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For Dad: ‘I am the man my father built’
A Father’s Day smile for you: when camping under the stars with Dad horrified me, and how his wish that I “stand out from the crowd” produced a shameless activist. A simple story of love and gratitude.
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GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios resigns under scrutiny of AT&T endorsement
Jarrett Barrios, the president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has resigned under increasing scrutiny of GLAAD’s recent endorsement of AT&T’s merger with T-Mobile, and conflicting statements related to net neutrality rules.
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Tracy Morgan meets with homeless, teen victims of anti-LGBT violence
Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan on Friday visited homeless LGBT teens in New York in an effort to apologize and make amends for a recent anti-gay tirade in which he suggested he would “pull out a knife and stab” his own son if told him he was gay.
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Bachmann target of glitter bomber, third incident against anti-gay GOP candidates
A gay rights activist on Saturday threw glitter at Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) as she left the stage at the RightOnline conference in Minneapolis, the third such incident on an anti-gay Republican presidential candidate in as many weeks.
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Still 1 vote shy, Cuomo confident NY state Senate will approve gay marriage billand
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Friday expressed optimism that legislation legalizing same-sex marriage would be approved before the end of the legislative session next week.
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Senate panel approves defense spending bill without anti-gay amendments
The Senate Armed Services Committee this week unanimously passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with none of the anti-gay amendments that were attached to the House version of the bill.
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Safeway cashier fired after directing anti-gay slur at same-sex couple
A grocery store employee at a Washington D.C.-area Safeway has been fired after directing an anti-gay slur at a same-sex couple last weekend.
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Watchdogs file ethics complaint against Boehner over spending to defend DOMA
A Washington D.C. government watchdog organization this week asked the Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate if House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) broke federal law when he hired a law firm to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court.
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Obama Administration announces resource center for LGBT refugees
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday announced the creation of a first-ever resource center to support the resettlement of LGBT refugees.
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New York Post rejects marriage equality: ‘If we had a vote, it would be no’
The New York Post on Tuesday published an editorial rejecting marriage equality, and said that “in the long run … society will be better served by retaining the traditional, time-tested definition of marriage.”