LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH, 2013 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION For more than two centuries, our Nation has struggled to transform the ideals of liberty and equality from founding promise into lasting reality. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans and their allies have been hard […]
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President Obama Releases 2013 LGBT Pride Month Proclamation
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I Stand with New York
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I stand with New York’s LGBT Community. Since January, more than two dozen anti-gay hate crimes have occurred in the City of New York. In a year when we stand to make the most significant strides for equality, it is unsettling to hear of these gay bashings take place across the country. As a community, […]
Liberace – Lawsuits and Allegations of Homosexuality
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I am watching “Behind the Candleabra: My Life with Liberace” and couldn’t help diving into the backstory of Liberace and allegations of homosexuality. In the words of another 60’s icon: “fascinating.” via Wikipedia. Liberace’s fame in the United States was matched for a time in the United Kingdom. In 1956, an article in the Daily Mirror by […]
Peace Corps. Begins Accepting Applications from Same Sex Couples
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via Queerty. For the first time since it was founded in 1961, the Peace Corps has announced that the organization will begin accepting applications for same-sex couples to serve together overseas. Officials from the Peace Corps believe the change in policy will diversify the pool of applicants wishing to do humanitarian work abroad, and toughen the competitiveness of the […]
12 Movies Curious Gay Kids Watched In The ’90s
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via BuzzFeed. 12 Movies Curious Gay Kids Watched In The ’90s If you were young and figuring yourself out, these were the flicks you paid extra attention to. We might not have been out in the ’90s — we might not even have realized we were gay — but there were certain movies that captured […]
The United Nations Tackles Homophobia
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The UN Reassures Oppressed LGBTs the World Over — “You Are Not Alone.” The United Nations’ new anti-homophobic video campaign is quite clear. LGBT rights are human rights. In 76 countries worldwide it is illegal to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. LGBTers may even face the death penalty for who they are.
Banned 1995 Guinness ad becomes a hit 17 years later
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via A Wider Bridge. In 1995 an ad for the beer brand Guinness, that showed a couple of men in their home, was censored. Fifteen years later it was uploaded to the web, and 2 years after that it became a web sensation! A gay couple kissing on the cheek was too much for the […]
Watch These Straight People Answer A Question Gay People Have Been Asked For Years
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Watch These Straight People Answer A Question Gay People Have Been Asked For Years Watching these straight people react to being asked a question that gay people have been asked forever is pretty delightful. If only more people were this empathetic and understanding…
10 Down, 40 to Go: Rhode Island Legalizes Gay Marriage
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Rhode Island passes gay marriage law and becomes the final state in New England and the 10th state in the US to legalize gay marriage. Including an excerpt from Lincoln Chafee, Governor of Rhode Island’s Op. Ed. in the New York Times on why he is signing the bill into law. “When I sign the […]
New Zealand Becomes 13th Nation To Legalize Gay Marriage
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New Zealand has become the 13th country in the world, and the first in the Asia-Pacific region, to legalize same-sex marriage. The entire Parliament broke into song after the bill was passed. I love Kiwis.
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