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Film Featuring Openly Gay Bishop Gene Robinson Denied 'Family Friendly' Status
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
5:46pm

The Dove Foundation has denied Director the critically-acclaimed documentary LOVE FREE OR DIE, featuring Bishop Gene Robinson, its “Family Approved” seal.

06/13/11
Webby Awards to Honor Dan Savage for It Gets Better Project | 06/13/11

06/09/11
Maine Legislature Upholds Protections for Transgender People; House Passes Anti-Bullying Legislation | 06/09/11

05/20/11
Web-Filter Company Announces it Will Modify Software to Allow Access to LGBT Content in Schools | 05/20/11

05/20/11
The Power Within: Anti-Bullying Comic Book Raising Funds To Spread Positive Message | 05/20/11

“Sometimes you have to be your own hero.” Writer Charles "Zan" Christensen and artist Mark Brill have joined forces

05/20/11
UPDATE: Widespread Support for "Glee" & GLAAD's Action Against FOX Houston's "Is TV Too Gay?" Segment | 05/20/11

05/03/11
GLAAD Calls on FOX Houston to Apologize for Broadcasting Extremist Views in Response to "Glee" Anti-Bullying Episode | 05/03/11

04/05/11
Connecticut Teen's Unspoken YouTube Video Actually Says a lot About Bullying | 04/05/11

03/30/11
Déjà-vu: Lisa Ling's "Closer Look" at 'Ex-Gay' Idea Still Misses the Whole Point | 03/30/11

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Insurgent, Inclusive St. Patrick’s Day Parade Comes Into Its Own
03/04/13

Brendan Fay pointed to an e-mail on his computer screen from the New York Fire Department’s Emerald Society Pipes and Drums corps confirming that it would be marching in the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Queens, on Sunday.

COLUMN: ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ in the Black Church
03/04/13

I’d been assigned to write a story for Loop21.com, an online African-American publication, about how pastors at black churches were handling homosexuality with their congregations. I’d picked one of my friend’s fathers to interview, a Pentecostal minister in Chicago.

Contentious Illinois House vote expected on marriage equality
03/04/13

As Springfield lawmakers took another step toward legalizing gay marriage last week, Central Illinois couples who stand to benefit are waiting to see if it becomes law and what it will mean, while local officials are wondering how they’ll accommodate an expected surge in licenses.

Public opinion could sway Supreme Court's ruling on marriage
03/04/13

Public opinion on marriage for gay and lesbian couples has shifted with almost unprecedented speed since California voters banned such unions in 2008.

Puerto Rico slowly warms to more gay rights
03/04/13

The advance of gay rights across the United States is spreading into Puerto Rico, making the island a relatively gay-friendly outpost in a Caribbean region where sodomy laws and harassment of gays are still common.

No wedding boom for same-sex couples anticipated in Maine
03/04/13

Gay couples are booking wedding dates and exchanging vows in Maine, but inns and wedding venues aren’t expecting a deluge of new business like Massachusetts experienced when it became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage nearly a decade ago.

COLUMN: On gay players, league will have to change without litigation that forces it
03/04/13

This week’s flurry of reports regarding quiet curiosity and not-so-quiet interrogation of incoming NFL players on the issue of sexuality represents an obvious symptom of a deeper problem.

Wealthy Gay Couples Seen Paying More If Unions Legalized
03/04/13

Top-earning gay couples who married in states where the law permits it may soon be paying more in income taxes as the U.S. Supreme Court considers the legality of same-sex unions.

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