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GUEST POST: A gay Mormon pleads for inclusive Scouting
Thursday, May 23, 2013
3:07pm

Some of us don’t have to imagine how painful it is to be a gay Scout. We were one. Growing up as a Mormon boy in Idaho, scouting was pretty much built into my pathway to becoming an adult. It was as much a part of the plan for my youth as many Mormon rights of passage: baptism, being ordained to the priesthood, and passing the sacrament on Sundays.

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.

07/08/09
Fort Worth Police Raid of Rainbow Lounge: An Update | 07/08/09
07/03/09
UPDATE: Fresno Rebuffs Anti-Gay Informercial with LGBT Faith Documentary | 07/03/09

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

07/02/09
Sean Kennedy's Killer to be Released Early | 07/02/09

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Couple at center of Prop. 8 Supreme Court case anxious, optimistic
12/10/12

Burbank residents Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo were catapulted onto the national stage Friday when the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it would rule on the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8, the voter-approved same-sex marriage ban that the couple sued to overturn.

Local Community Members Hold Vigil For Missing Transgender Teen in Virginia
12/10/12

Friends, family and members of the Charlottesville community held a vigil for missing transgender teenager Sage Smith. The group walked from the 700 block of Orangedale Avenue to the Amtrak Station. The train station was where Smith was last seen.

Where Is Sage Smith?
12/10/12

Unless you've been following the work of Monica Roberts, The Opposing Views and David Lohr over at The Huffington Post, you probably don't know that a trans teenage girl from Charlottesville, Va., has been missing for nearly 20 days.

OK Marriage Equality Battle Caught in Court System
12/10/12

They've lived together since 1996, and took as much of a plunge as they legally could 12 years ago. "We had a commitment ceremony in 2000, recognized by the Unitarian Universalist Church," said Sharon Baldwin.

EDITORIAL: A divide on so-called "ex-gay therapy" law
12/10/12

So-called conversion therapy to change a patient's sexual orientation is a practice frowned on by mainstream psychiatry and deeply offensive to gays and lesbians, who rightly see it as a relic of a time when homosexuality was regarded as a mental illness. We think it's a terrible idea.

Member of Anoka-Hennepin anti-bullying board under fire
12/07/12

A group of Anoka-Hennepin residents will submit a petition to the school board Monday seeking removal of a member of its expanded Anti-Bullying Task Force.

Maine home to youngest, openly gay lawmaker in nation
12/07/12

While most new college graduates are looking for a job, Justin Chenette is looking for committee assignments at the State House in Augusta, Maine.

SF health officials warn gay men about NYC meningitis outbreak
12/07/12

San Francisco health officials this week are warning homosexual men about a recent uptick in meningitis cases in the gay community in New York City and are suggesting vaccination in some cases.

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