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GLAAD thanks the many tireless advocates working to bring change to the #BoyScouts
Friday, May 24, 2013
3:01pm

After Thursday's historic vote, GLAAD would like to thank these incredible and tireless advocates for their working in helping to the BSA's anti-gay policies

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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OP-ED: Gay advocates have saved the institution of marriage
12/27/12

Who brought marriage back into the national dialogue as something Americans should want to do? Who made something old, ugly and weird suddenly desirable? In one word: Gays.

As marriage equality becomes legal in Md., some court clerks to stop performing marriages
12/27/12

Some deputy court clerks in St. Mary’s County will stop performing marriages when same-sex marriage becomes legal in Maryland next week. Joan Williams is clerk of the St. Mary’s Circuit Court.

Md. Marriage Equality to Take Effect in Less Than a Week
12/27/12

Same-sex marriage also will be allowed in Maryland next week, and another new law taking effect on Tuesday will allow veterans to have their veteran status shown on their driver’s license.

Kansas Advocate Stephanie Mott Shares Her Journey, Speaks Out On Transgender Issues
12/26/12

People who are transgender—meaning that they identify with a gender different from their biological one—face a difficult road to self-acceptance. They endure bullying and higher rates of discrimination in housing and the job market.

Discover Annapolis Tours No Longer Offering Wedding Services Because Owner Opposes Marriage Equality
12/26/12

A longtime fixture of the Maryland wedding scene will no longer offer services to couples planning to tie the knot because its owner is opposed to same-sex marriage.

Albany police, transgender groups building trust
12/26/12

A group of transgender people and crime victim advocates have been meeting monthly with Albany police and law enforcement officials to rewrite protocol and procedures and devise training for officers intended to preserve the dignity of transgender people who are arrested.

Gay lawmaker proposing ballot measure on marriage for Jersey voters
12/26/12

New Jersey’s first openly gay state lawmaker is proposing a ballot measure for voters to decide whether the state should recognize same-sex marriage — a suggestion similar to the one gay-marriage opponent Gov. Chris Christie made less than a year ago.

EDITORIAL: Legislators should decide marriage equality in New Jersey
12/26/12

Whether same-sex marriage should be legal in New Jersey ought to be decided by the Legislature, not in the court of public opinion. Senate President Stephen Sweeney believes lawmakers, not voters, should decide one of the most divisive social issues of the day, and he is right.

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