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Will I Live To See My Wedding Day? |
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From the very first day
I could verbalize my
same-sex orientation, I
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I would never see my own
legally recognized
wedding. I fear that I
will never experience
the psychological and
social security of
marriage or a family
recognized and protected
by the law. I fear that
I will never have the
reassurance of the law
and thus of society's
affirmation that helps a
union survive.
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Full Faith And Credit Past Due |
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Teresa Morrison |
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On the eve of the
California supreme
court’s ruling on
same-sex marriage,
Teresa Morrison reflects
on another decision 60
years ago by that same
court, which defied
popular prejudice to
further marriage
equality and turned the
tide of the nation’s
status quo. |
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Homophobia 101 |
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Danton Remoto |
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Why do some men cringe
at the mere mention of
the G-word? Why do some
men cover their crotches
the moment they enter a
packed MRT train and see
a gay man in front of
them? |
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 ACLU Urges LGBT People To "Get Busy, Get Equal" |
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ACLU Press Release |
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Get Busy, Get Equal now
incorporates new
technology to make it
easier for LGBT people
to work for change in
their
communities. The website
offers tools for ending
gay and transgender
discrimination, making
schools safe, and winning
recognition for LGBT
relationships.
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Hagee Promises 'Greater Compassion And
Respect' For Catholics; Will He Do The Same For Gay
Community? |
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Think Progress |
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Just last month, John
McCain's pastor reiterated
his prior claim that
Hurricane Katrina was
punishment to New Orleans
for hosting a gay pride
parade. Though he appeared
to back away from the
claim after McCain called
it “nonsense,” he
re-embraced it last week
on a conference call with
religious supporters. |
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The Believers |
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Tim Murphy |
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Three years after the
furor over a teenage boy
who was forcibly sent to
one of its camps, the
ex-gay movement may be
losing steam. Meanwhile,
ex-gay survivors are
gaining strength. But are
the two groups really that
different? Tim Murphy
finds out. |
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Why Change Happens |
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Sara Robinson |
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Change happens because
humans want to improve
their condition, and apply
ingenuity and good
problem-solving to create
progress. |
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White People Look Out For White People
And Black People Look Out For Black People |
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Bil Browning |
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One of the backdrops of
this primary season has
been the ingrained racism
and sexism both Democratic
frontrunners have had to
endure. One of the first
questions asked about each
candidate was "Is America
ready for a black/woman
president?" Why? America
is a racist and sexist
nation. |
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A Few Words On LGBT Polling |
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Alex Blaze |
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A new study from Clark,
Martire & Bartolomeo, on
behalf of PlanetOut Inc.
and advertising agency
Prime Access, about gay
and lesbian spending
habits is a good example
of many of the common
pitfalls in studying LGBT
people. |
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 Courts Rule In Favor Of Deception |
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Deb Price |
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Anti-gay crusaders are
deceiving voters about
their
strategies and intentions
-- and the courts are
playing along. |
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Will Bush Crony Scott Bloch's
Gay-Hating Finally Catch Up With Him? |
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Bill Berkowitz |
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The FBI is now
investigating the man who
declared war on equal
protection for gays in
federal workplaces. |
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Parenting With Heart |
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Jane Czyzselska |
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What's best for baby?
What matters is that
children have two loving
parents, whatever their
gender. Efforts to deny
lesbian couples access to
fertility treatment
services could have
dangerous results. |
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The Destruction Of The Black
Transwoman Image |
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Monica Roberts |
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Ever since the advent of
the slave trade, the Black
female image has been
subjected to a wide array
of slights, outrageous
comments, and bigoted or
racist behavior. |
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 Harvey Milk Statue To Be Unveiled At
SF City Hall |
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CBS.5.com KPIX TV |
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A statue of San
Francisco's first gay
supervisor is going
to be unveiled during a
gala party at City Hall
this month. Milk advanced
the struggle for lesbian,
gay, bisexual and
transgender rights by
becoming one of the first
openly gay elected
officials in the country,
winning a seat on the
board of supervisors in
1977. Less than a year
after taking office, he
was assassinated by a
political opponent. |
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Community Homophobia Breeds Community
Outcries |
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Pride Source |
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If people believe that
their opinion matters,
they will voice it. And if
the local rising of voices
against homophobic
displays shows anything,
it's that the opinion is
largely that LGBTs deserve
the same respect and
rights as anyone else. It
may not seem like a lot,
but to our community, it's
good to know that we - and
our allies - care enough
to do something. |
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Bushnation Adds Still Another Humiliating Blunder! |
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 Just
when you thought the destruction of Iraq and New Orleans, the alienation of
the US around the world, the collapse of not just the dollar but the entire
US economy was all the damage Bushnation could do...a new "unfortunate
choice of words" has vomited out of the deadly orifice of the worst
administration ever. |
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Innocent foreign students with visas to study in the US have like
generations of their predecessors sought work visas to work their way
through school. |
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The Transportation Security Administration told WJ Von Appel, an
oceanography student from MIT that he could not work anywhere near water
because "He posed a security risk". Is it a coincidence that the official
issuing these paranoid poison pen letters is named Busch, John M. that is. |
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Five thousand foreign exchange students have received one of Busch's
"unfortunate choice of words" missives |
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Sophie Clayton who studied Homeland security at MIT realized that this was
not just a bureaucratic blunder: "They have labeled me unemployable in my
chosen field of expertise!" |
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When Transportation Dept spokesperson and former stripper Anne Howe was
asked to comment on yet another Bush fiasco she said that unfortunate choice
of words was one of the clever trademarks of the Bush branding and "who
wanted foreigners near American waters any way?!" |
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