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Faith groups react to the Boy Scouts vote to drop the ban on gay Scouts

Thursday, May 23, 2013
8:08pm

Within moments of the announcement that, by a 61% margin, the Boy Scouts of America would be dropping its ban on gay scouts, denominations and faith groups offered their reactions.

05/23/13

Faith groups react to the Boy Scouts vote to drop the ban on gay Scouts | 05/23/13

Within moments of the announcement that, by a 61% margin, the Boy Scouts of America would be dropping its ban on gay scouts, denominations and faith groups offered their reactions.

05/23/13

GUEST POST: A gay Mormon pleads for inclusive Scouting | 05/23/13

Some of us don’t have to imagine how painful it is to be a gay Scout. We were one. Growing up as a Mormon boy in Idaho, scouting was pretty much built into my pathway to becoming an adult. It was as much a part of the plan for my youth as many Mormon rights of passage: baptism, being ordained to the priesthood, and passing the sacrament on Sundays.

05/23/13

Ya es hora de poner fin a la prohibición anti-gay en los Boy Scouts | 05/23/13

Ya es hora de que los Boy Scouts de América sigan el ejemplo del pueblo estadounidense adoptando políticas que acogen a todos.

05/23/13

LGBT and allied organizations call for equality in Scouting | 05/23/13

LGBT and allied organizations across the country are speaking up for equality in Scouting, as 1,400 Boy Scouts of America voting members in Dallas vote today on making Scouting more inclusive.

05/22/13

President of Boy Scouts to USA Today: Let in gay youth | 05/22/13

USA Today published an op-ed by Wayne Perry, the President of the Boy Scouts of America, in which he urges the 1,400 voting members gathering in Dallas to vote to allow gay youth to be a part of Scouting.

05/22/13

Photos: GLAAD on the ground at the Boy Scouts vote in Dallas | 05/22/13

GLAAD wrapped up its press conference in Dallas, as 1,400 members of the Boy Scouts of America National Council meet in Dallas to vote on a resolution critical to equality in Scouting. Get a full recap of today's events and see a video of James Dale speaking about the anti-gay ban by following our live blog at www.glaad.org/scouts.

05/22/13

UPDATE: Texas lawmakers do not pass anti-trans marriage bill | 05/22/13

SB 1218, a Texas bill which was geared to restrict transgender Texans from getting marriage licenses has died.

05/22/13

Keep up with all the action at the #BoyScouts vote at GLAAD's live blog | 05/22/13

Visit http://www.glaad.org/scouts for our live, up-to-the minute coverage of the Boy Scout vote in Dallas, Texas.

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Here Are The Best States To Be A Transgender High School Athlete

05/24/13

As reported by the Times earlier this month, new legislation in California could make that state the first to legally guarantee the rights of transgender high school athletes.

There Is No Such Thing As A “Safe” City For Queer People

05/24/13

I grew up in an apartment just off Main Street in Lewisville, Texas. The sign in front of my school, just three blocks away, boasted for all the city’s 80,000 residents to see “Lewisville High School, Home of the Fighting Farmers.”

COLUMN: Obama’s gay inclusion at Morehouse

05/24/13

President Obama’s commencement address at Morehouse College in Atlanta certainly has gotten a lot of attention. Quite a few Africans Americans don’t like how he talks to predominantly black audiences.

Complaint accuses Exxon Mobil of anti-gay bias

05/24/13

One after another, major U.S. corporations have updated anti-discrimination policies to protect gay, lesbian and transgender workers, drawing plaudits from gay-rights groups. There's one prominent exception: Exxon Mobil.

Queens, the Bronx See Rise in Anti-Gay Attacks

05/24/13

The recent spate of anti-gay hate crimes has shocked many in the gay community. According to police, these crimes have more than doubled so far this year from 14 to 29, and most have been in Manhattan.

Boy Scouts Vote to End Ban on Gay Scouts; Gay Adults Still Barred

05/23/13

There's evidence the gay ban has hurt the organization.

Boy Scouts permitirán el ingreso de niños gay a sus filas

05/23/13

Después de años de controversia y negativas, los Boy Scouts de America, la organización juvenil más grande del país

LGBT Job Discrimination Bill Won’t See Action Until July, Senator Says

05/23/13

LGBT advocates — who faced a setback this week when the Senate kept protections for same-sex couples out of immigration reform — will have to wait until after the Fourth of July holiday to see any action on another top priority: a bill to ban workplace discrimination against LGBT people.

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GUÍA DE RECURSOS: 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.

DOMA/Proposition 8 Resource Kit

03/04/13

As the U.S.

The Pulse of Equality: A Snapshot of U.S. Perspectives on LGBT People and Policies

12/03/08

GLAAD released a new survey conducted by Harris Interactive

La organización Boy Scouts of America Vota a favor de permitir Scouts gays

05/23/13

DALLAS, TX, 23 de mayo 2013 - A raíz de una campaña de más de un año por GLAAD, organización que aboga por l

Nation's Leading LGBT Advocacy Organizations Respond to Senate Judiciary Committee Failure to Consider UAFA

05/21/13

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