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LGBT History Month profile: Grammy award-winning artist Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin is a Grammy Award-winning pop singer. A professional entertainer since childhood, Martin has sold more than 60 million albums.
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NOM attacks transgender son of House GOP supporter of DOMA repeal
Brian Brown, President of the National Organization for Marriage, on Wednesday said that Rodrigo Lehtinen, the transgender son of U.S. Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, is the reason his mother became the first Republican co-sponsor of the House bill aimed at repealing the Defense of Marriage Act.
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Record number of gays, lesbians applying to become parents in South Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A year ago this month, Florida’s Third District Court of Appeals in Miami-Dade, ruled a 33 year-old law that barred gays and lesbians from adopting children unenforceable and the state’s attorney general declined to challenge it.
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Tea Party would love to see Black people ‘hanging on a tree,’ and gays in prison … or worse
There is a dangerous political atmosphere in the United States today as the culture wars have now become a rallying point for a vocal but wealthy minority in the far right that allows ancient prejudices and hatreds to become acceptable.
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The Grio: Rick Perry retreat co-host says MLK deserved no credit on civil rights
While hundreds of thousands of Americans converge on the National Mall to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this weekend as the president dedicates a memorial to the slain civil rights leader, Rick Perry, the newly minted Republican Party presidential front-runner, will be attending a retreat with a man who believes King deserves no such honor.
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ACLU settles suit against City of Miami Beach in wrongful arrest of gay man
The ACLU of Florida on Monday reached a settlement in a lawsuit against the City of Miami Beach and two police officers on behalf of Harold Strickland, a gay former Miami Beach resident wrongfully arrested in March 2009 in retaliation for calling 911 to report that police officers were beating and kicking a man who lay handcuffed on the ground.
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Miami-Dade, nation’s 4th largest school district, adds gender identity protections
The Miami-Dade school district — the fourth largest in the nation — on Thursday joined other districts across the state of Florida in protecting students from bullying based upon gender identity or sexual orientation.
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Macy’s celebrates ‘pride + joy’ — will participate in LGBT events nationwide
Retailing giant Macy’s on Thursday announced plans to join millions in celebration of LGBT Pride Month.
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Retired UK rugby star Ben Cohen wants you to ‘stand up’ against homophobia
We need more Ben Cohen’s in this world. Whether we like it or not, athletes are influential and inspiring. What they do and say can and will have an impact on millions of people, both young and old.
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Why you should attend a rural gay pride event this year
Look up a rural Pride event this summer. Go to it. Let us know you support us. Clap at the little parade, dance in a barn, make out with a hot cowboy, cowgirl and/or farmer, encourage a teen, hug a drag queen, listen to an elder, give money to a PFLAG chapter.