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#EqualLoveEqualRights: GLAAD Working with Campaign Founder Shane Bitney Crone

Monday, May 21, 2012 - 3:07pm by Justin Ward, Senior Media Field Strategist at GLAAD

On top of suddenly losing his partner of six years, Shane Bitney Crone was forced to suffer even more because his relationship wasn't legally recognized in the eyes of the law. Shane created a YouTube video with the hope that other couples won't have to go through what he did. The video has been viewed more than 2.4 million times.

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Remembering Sean Kennedy Five Years Later

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 1:21pm by Justin Ward, Senior Media Field Strategist at GLAAD

Five years ago today, Sean Kennedy was the victim of a brutal anti-gay hate crime that brought his life to an untimely end. He was just 20 years old. Today Sean’s memory lives on through the tireless work and indomitable spirit of his mother Elke.

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Rhode Island to Recognize Out-of-State Marriages of Same-Sex Couples

Monday, May 14, 2012 - 3:30pm by Justin Ward, Senior Media Field Strategist at GLAAD

Following a press conference on Monday, May 14, Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee (I) signed an executive order that will recognize the marriages of same-sex couples performed outside Rhode Island, in jurisdictions where marriage equality is legal. Chafee is the first governor in the country to sign such an executive order.

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National Organizations Respond to the Expulsion of Bullied Gay Teen Dynasty Young

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 1:30pm by Justin Ward, Senior Media Field Strategist at GLAAD

The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC), the Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) Network and the Indiana Youth Group (IYG) are among the organizations that have expressed their support for 17 year old Dynasty Young, the bullied gay teen from Indiana who's been expelled for using an electrical self-protection device as a way of protecting himself against physical violence.

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