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5 year old LGBT advocate takes anti-gay lemons and makes pink lemonade for peace
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
5:46pm

"A little lemonade can go a long way," and that's exactly what happened when 5 and a half year old Jayden Sink decided to sell her Pink Lemonade for Peace this weekend. Her stand was located in front of the beautifully-painted rainbow Equality House that is located across from the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church.

Brendon Ayanbadejo, Chris Kluwe file brief supporting marriage equality
03/01/13

Neither Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo nor Vikings punter Chris Kluwe have shied away from supporting gay marriage in a public forum.

Man charged in gay mayoral candidate's Miss. murder
03/01/13

Authorities in Mississippi said Thursday they had charged a man with the death of Clarksdale mayoral candidate Marco McMillian, described by a national organization as one of the first viable openly gay office-seekers in the state.

COLUMN: No surprise in Obama’s marriage equality brief
03/01/13

Anyone surprised by the Obama administration amicus brief calling on the Supreme Court to strike down Proposition 8, the California constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, hasn’t been paying attention to the president.

BREAKING: House Passes LGBT-Inclusive Version Of Violence Against Women Act
02/28/13

This bi-partisan version of the measure includes protections for LGBT people, as well as undocumented immigrants and Native Americans.

OPINION: Is Marriage Equality Really a Conservative Cause?
02/28/13

Ok I get it: Conservatives just love gay marriage. Ted Olson, the conservative super-lawyer who helped press George W. Bush into office, has co-led the legal challenge to California's gay marriage ban, now headed to the Supreme Court.

Frank, 8-Year-Old Cub Scout, Writes Letter Asking Boy Scouts To Allow Gay Participants
02/28/13

An 8-year-old Cub Scout has penned a poignant letter asking the Boy Scouts of America to allow gay participants. The boy, identified in the letter only as Frank, writes, "Pleese suport gay pepel more let them in scouts. It's not like thir evil."

Miss. town stunned by slaying of openly gay mayoral candidate; person of interest in custody
02/28/13

Whatever his prospects for winning the coming mayoral election in his hometown of Clarksdale, Miss., Marco McMillian was considered by many to be a man on the rise. So word spread fast when his SUV was involved in a wreck this week, and he was nowhere to be found.

POLL: 61 Percent Of Californians Support Marriage Equality
02/28/13

Today is the deadline for submitting amicus (friend of the court) briefs in the Supreme Court case challenging California’s Proposition 8, and a new poll suggests California is more ready than ever to embrace marriage equality.

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