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Closing time: "Ex-gay" group realizes they're wrong
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
11:55pm

The leadership of Exodus International has announced that they are shutting their doors after 3 decades of practicing so-called ‘ex-gay’ ministry. According to a statement on the group’s web site, the board of directors was finding ‘ex-gay’ work more and more difficult, given their anti-gay words and actions.

08/11/10
Primary Battles in Four States Yield Mixed Results for LGBT Issues | 08/11/10

Four states held primary elections on Tuesday - each of which had some connection to LGBT issues.

08/09/10
Prop 8 Ruling: Weekend Coverage Analysis | 08/09/10

08/06/10
Asian & Pacific Islander LGBT Community Celebrate Prop 8 Ruling | 08/06/10
08/05/10
Perry vs. Schwarzenegger News Roundup: The Day After | 08/05/10

08/05/10
GLAAD Joins Perry Decision Celebration in West Hollywood | 08/05/10
08/05/10
Remembering Angie Zapata and Reflecting on Media Coverage of Transgender People | 08/05/10

Your 21st birthday is supposed to be a happy moment; it's one of those "big" birthdays.

08/04/10
Media Highlighting Community Reaction to Prop 8 Ruling | 08/04/10

08/04/10
California's Proposition 8 Ruled Unconstitutional In Historic Decision | 08/04/10

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Gay Long Beach pastor Rev. Mel White rails against religious leaders for espousing anti-gay views
01/14/13

Rev. Mel White is angry that Pat Robertson, James Dobson and Rick Warren say they are doing the Lord's work and their anti-gay views are based on the Bible.

Brad Hoylman Sworn In As Only Openly Gay Member Of NY State Senate
01/14/13

On Sunday, State Sen. Brad Hoylman was sworn into office, making him the only openly gay member of that legislative body.

Gay couple behind effort to open LGBT museum in D.C.
01/14/13

Bayard Rustin, an African American scholar from eastern Pennsylvania, was on the front lines of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

New Episcopal Bishop in Rhode Island Embraces Marriage Equality
01/11/13

Rev. Nicholas Knisely, the new bishop of the Episcopal Church in Rhode Island, supports marriage equality and plans to change current local policy to allow priests here to bless same sex unions.

D.C. Police Officer Sentenced to Probation, Community Service
01/11/13

Kenneth Furr, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officer accused of shooting his service weapon while off-duty at a car of five people, including two transgender women, was sentenced today in D.C. Superior Court to three years' probation.

Author of 'don't say gay' bill heads Missouri House education committee
01/11/13

Remember Steve Cookson, the Missouri legislator who raised a ruckus last session with his “don’t say gay,” bill? That’s the one that would have banned discussion of sexual orientation in the state’s public schools.

Lesbian couple: Restaurant owner hands them letter condemning gay people
01/11/13

A lesbian couple said an owner of a restaurant handed them a letter condemning gay people as they were walking out of the building.

Trans Beauty Kylan Wenzel Competes in Miss California Pageant This Weekend
01/11/13

In April, following international fallout when pageant officials disqualified 23-year-old Miss Canada Jenna Talackova after learning she was a transgender woman, Donald Trump and his Miss Universe Organization announced a significant rule change to allow trans women to compete for any of their pageant titles.

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