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PHOTOS: 'Take Back the Night' rally following anti-LGBT attacks in NYC
Friday, May 17, 2013
4:42pm

LGBT New Yorkers held a 'Take Back the Night' rally in response to a string of anti-LGBT attacks that have occurred in the last two weeks. The rally, organized by Queer Rising, brought together a diverse range of LGBT and allied people to advocate for LGBT safety.

06/15/10
NYC LGBT Community Stands Against Anti-Transgender and Gay Murders in Puerto Rico | 06/15/10

06/10/10
Chicago Tribune Sports Editor Takes Cheap Shot at Philadelphia Flyers Player | 06/10/10

06/04/10
GLAAD Urges Media to Scrutinize Offensive Comments by Senator Orrin Hatch | 06/04/10

05/25/10
Friday May 28th in NYC: Bi Lines III: A Celebration of Bisexual Writing | 05/25/10
05/14/10
Equality California to Celebrate 1st Annual Harvey Milk Day | 05/14/10

05/13/10
Suspect in Murder of Gay Puerto Rican Teen Pleads Guilty | 05/13/10

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

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Illinois Lt. Gov., TV star support families formed by marriage equality
01/02/13

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, a star of ABC’s “Modern Family,” joined Lt. Governor Sheila Simon this morning in Chicago to advocate for gay marriage in Illinois.

San Diego Sheriff to reexamine treatment of transgender inmates
01/02/13

The only document resembling guidelines for handling transgender inmates in local jails was issued by the San Diego County Sheriff's Department more than five years ago.

The Incredible Story of What Happened When Two Gay Men Were Harassed While Waiting for Pizza
01/02/13

This past weekend I was a part of something incredible that happened in my community of Columbus, Ohio. After a fun night out in the Short North, my friend Ethan and I ventured down the street to a popular pizza truck called Mikey's Late Night Slice.

Sperm donor for lesbian couple’s baby ordered by court to pay child support, vows to fight ruling
01/02/13

A Kansas man who donated his sperm to help father a child for a lesbian couple has been ordered by the state to pay child support for the daughter he helped conceive.

Rep. Brian Sims is the first openly gay lawmaker elected to the Pennsylvania legislature
01/02/13

A Philadelphia lawyer made history on Tuesday when he was sworn in as the first openly gay lawmaker elected to the Pennsylvania legislature. Brian Sims, 34, ran unopposed in the November election after ousting longtime Rep. Babette Josephs in the Democratic primary in the Center City district.

Marriage equality law takes effect in Maine; couples tie the knot in the first hours of the new law
01/02/13

After waiting years and seeing marriage rights nearly awarded and then retracted, gay couples in Maine’s largest city didn’t have to wait a moment longer than necessary to wed, with licenses issued at the stroke of midnight as the law went into effect.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender couples will request marriage licenses in Mobile on Friday
01/02/13

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender couples will request marriage licenses across the South - including Mobile - in January as part of the WE DO Campaign, a project of the Campaign for Southern Equality.

Transgender man faces difficulty in getting divorced from wife in Arizona
01/02/13

Thomas Beatie, a transgender father of three, is fighting an Arizona judge to get a divorce from his wife of nine years, Nancy Beatie, with a decision due next month. Mr Beatie achieved global attention after giving birth to his first child, a girl named Susan Juliette, in the US state of Oregon in 2008.

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