Within moments of the announcement that, by a 61% margin, the Boy Scouts of America would be dropping its ban on gay scouts, denominations and faith groups offered their reactions.
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09/06/12
Armando Lucas Correa and Gonzalo Hernandez, longtime partners and fathers to three, are one of many real life LGBT families living lives like those portrayed on NBC’s upcoming sitcom, The New Normal.
09/05/12
Fathers Dan Allen and David DeGiralamo and their children Dominic and Juliet are one of many real life LGBT families living in the U.S., which NBC’s upcoming sitcom, The New Normal, will also focus on.
09/04/12
Camp Aranu'tiq in Connecticut and California fosters safe space for transgender youth.
08/30/12
A California Cub Scouts troop opposes Boy Scouts of America's discriminatory ban on gay scouts and LGBT leaders, saying it will ignore the anti-gay messages sent by the national organization.
08/29/12
A new book shares ten stories from New Hampshire's transgender community showing both the richness of their experiences and the hardships they face just for being who they are.
08/28/12
Carlos Maza from Equality Matters went undercover at a conference run by the education fund of the National Organization for Marriage to see exactly what is "inspiring" anti-gay activists these days.
08/25/12
GLAAD kicks off the 2nd Annual National of Color Media Institute in New York with star media trainer Joel Silberman.
08/20/12
Two young lesbian activists in El Salvador tell their stories of getting 'Conversion Therapy' from a psychologist, holding secret LGBT meetings in rural areas, and trying to overcome the male-dominated culture they feel is at the heart of anti-LGBT sentiment
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04/22/13
Thousands of gay marriage opponents waving pink and blue flags marched through Paris on Sunday in a last-ditch protest before a law allowing same-sex union and adoption is passed next week.
04/19/13
The National Center for Lesbian Rights' executive director calls on Congress to keep the momentum going on immigration reform in the wake of the tragedy in Boston.
04/19/13
The School Success and Opportunity Act (AB 1266), authored by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, has passed the Assembly’s Committee on Education by a vote of 5-2. Now it is headed towards the Assembly Floor.
04/19/13
GRESHAM, Ore. - Support is growing for an openly gay school principal who will soon be out of a job.
04/19/13
The letter from the parents was passionate and direct. It argued that the local United Way did not discriminate against gay people and that it should expect the same of a major recipient of its donations: the Washington region’s Boy Scouts.
04/19/13
John Paulk was once one of the most visible spokespeople for the ex-gay movement, appearing on the cover of Newsweek in 1998 under the headline “Gay For Life?” and championing Love Won Out ex-gay conferences across the country
04/19/13
In a Senate immigration proposal full of political minefields, it’s an omitted item that could fracture the delicate coalition backing the bill and force Democrats to choose between two key constituencies: gays and Latinos.
04/18/13
On what would have been Kayla Moore’s 42nd birthday, family members and the community at large celebrated her life and marched peacefully to the Berkeley police station Wednesday evening.