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Pioneering LGBT blog Pam's House Blend to shut down after 9 years
Monday, June 17, 2013
3:25pm

LGBT advocate and writer Pam Spaulding announced on her website this weekend that after nine years online, she will soon serve her last cup of Pam's House Blend.

12/17/09
Irish Gay Man Attacked At Neighborhood Bar in Queens | 12/17/09

Tarlach MacNiallais, an openly gay Queens, NY educator and Irish American citizen, never pegged his neighborhood bar

12/16/09
Governor David Paterson Signs Executive Order Protecting Transgender NY State Employees | 12/16/09

12/15/09
Washington D.C. Approves Marriage Equality in Final Vote | 12/15/09

12/15/09
New York's Governor Set to Extend Employment Protections to Transgender New York State Employees | 12/15/09

12/14/09
Annise Parker Becomes First Openly Lesbian Mayor of Major U.S. City after Houston Win | 12/14/09

12/08/09
New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Marriage Equality Bill | 12/08/09

12/07/09
Orlando McDonald’s Denies Transgender Teenager Employment: Manager Leaves Threatening Voice Message with Slur | 12/07/09

When Zikerria Bellamy applied to work at an Orlando, Fla.

12/04/09
UPDATE: National Media Keep an Eye on Vallejo, Calif. After Mayor’s Anti-Gay Comments | 12/04/09

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Republican Party chair in Illinois throws "full support" behind marriage equality in Illinois
01/03/13

The momentum continues to build for same sex marriage in Illinois. On Wednesday, Pat Brady, chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, said he was putting his "full support" behind marriage equality legislation pending in Springfield.

Forrest Co. court denies marriage licenses for five LGBT couples in Mississippi
01/03/13

The Forrest County Circuit Clerk's Office denied marriage licenses for five couples Wednesday afternoon. The couples walked into the circuit clerk's office one couple at a time. "We're here to apply for a marriage license," said Petal Resident, Sara Bell.

Interfaith clergy coalition opposes marriage equality bill
01/03/13

A coalition of Roman Catholics, Muslims, Mormons, Missouri Synod Lutherans and conservative Anglicans has written to Illinois lawmakers, urging them to reject any legislation that would extend marriage to same-sex couples.

MN State senator promises marriage equality bill in 2013 session
01/03/13

The Minnesota state senator who will take the lead in that chamber on a bill to legalize gay marriage says backers will wait at least a month or two into the upcoming legislative session before they start to push it hard.

Brown appeals injunction against CA "ex-gay therapy" law
01/03/13

Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday appealed a court injunction that has blocked enforcement of a new law that prohibits providing gay minors with therapy aimed at converting them to being heterosexual.

Gay-Straight Alliance at Hampton, PA spreads awareness, tolerance
01/03/13

For two years, Hampton High School student Ally Rosenberger was quiet. But this year, she decided she would not be quiet about her own feelings any longer, and she was going to reach out to other students so they wouldn't have to be quiet either.

Chicago couple eagerly awaits Illinois marriage equality vote
01/03/13

Theresa Volpe and Mercedes Santos' 8-year-old daughter, Ava, has learned about the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s in school.

Advocate Steven Goldstein To Give Up Helm Of New Jersey Gay Rights Group
01/03/13

Gay rights activist Steven Goldstein is leaving his post at the helm of Garden State Equality, which he founded more than eight years ago.

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