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Congress, these are real people's lives: Stop draconian amendments to immigration reform

Wednesday, June 19, 2013
2:00pm

GLAAD and other LGBT groups decry Senate's proposed amendments to immigration reform bill that make draconian demands for excessive and unfair enforcement provisions and border armament.

06/19/13

Congress, these are real people's lives: Stop draconian amendments to immigration reform | 06/19/13

GLAAD and other LGBT groups decry Senate's proposed amendments to immigration reform bill that make draconian demands for excessive and unfair enforcement provisions and border armament.

06/19/13

Here's how you should be writing about transgender people | 06/19/13

This week, the Associated Press reported on the New York City election campaign of Mel Wymore, a transgender man running for a city council seat in his Manhattan neighborhood.

06/19/13

Southern Baptists, Call me Kuchu, and a 'gay lobby' : this week's religion news summary | 06/19/13

From a possible 'gay lobby' in the Vatican to Uganda's tense anti-LGBT environment, this week's religion news summary has all the important LGBT religious news stories for you. Click here for the full list

06/19/13

Is Republican opposition to marriage equality all but dead? | 06/19/13

06/18/13

5 year old LGBT advocate takes anti-gay lemons and makes pink lemonade for peace | 06/18/13

"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.

06/18/13

Trans Pride roundup 2013! | 06/18/13

As we continue to celebrate Pride Month, GLAAD invites you to march for trans equality!

06/18/13

What happens when the news media focuses on reality? | 06/18/13

A recent study found that the media's 'positive' stories about marriage equality outnumbered their 'negative' ones by more than a five-to-one margin. But why?

06/16/13

GUEST POST: Coming out to my dad, an evangelical pastor | 06/16/13

Two years ago, Todd Clayton told his dad, who is an evangelical pastor, that he is gay. This is his story.

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LGBT groups slam immigration bill for boosting border security

06/19/13

A group of LGBT advocacy organizations blasted lawmakers in a joint statement to The Raw Story on Wednesday for considering emphasizing increased security along the border between the U.S. and Mexico a pre-requisite to speeding the citizenship process for undocumented immigrants already in the country.

BLACK PRIDE: What Does LGBT Pride Mean to You?

06/19/13

June is LGBT Pride Month and we reached out to Black LGBT folks and asked, “What does pride mean to you?” Here is a taste of the inspiring and amazing things they had to say.

For The Last Time, Single Black Mothers Don’t Make Gay Sons!

06/19/13

Atlanta radio personality and YouTuber Tommy Sotomayor recently pronounced from his own scientific study that single black mothers are the sole reason black males are gay, resulting in them proudly rapping about “gay” sex.

Label Whores: Looking Beyond ‘Masculine’ And ‘Feminine’

06/19/13

I hate Wal-Mart. Overcrowded, overwhelming and understaffed, this retail abyss was the bane of my existence back when I lived in Louisiana.

'Gay Lobby' in the Vatican - Really?

06/19/13

"A 'gay lobby' at the Vatican?

OP-ED: Yes, you can be gay and Christian

06/19/13

The Pew Research Center released a study last week that examined the lives of LGBT Americans. One portion of the study, which has garnered significant media attention is the relationship between LGBT people and religion.

Gay, Muslim, and seeking asylum

06/19/13

“My first insight of who I am was that I am a sin, inside and out, and that I’m better dead than alive,” Shrouk al-A

Study: America's Landlords Are Far Less Likely to Rent to Gay Couples

06/19/13

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has been trying to systematically measure housing discrimination against minorities in America for the last 40 years (latest update: it stubbornly still exists on a surprisingly wide scale).

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Hechos y Cifras: DOMA y la Proposición 8

03/11/13

Mientras que la Corte Suprema de EE.UU. se prepara para intervenir en los casos que cuestionan la llamada Acta del "Defensa del Matrimonio" y la anti-gay Proposición 8, GLAAD está colaborando con varias organizaciones para asegurar que en los medios de comunicación se aborden con precisión estos procesos históricos así como sus significado para parejas del mismo sexo. A continuación está una guía de recursos para ayudar a los profesionales de los medios a cubrir DOMA y la Proposición 8 durante y previo a las audiencias ante la Corte Suprema el 26 de marzo y 27.

Facts & Figures: DOMA/Proposition 8

03/04/13