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5 year old LGBT advocate takes anti-gay lemons and makes pink lemonade for peace
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.

05/12/10
Indiana Man Murdered Allegedly for Being Gay | 05/12/10
04/22/10
Candlelight Vigil to Honor Life of Amanda Gonzalez-Andujar | 04/22/10

04/20/10
Tennessee School Relents in Battle to Allow Pro-Gay Messages | 04/20/10

04/19/10
Openly Gay Georgia Teen, Boyfriend Attend Prom without a Hitch | 04/19/10

04/13/10
Utah's KTVX ABC 4 Sensationalizes News About LGBT Youth | 04/13/10

04/01/10
Community Mourns the Loss of Amanda Gonzalez-Andujar in Queens; GLAAD Works to Ensure Fair and Accurate Coverage | 04/01/10

Late Tuesday night police found Amanda Gonzalez-Andujar, a 29-year-old transgender woman, strangled to death in her

03/30/10
UPDATE: Students Protest Georgia School's Decision to Allow Gay Teens at Prom | 03/30/10

03/24/10
UPDATE: Georgia Parents Kick Gay Teen Out of the House over Prom Date | 03/24/10

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INDIANA: State GOP Moving Slowly On Marriage Bans
01/09/13

Indiana GOP state Rep. Eric Turner says he will introduce a constitutional ban on marriage equality in the new session.

Marriage equality: Nothing to fear in Illinois
01/09/13

Right now, the legislature in Illinois is at an important juncture with the possibility of upcoming vote on marriage

Illinois state Rep. Kelly Cassidy and Kelley Quinn engaged after proposal at state Capitol
01/09/13

After a nearly week-long lame duck session that she deemed particularly “lame” due to little legislative action, Rep. Kelly Cassidy said she was not in any way expecting her girlfriend of nearly three years, Kelley Quinn, to kneel down steps away from the glowing Capitol building to propose.

NY Court of Appeals won't hear case alleging "gay" label as slander
01/09/13

New York state's top court on Tuesday refused to hear an appeal of a ruling that held it was not slander per se to falsely call someone gay.

TX gay couple asked to leave family fun center, told they are ‘not family’
01/09/13

A gay Plano couple is upset after a fun date night Sunday at Main Event was ruined when they were told they were not a family and asked to leave the venue.

FL gay teen scolds City Council for inaction on expanding civil rights
01/09/13

In front of the Boca Raton City Council Tuesday night, 17-year-old Tyler Morrison evoked the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. for a similar reason he had recalled President Abraham Lincoln's words two months earlier in the same spot.

Brooklyn Dad Starts Scouting Troop That Welcomes Girls, Gay Members
01/09/13

Growing up in Iowa, Todd Schweikert loved being a Boy Scout, and he even made it through the rigorous process of becoming an elite Eagle Scout. Schweikert wanted his 7-year-old son to have the same positive experience, but he was turned off by the Boy Scouts of America's anti-gay policies.

COLUMN: Utah County GOP shuns gay-friendly conservative?
01/09/13

Utah County GOP Vice Chairwoman Bonnie Morrow asked her brother, tea party leader and former gubernatorial candidate David Kirkham, for help finding a well-known Republican to give the keynote speech at the county’s Lincoln Day Dinner Feb. 9.

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