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Memorial Day includes gay and lesbian Americans, while the law does not
While all Americans have a right to serve openly in the military, without regard to sexual orientation, thanks to the repeal of the ‘Don’t ask don’t tell’ law, LGBT servicemembers still suffer rampant discrimination with regard to marriage equality, green card sponsorship of binational partners or spouses and a host of other missing benefits caused by lack of equality under the civil law of the U.S.A.
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Memories and Memorials — for the countless many, lost far too young
For me, Memorial Day is about honoring not only those who died fighting for our freedom, but also those closer, lost to far different battles, particularly AIDS. … And so, this Memorial Day, I’ll pause and honor the many of my own troops who have fallen in battle. They may not have had the uniform or the recognition of our armed forces, but the wars they fought were just as valiant, and I, for one, am richer for their many, varied gifts and sacrifices.
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Californians, gay rights advocates worldwide remember Harvey Milk
Today is “Harvey Milk Day,” a day of honor for the slain gay-rights activist, which is officially recognized by the State of California and celebrated worldwide.
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Donna Summer dead at 63
Donna Summer. She was disco’s biggest star. From the orgiastic “Love to Love You Baby,” to the bittersweet “Last Dance” and “On The Radio,” she could claim some of the most enduring hits of the era. Sadly, TMZ is reporting that the 63-year-old Summer died today, quietly, in Florida, after a battle with lung cancer.
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President Obama remembers gay Holocaust victims
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday spoke at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to mark Yom HaShoah, or the Holocaust Remembrance Day, and during his speech the president referred directly to the homosexual victims of Nazi persecution.
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Pelosi attends debut of permanent AIDS quilt display in Castro
SAN FRANCISCO — An at times tearful Nancy Pelosi joined with local AIDS agency leaders and Castro business owners at the debut Wednesday of a new permanent display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in San Francisco’s LGBT district.
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San Diego LGBT, AIDS activist Mike Tidmus dies at age 60
SAN DIEGO – Well-known AIDS and LGBT activist Mike Tidmus of San Diego died Sunday. He was 60. Tidmus’ death was reported on his Facebook page by his brother.
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He Died Waiting to Get Married
A heartbreaking story out of California tonight. Last March, we posted this article about Derence Kernek and Ed Watson, who recorded a video for California’s 9th Circuit Court, requesting that they allow Judge Walker’s decision to overturn Prop 8 to stand. This request was because Watson had recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and they wanted […]
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‘If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet shatter every closet door’
On this day, 33 years ago, former San Francisco City Supervisor Dan White took a gun to City Hall and shot openly-gay Supervisor Harvey Milk five times — the final two shots had White pressing his gun directly at Milk’s skull, according to the medical examiner.
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Labor Secretary Hilda Solis memorializes transgender Americans lost to hate
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on Friday issued this statement, marking today’s 2011 Transgender Day of Remembrance, and memorializing transgender Americans who have lost their lives as a result of violence.