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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.

07/03/09

For the past several months, my colleagues and I have been responding to the anti-gay infomercial Speechless: Si

06/12/09

Two weeks after mobilizing GLAAD supporters, Sacramento radio hosts Rob Williams and Arnie States apologized yesterd

06/11/09

Since June 1st, GLAAD has been actively mobilizing its supporters to take action against a highly offensive

06/10/09

As many know already from reading our previous

06/09/09

GLAAD has received a few updates about KRXQ and their advertisers.

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12/19/12

[In English] A young man is kidnapped, robbed then beaten to death and his body burned.

12/19/12

In addition to Constitution Week, Cyber Security Awareness Month and Wear Red for Women Day, Harvey Milk Day will now be officially recognized by Orange County supervisors.

12/19/12

About two years ago, 53-year-old Savanna DeLong changed her name and let people know she was making the physical transition from a man to a woman. DeLong said that most everyone was sympathetic, except one business where she said she worked.

12/19/12

The Maryland comptroller’s office says same-sex married couples will not be permitted to file joint tax returns in the state.

12/19/12

$10,000 is the amount of money an anonymous donor just gave to help find a missing Charlottesville man. Nobody has seen Dashad Smith for about a month now as investigators continue to focus on an landfill in Henrico County.

12/19/12

A former University of Toledo administrator has lost an appeal over her firing for an opinion piece she wrote that a court said implied that gay people don’t deserve the same rights as black people.

12/18/12

LGBT rights groups, led by Equality Virginia, the largest such group in the state, are rallying around an antidiscrimination bill ahead of the 2013 legislative session - just 30-days long, starting Jan. 9.

12/18/12

Inside their Taylorsville home, the family discussed for the first time the last moments of their youngest son’s life and what they hope his legacy will be: helping gay students, especially those from minority cultures, handle bullying and better training for educators in dealing with gay youths.

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