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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.

08/12/09
Georgia Columnist Equates Gay Men to Public Sex, Suggests They Should be ‘Chased Off’ By Dogs | 08/12/09

08/05/09
Minnesota Based Online GLBTQ High School to Start Classes in January | 08/05/09

07/31/09
Salt Lake City Prosecutor Drops Charges Against Gay Couple | 07/31/09

As we mentioned here on July 15th, a gay cou

07/22/09
Anti-Gay Infomercial May Be Coming to Your Local TV Station | 07/22/09

07/20/09
Fort Worth TABC Chief Acknowledges Violations in Rainbow Lounge Raid | 07/20/09

07/15/09
Gay Couple Detained for Kissing | 07/15/09

It used to be Main Street in Salt Lake City – a road through the heart of downtown.  Now it seems a stroll down

07/15/09
Man Arrested In Connection With Anti-Gay Robberies in N.Y. | 07/15/09

Driton Nicaj, a 19-year old Manhattan man, was arres

07/10/09
GLAAD in Syracuse for Lateisha Green's Trial | 07/10/09

I am on the ground in Syracuse preparing for next week's court trial involving the murder of Lateisha Green.

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CUAllies Rejected
12/20/12

Two weeks after the Catholic University of America rejected the proposal for CUAllies, a student organization for LGBT students and their allies, the club's lead organizer says supporters have not conceded.

MN Lawmakers Plan Marriage Equality Push For January
12/20/12

Now that Minnesota voters have rejected an amendment constitutionally defining marriage as one man, one woman, activists and allies in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party there say they plan to push for full marriage equality early next year.

No charges in San Francisco '04 transgender homicide
12/20/12

Police arrested two men in the 2004 death of a transgender San Francisco woman, but it appears the district attorney's office has never filed charges against the former suspects in the case.

Franchot pledges to allow gay married couples in Md. to file taxes together
12/20/12

Gay couples will be allowed to marry in Maryland starting Jan. 1, but as things stand now, they won’t be allowed to file joint tax returns. Comptroller Peter Franchot said Wednesday that he is committed to changing that before income taxes are due for 2013.

Fired gay VCU coach has new job in mind: His old one
12/20/12

James Finley says he has options. He won't reveal names out of fairness to each administration's decision-making process, but four universities, including two from major conferences, have expressed interest in him being their women's volleyball coach.

Fla. spilt on marriage equality
12/20/12

Florida voters are split on gay marriage and oppose legalizing marijuana, according to a state poll released Thursday. The survey by Quinnipiac University of 1,261 registered voters found that 45 percent oppose gay marriage while 43 percent support it.

Ethics panel fines pro-gay-marriage group in Maine
12/20/12

The ethics commission today voted to fine L PAC, an out-of-state political action committee that supports gay marriage, for missing filing deadlines leading up to the Nov. 6 election.

Mets prospect Syndergaard, acquired in Dickey trade, apologizes for using gay slur
12/20/12

New York Mets pitching prospect Noah Syndergaard, acquired from the Toronto Blue Jays in the R.A. Dickey trade, apologized Tuesday for using an anti-gay slur on his Twitter account last week, the New York Post reported.

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