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An open letter: Spread love, change history
It’s time for everyone to experience Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, for everyone to know they are beautiful just the way they are. It’s time for same-sex couples, same-sex parents, children of same-sex parents, and all LGBTQ persons at home, at school, in the workplace or in retirement to be protected by the laws of their lands. … It’s time to spread love. It’s time to change history.
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As Minn. readies for gay marriage, watch the first gay wedding – from 42 years ago
At midnight on Thursday, August 1, when Minnesota becomes the 12th U.S. state where same-sex marriage is legal, at least one Minneapolis couple will not be saying their vows. They already did — 42 years ago.
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Library of Congress acquires activist’s vast collection of gay rights memorabilia
WASHINGTON — The Library of Congress has acquired the papers, photographs, films and memorabilia of gay rights pioneer Lilli Vincenz, the nation’s largest library announced Thursday.
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Calif. moves to comply with 2011 law that requires teaching of LGBT history
SAN FRANCISCO — California education officials took the first step this week toward complying with a law that requires public schools to include prominent gay people and gay rights’ milestones in the curriculum, adopting a set of classroom material guidelines that prohibit “pejorative descriptions” based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
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LGBT History Month profile: Glenn Burke, first openly gay MLB player
Glenn Burke was the first Major League Baseball player to come out to his teammates and managers during his career.
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LGBT History Month profile: Mary Bonauto, civil rights attorney
For more than two decades, Mary Bonauto has served as the civil rights project director at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD).
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LGBT History Month profile: Ann Bannon, popular lesbian-theme fiction author
Ann Bannon is an author best known for her lesbian-themed fiction series, “The Beebo Brinker Chronicles.” The popularity of the novels earned her the title “The Queen of Lesbian Pulp Fiction.”
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LGBT History Month profile: Gloria Anzaldua, Author and scholar
Gloria Anzaldua was a leading scholar of feminist, queer and Chicana theories. She was the first author to combine these subjects in poetry, narrative and autobiographical works. She helped build a multicultural feminist movement and called for people of different races to move forward together.
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Broward County schools first in U.S. to recognize LGBT history month
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Broward County School Board members on Wednesday unanimously passed a formal resolution to recognize LGBT History Month, which takes place every October.
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The loss of Christian social power: The threat of LGBT rights
I feel that in order to understand why the culture war is a “war,” we must understand what those who fight against us feel that they are losing. To them, it is about Power. With LGBT people placed upon an equal playing field as them, they have lost their status as the movers of society.