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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.

03/23/10
School Officials Allow Georgia Teen to Bring Boyfriend to Prom in Wake of Mississippi Dance Debacle | 03/23/10

03/22/10
Mississippi School Defends Decision to Cancel Prom; Ellen DeGeneres, Wanda Sykes Reach Out in Response | 03/22/10

03/18/10
South Florida Sun Sentinel Removes Offensive Poll Following GLAAD Outreach | 03/18/10

On Thursday, GLAAD was alerted to a Sun-Sentinel online poll that asked if gun owners made bette

03/16/10
Report on Transgender Employment Discrimination in New York Finds Ongoing Bias | 03/16/10
03/15/10
UPDATE: Mississippi Safe Schools Commission Reports Dozens of Offers to Host LGBT Inclusive Prom | 03/15/10

03/12/10
UPDATE: ACLU Sues Mississippi School after District Cancels Prom over Lesbian Couple | 03/12/10

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit on Thursday against a Mississippi high school that cancell

03/11/10
Mississippi School District Cancels Prom over Lesbian Couple | 03/11/10

03/03/10
Salt Lake City DA Files Charges in Alleged Hate Crime | 03/03/10

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Granbury bank employee’s firing shows need for ENDA in Texas
01/08/13

When Brokeback Mountain star Heath Ledger passed away, Marty Edwards said a co-worker at First National Bank of Granbury asked who Ledger was. “He was some faggot in a gay cowboy movie,” a senior loan officer answered. “Who cares if he died.”

Alabama Student Planned To Kill Gay, Black Classmates In Bomb Attack
01/08/13

Teenage white supremacist Derek Shrout has been arrested in Russell County, Alabama, after a teacher discovered a journal detailing his plot to attack his school with homemade explosives.

VIDEO: Ga. same-sex couples denied marriage licenses in peaceful action
01/08/13

Five gay couples lined up and asked for marriage licenses in Decatur, Ga., today, and all were denied, as expected, because Georgia prohibits marriage for same-sex couples.

IL State Senator: Ministers’ Vow Of Backlash For Marriage Equality Vote An ‘Empty Threat’
01/08/13

A coalition of West Side ministers was urging state lawmakers to reject legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois, but at least one lawmaker said the ministers’ threat of political backlash against lawmakers who vote for gay marriage was nothing but an “empty threat.”

Gallaudet president reinstates chief diversity officer
01/08/13

Gallaudet University announced late Monday that it has reinstated its chief diversity officer, who was placed on paid administrative leave in October for signing a petition to place Maryland’s same-sex marriage law on the ballot in a voter referendum.

OP-ED: Society leads on gay-rights issues while 'leaders' dawdle
01/08/13

President Barack Obama, a former Illinois legislator who launched his presidential campaign in Springfield as Lincoln did, supports gay marriage rights...Yet Illinois is expected to end another legislative session today without passing a gay marriage bill.

Transgender Teacher Sues Catholic School Over Firing
01/08/13

A transgender teacher is suing the New York City Catholic school where he worked for more than 30 years, claiming he was wrongfully terminated for growing out his hair, painting his fingernails and being "worse than gay."

Rhode Island Coalition Of Religious Leaders Endorses Marriage Equality
01/07/13

Though Catholic leaders continue to attack same-sex marriage in Rhode Island, a group of over 100 religious leaders from 13 different denominations throughout the state has come together to support equality.

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