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Mich. RNC member says gays want free healthcare because they’re dying of AIDS
Rainbow Christmas lights in memory of gay teen spark controversy in Italy
German president boycotting Olympics over Russia’s human rights violations
Some donations to waitress who said she received anti-gay note being refunded
Gay Catholic school teacher fired hours after applying for marriage license
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’
Gay rights activists challenge exclusion from Vietnamese parade
Some donations to waitress who said she received anti-gay note being refunded
Gay Catholic school teacher fired hours after applying for marriage license
Spike in hate crimes prompts N.Y. comptroller to audit reporting
Judge orders Colo. bakery to offer wedding cakes for same-sex couples
Colo. school board member stands by her transphobic remarks
Charity: No donation from server who said she was ‘tipped’ with anti-gay note
Attorney: Transgender murder victim’s life not as valuable as higher class victims
Butte, Mont., drafting LGBT-inclusive anti-discrimination ordinance
Same-sex weddings account for 17% of marriages in Washington state
Transgender police officer files discrimination, harassment complaint
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
In some states, gay rights battle extends to the right to divorce
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
Nelson Mandela, 20th century colossus, dies at age 95
Pat Robertson on how to pray for your gay family member
Israeli president Shimon Peres endorses same-sex marriage
Olympic Committee President: Russia to set up protest zones in Sochi
United Kingdom to hold first same-sex weddings on March 29
Putin appoints notorious anti-gay news anchor to head Russian news agency
Olympic Committee to remind athletes against protests in Sochi
Rainbow Christmas lights in memory of gay teen spark controversy in Italy
German president boycotting Olympics over Russia’s human rights violations
‘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
‘Preferred’ pronouns gain traction at U.S. colleges
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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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...
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.”
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Views & Voices
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...
DANITA CARLSON
Domestic abuse affects the LGBT community, too
What issue will affect gay and bisexual men at a rate of two in five and affect approximately 50 percent of the lesbian population in America? If you didn’t know the answer, you are not alone. The answer is domestic violence. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, but most of us don’t think about the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, or LGBT, community when we think of domestic violence victims. Experts believe that domestic violence occurs in the LGBT community with the same frequency and severity as in the heterosexual community...
DANIEL DANGARAN
HRC needs to engage more with the LGBT community rather than policymakers
This past summer, I was a Family Project intern of the Human Rights Campaign. Depending on who I’m talking to at Yale, that sentence can serve as a coming-out statement on various levels. Aside from my friends who are conservative in their attitudes on same-sex marriage, I have progressive friends who are angry with HRC. I’ve been carrying an umbrella and mug displaying HRC’s logo — the equal sign that took Facebook by storm last March — only after giving it much thought. I’m wary of entering a heated debate at any moment, with friends on my right or my left. At some points I have felt frustrated with the organization too...
