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New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn To March For Passing Of GENDA In New York State
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
7:50pm

Tomorrow, New York City council speaker Christine Quinn along with Empire State Pride Agenda and members LGBT advocacy organizations, including the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF), Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, and The Ali Forney Center will march on the steps of City Hall, in New York City.

"With Liberty and Justice for ALL" - African American Pastor Writes for Marriage Equality in Maryland
11/05/12

On Nov. 6, 2012, 148 years after becoming “The Free State,” voters in the state of Maryland will have an opportunity to make history by becoming the first state in the Union to pass a marriage equality law at the voting booth.

LGBT faith leaders meet in Harlem
11/05/12

Over 100 faith leaders – including lay people, divinity students and clergy – met last Saturday in Harlem for an insp

The Daily Beast Higlights Unique Challenges for Trans Voters
11/05/12

The Daily beast highlights the impact of revised photo-ID laws on trans voters.

MD Pastor says Sandy Was God’s Punishment for Bloomberg’s Support of Marriage Equality
11/05/12

Pastor Luke Robinson of Quinn Chapel AME Church in Frederick, Maryland (speaking at an anti-Question 6 event yesterda

Maine GOP House Member says he was too "chicken" to support marriage in 2009
11/02/12

Maine GOP House Member Stacey Fitts is telling voters in a pro-marriage equality ad "I've always been a Republican.

Question 6, President Obama Supports Marriage Equality
10/26/12

President Barack Obama's campaign released a statement this afternoon in support of Question 6, Maryland's same-sex m

Hate Crimes Up 15% in L.A. County
10/25/12

After three years of steady decline, hate crimes in Los Angeles County rose 15 percent last year, including crimes motivated by anti-LGBT bias.

Transgender Inmate Case Presented to Appeals Court
10/25/12

Lawyers for transgender inmate Ophelia De' Lonta in Virginia presented her case before the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday, asking that a lower court ruling that denied her state funding for surgery be reversed.

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