Activism

The internet is pissed Pepsi & Kendall Jenner turned activism into a fad

A celebrity named Jenner embroiled in controversy because of tone-deafness? Shocking!

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Banned: TV in Indonesia can no longer portray drag queens or ‘effeminate’ men

"Airing this content thus can encourage children to learn and/or justify inappropriate behavior."

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Guess what these LGBT protesters chanted at an antigay Christian conference?

They targeted Pastor Rick Warren's meetup for hosting guests hostile to gays and Muslims.

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How a sheltered housewife became the foremost in-your-face challenger of Christian homophobia

A modern day pro-LGBT Joan of Arc, Kathy Baldock’s advocacy is not from behind a computer screen, but face-to-face interaction with the most rabid anti-gay ministers in the U.S. evangelical movement.

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Longtime AIDS activist takes up a new fight: defending the FDA

WASHINGTON -- As an AIDS activist in the early 1990s, Gregg Gonsalves traveled to Washington to challenge the Food and Drug Administration. Gonsalves was part of the confrontational group Act Up, which staged protests outside the…

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Idaho’s ‘Add the Words’ gay rights activists promised pro-bono legal help

BOISE, Idaho -- Long before their arrests, activists seeking to add discrimination protections for gays and lesbians to Idaho's Human Rights Act added lawyers: The 44 people facing misdemeanor trespass charges after Monday's demonstration inside the…

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Activists target Sochi with social media, boycotts in protest of Russia anti-gay law

NEW YORK — Despite seven months of international outcry, Russia's law restricting gay-rights activity remains in place. Yet the eclectic protest campaign has heartened activists in Russia and caught the attention of its targets — including…

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War Stories: Booed gay soldier chronicles life in the closet to gay rights activist

When Stephen Snyder-Hill and his U.S. Army unit were taking fire during the 1991 war in Iraq, the then-18-year-old private glanced down at a picture he carried of his brother with a girlfriend. “I decided if…

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Gay rights activist Michelangelo Signorile working on new book

NEW YORK -- Michelangelo Signorile, the activist, SiriusXM host and popular author, sees many battles ahead for gay rights.

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Gay rights activists plan protest outside NYSE in response to ‘Russia Day’

NEW YORK -- In the latest in a series of ongoing, high-profile demonstrations against the Russian government’s anti-gay laws, activist group Queer Nation will protest outside the New York Stock Exchange Monday while Russian government…

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