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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.

01/25/10
Hearing Set on Bill that Would Ban Out-of-State Marriage Recognition in Maryland | 01/25/10

01/21/10
Department of Justice Intervenes in Title IX Lawsuit over Anti-Gay Bullying | 01/21/10

01/19/10
UPDATE: GLAAD Demands and Receives an Apology from Notre Dame and The Observer | 01/19/10

On January 13, The Observer, the student newspaper at the University of Notre Dame ran an incredibly offens

01/19/10
LGBT Developments Around the Country | 01/19/10

Every week at state and local levels, there are numerous developments on key issues that deeply affect our community

01/14/10
Notre Dame Student Newspaper The Observer Apologizes For Publishing Dangerous Anti-Gay Cartoon | 01/14/10

On Wednesday, 13 January, The Observer, the stu

01/11/10
Anti-Gay Violence Hits Western New York: Causes Community Concern | 01/11/10

Lindsay Harmon was celebrating New Year’s Eve at Roxy’s, a popular lesbian bar in Buffalo, New York, when passersby

01/06/10
New Jersey Senate to Vote on Marriage Equality | 01/06/10

01/05/10
Annise Parker Sworn In as Houston Mayor, Notes Milestone for LGBT Community | 01/05/10

In a public celebration held on Monday, Annise Parker was sworn in as Houston’s 61st mayor and became the first open

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Marriage debated at RI General Assembly
01/07/13

Supporters of gay marriage are hoping national momentum behind gay marriage laws help make this the year Rhode Island joins the rest of New England in allowing same-sex couples to wed.

Supports believe Ill. marriage bill to pass this week
01/07/13

It's stalled in Springfield, but supporters of Illinois' gay marriage bill say they believe it will pass this week. Sunday, the archdiocese of Chicago used that platform to remind parishioners were the church stands.

Spencer Cox's Legacy as a Treatment Activist and a Gay Man With AIDS
01/07/13

When news surfaced on December 18 that Spencer Cox, one of the most important HIV treatment activists going back more than two decades, had died of AIDS-related causes at a Manhattan hospital at the age of 44, a haunting video clip of the Georgia native soon surfaced on Facebook.

Bill would strike anti-gay and abstinence-only lessons from Alabama sex-ed classes
01/04/13

A proposed state law would change the way that Alabama public schools teach lessons on LGBT people and birth control.

Meet One of The First Same Sex Couples to Get Married in Baltimore
01/04/13

Darcia and Dani were one of the first couples to wed upon marriage equality becoming legal in Maryland. Colorlines.com highlights their beautiful wedding.

Minnesota state senator promises marriage bill in 2013 session
01/04/13

The Minnesota state senator who will take the lead in that chamber on a bill to legalize marriage equality says backers will wait at least a month or two into the upcoming legislative session before they start to push it hard.

Sen. Durbin calls on Ill. lawmakers to approve marriage equality
01/04/13

The No. 2 Democrat in the U.S. Senate is calling on legislators in his state to pass legislation that would make Illinois the 10th state in the country to legalize marriage equality.

Northwest love stories: For 60 years, 'there wasn't anything else'
01/04/13

Eric Marcoux and Eugene Woodworth will celebrate 60 years together on June 13.

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