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Can Pastor Rick Warren continue his AIDS work in Africa and still deny equality for LGBT people?

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 2:05pm by Miriam Lazewatsky, Faith and Campaigns Fellow at GLAAD

Evangelical Pastor Rick Warren recently spoke with CNN's Piers Morgan about his work fighting the spread of AIDS in Africa as well as his views on sexual orientation. Warren compared being gay to wanting to punch another person in the face, claiming that we all have "natural" desires that should not be acted on. Warren has not yet made any statements regarding Uganda's "Kill the Gays" bill, which he condemned only after public pressure when it was originally introduced in 2009.

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Take Action Against Uganda's "Kill the Gays" Bill

Monday, November 26, 2012 - 3:17pm by Miriam Lazewatsky, Faith and Campaigns Fellow at GLAAD

Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” bill is still in play, and its connection to American Evangelical leaders has become clearer. Scott Lively, who is profiled on GLAAD’s CAP page, led an “anti-homosexuality” conference in Kampala, Uganda in 2009. He is now taking credit for much of the bill in an article published on World Net Daily. At the time of the conference, Lively was heavily criticized by the international community for meeting directly with Ugandan government officials and pushing for what has become known as the “Kill the Gays” bill.

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Disparate Supporters Came Together to Support Marriage Equality

Monday, November 19, 2012 - 2:58pm by Miriam Lazewatsky, Faith and Campaigns Fellow at GLAAD

A CNN.com piece looks at the human side of the marriage ballot initiatives in four states this November,

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Guest Post: Why I Tell My Story: Putting it all on the line

Monday, November 19, 2012 - 10:05am by Miriam Lazewatsky, Faith and Campaigns Fellow at GLAAD

Guest blogger Alex Patchin McNeill is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School and has worked with Believe Out Loud and More Light Presbyterians. He is currently the Director of Development at the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. He is the first openly transgender ministry inquirer in his conservative Presbyterian region in western North Carolina.

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GLAAD and thousands of New Yorkers gather to mourn victim of anti-gay hate violence

More than 1,500 New Yorkers gathered today in Manhattan to mourn the death of a 32 year-old gay man, who was shot down on Friday just blocks away from the historic Stonewall Inn in an apparent act of anti-gay bias.

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