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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.

10/24/08

Proponents of California’s Proposition 8 have been talking about everything but taking away the right of gay couples

10/23/08

The below post is by Sarah Kennedy, the Central Region’s Media Field Strategist here at GLAAD.

10/22/08

Arkansas Families First, a coalition of citizens who oppose a ballot initiative that would ban adoption by unmarried

10/13/08

Recently GLAAD's Central Region Media Field Strategist, Sarah Kennedy, visited Kansas City, Missouri, to participate

10/10/08

Matthew Shepard's murder was a dark moment in our nation's history.

10/10/08

A decade after his murder, organizations and communities around the country are remembering the legacy of Matthew Sh

10/08/08

GLAAD's Media Field Strategy team gets phone calls and emails every day, from people all over the country.

10/06/08

On September 20, GLAAD’s Southern Media Field Strategist, Yana Walton, traveled to Birmingham, Alabama to meet with

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12/05/12

Beneath the foggy mirror in a makeshift locker room no bigger than a storage closet sit 11 women, their wide eyes affixed to an overdressed basketball coach who is delivering a pregame speech that is equal parts inspiration and four-letter words.

12/05/12

For $35, Bryn Kelly will cut your hair into an Elvis-inspired pomp or a Don Draper taper haircut. The 32-year-old Brooklyn hairdresser has set herself a goal of raising $7,000 as quickly as possible, in a bid to put a down payment on a long-awaited sex reassignment surgery.

12/05/12

Janeé Harteau was sworn in as the city's 52nd police chief on Thursday before a crowd of 300 people in the rotunda of Minneapolis City Hall, as Sgt. Holly Keegel, whom she introduced as her "life partner," and their 13-year-old daughter, Lauren, stood by her side.

12/05/12

School officials are standing by their belief that a policy to address the needs of transgender students is not necessary in the district, despite more than 10,000 people asking them to write one.

12/05/12

Gov. Chris Gregoire will sign marriage equality into law at a ceremony, where she will be joined by gay couples who plan to marry.

12/05/12

Hundreds of Boise residents applauded repeatedly Tuesday as City Council members and Mayor David Bieter explained why they support an ordinance that will criminalize discrimination in employment, housing and public places for reasons of sexual orientation or gender identity.

12/05/12

A federal judge cleared the way on Tuesday for California’s new law banning gay “conversion therapies” for minors, one day after another federal judge, in a separate decision, called the ban an unconstitutional infringement on speech.

12/04/12

Councilmember Todd Gloria today was unanimously elected president of the San Diego City Council, as the city celebrated the inauguration of Mayor Bob Filner. Gloria, who is openly gay, represents District 3 that includes the LGBT-dominated areas of Hillcrest and North Park.

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