeal Ohio ban
Same-sex marriage proponents kick off Pennsylvania campaign
Ind. gay marriage supporters hope for boost from Mary Cheney appearance
Colo. baker says Jesus does not want him to bake cakes for gay couples
Police investigating attack on Oregon gay man as possible hate crime
Shreveport adopts LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center systems compromised by cyber-thieves
More than 700 same-sex couples marry in N.J. in past seven weeks
Police investigate alleged anti-gay attack on Brooklyn man by Hasidic Jewish men
Pa. governor, AG seek to be dismissed from another same-sex marriage case
Mich. RNC member says gays want free healthcare because they’re dying of AIDS
Fla. teen gets 25 years in prison for attempted murder of transgender woman
Oregon coalition says it has collected enough signatures for marriage vote
Advocacy group says deaths of two Ohio transgender women were ‘hate crimes’
Sports stars speak out against homophobia at UN Human Rights day
Obama eulogizes Mandela: ‘You can make his life’s work your own’
Same-sex partner benefits growing at Fortune 500 companies
U.S. Embassy in Manila issues its first visas to same-sex couples
Calif. congresswoman reintroduces resolution targeting reparative therapy
Obama announces $100 million HIV research initiative
Pat Robertson: Your lesbian friend might turn your kids gay
Klingenschmitt: Jesus would command married gay couples to get divorced
Pope Francis named Time magazine’s Person of the Year
EU commissioner to skip Olympics because of Russia’s human rights record
Ian McKellen says British government told him not to go to Russia
U.S., British anti-gay activists spread homophobic messages at Jamaica conference
Croatian government proposes new rights for same-sex couples
EU court: Same-sex couples in civil partnerships must receive equal benefits
Putin defends Russian conservative values, anti-gay laws
India’s law minister: Government likely to review anti-gay sex law
Australian court rejects gay marriage law, nullifies dozens of same-sex marriages
Northern Ireland lifts ban on same-sex couple adoption
India ruling brings to 77 the number of countries where it’s illegal to be gay
‘It Gets Better’ sends messages from around the world to Russian LGBT youth
War Stories: Booed gay soldier chronicles life in the closet to gay rights activist
Olympian Tom Daley’s mystery man: Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black
Sam Champion leaving ABC News for The Weather Channel
British Olympic diver Tom Daley comes out as bisexual
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis score early Grammy nomination for ‘Same Love’
Elton John dedicates Moscow concert to slain gay Russian, calls anti-gay law ‘inhumane’
For inaugural poet Richard Blanco, a journey home to America
Alec Baldwin, MSNBC announce ‘mutual parting’ following actor’s anti-gay slur
Award-winning LGBT Book ‘Missing’ becomes the Indie movie ‘He is Gone’
Ellen DeGeneres has global ‘goal’ for next year’s Oscar telecast
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Views & Voices
KATE KENDELL, ESQ.
India’s court ruling a dreadful new judicial low for international LGBT human rights
Wednesday’s Indian Supreme Court decision reversing a lower court and re-criminalizing same-sex sexual intimacy marks a dreadful new judicial low for international LGBT human rights. Even as we in the U.S. enjoy ever increasing visibility and protections for our community, life for many of our brothers and sisters in other countries is going from bad to intolerable. It is repellent that extremist religious opposition worldwide is such a corrosive impediment to basic human rights...
SHARITA GRUBERG
Why I joined LGBT activists in solidarity to fast for immigration reform
Last week, I joined thousands of fasters around the country during the “National Days to Act, Fast and Pray” on December 1-3. For 24 hours, I abstained from food in an act of solidarity with a group of immigration reform activists who had gone 22 days ingesting nothing but water. I joined the fast because my mother was forced to leave her country due to the discrimination and violence she faced there. In my work on LGBT immigration policy, I know I encounter only a fraction of our nation’s 267,000 undocumented LGBT adults. Yet I constantly hear stories like my family’s -- stories of people who have fled to the United States in search of a better life.
JAMES CLEMENTI
Gay-Straight Alliances: Empowering youth, saving lives
I have a vague memory of hearing announcements and seeing posters for it on the walls. I remember wanting to go. I hadn’t yet come out at this point but I had the sense that I would find support and understanding in this club, and I wanted to be a part of it so badly. But there was a barrier in my mind that prevented me from being able to attend the club. I graduated without going to even one meeting...
ROB WATSON
To the Bishop judging the minister who officiated his gay son’s wedding…
In 1990, I fell in love. I met a beautiful man named Paul who shared my values, my heart and my soul. We quickly knew that we intended to spend the rest of our lives together. We were not looking for legal protection or rights, and the public conversation about same sex marriage and marriage equality really had not even begun. We just sought to solemnize our relationship into s spiritual marriage. My parents had been on their own journey accepting my sexual orientation, and they had evolved to the point that they felt comfortable approaching the minister of their church that they had supported significantly for years...
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EDWINA ROGERS
In such a diverse nation, there is no such thing as a ‘traditional’ family
It’s the holidays again — a time to come together and express gratitude and love for the positive things in our lives and the people in them. But as much as the holidays may symbolize a great American tradition, this country is home to a diverse set of traditions and increasingly diverse families. In such a diverse nation, there is no such thing as a “traditional” family. What connects all American families together is not having the same family traditions or the same types of families, but a shared belief in the American tradition of freedom...
The Legacy of ‘Seeing’ Harvey Milk
Thirty-five years ago today, our country lost a man who symbolized the breakdown of barriers for LGBT elected officials everywhere. Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to major public office in California, had held his office for less than a year before he was assassinated. But even in that short time, Milk helped erase some of the invisible boundaries defining who in our country can be elected officials. Following Marian Wright Edelman’s famous words that “you can’t be what you can’t see,” Harvey Milk gave generations to come a successful LGBT elected official to “see.”
MICHELLE REINSTATLER
Gay cadet group leader responds to Air Force academy controversy
Most of the “reporting” on the recent “scandal” at the Air Force Academy, regarding the employment of Dr. Mike Rosebush, refuses to quote the cadets that spoke openly in a conference call last week, but continues to quote their cadet sources. I find the absolute disregard for a discussion with all the voices represented increasingly interesting. Why are these other cadet sources to be considered real and truthful but the cadets on the call thought of as liars? And truly, if one thinks cadets are afraid of speaking frankly in the face of rank, one must not know very many cadets...
MORRIS DEES
Senate passage of ENDA an important step toward dignity, fairness
Despite the scare stories from those opposed to workplace fairness, ENDA does not create any special rights for anyone. It simply prohibits employers from using a worker’s sexual orientation or gender identity as the basis for hiring, firing, promotion, or compensation. It means that LGBT people will be afforded the same workplace protections already in place regarding race, religion, gender, national origin and disability. The fact is, most of America’s largest corporations have already recognized the value of treating LGBT people fairly and have enacted policies similar to ENDA. But employers in 29 states can still lawfully discriminate because of sexual orientation, and in 33 states they can discriminate because of gender identity...
