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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.

06/22/11
Highlights from LGBT-Inclusive Father's Day Coverage | 06/22/11

06/22/11
Vote Not Yet Set for Marriage, but Gov. Cuomo is "Cautiously Optimistic" | 06/22/11

06/21/11
Advocates Rally for Marriage as Gillibrand Reaches Out to State Lawmakers | 06/21/11

06/21/11
Judge Upholds Wisconsin's Domestic Partnership Registry | 06/21/11

06/21/11
Media Focuses on Marriage in New York, but a Vote Seems Unlikely Today | 06/21/11

06/21/11
Today: Rally for Love and Marriage in New York | 06/21/11

With a vote on marriage equality legislation for New York possible today, all eyes are on Albany.

06/20/11
As Monday Ends, Reports Indicate No New York Marriage Vote Today | 06/20/11

06/20/11
NJ Senate Pres. Steve Sweeney: Not Voting for Marriage Equality "The Biggest Mistake of My Legislative Career" | 06/20/11

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Gay civil rights law resurfaces in Flagstaff, AZ
01/29/13

It took roughly two years, but activists have finally been able to bring a new draft of an anti-discrimination ordinance before the Flagstaff City Council.

3 Charged in Attack on Gay Men, Female Companion in Illinois
01/29/13

Two local men and a local woman face multiple felony counts as a result of a hate crime investigation St. Charles police launched after two gay men and a woman they were with were attacked on Jan. 6 after leaving a Lincoln Highway bar.

Vicco, KY: Sewers, Curfews and a Ban on Gay Bias
01/29/13

In a former pool hall that is now the municipal building for a coal smudge of a place in eastern Kentucky called Vicco, population 335, the January meeting of the City Commission came to order.

Uptown lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender groups seek a base in Harlem
01/29/13

Harlem's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community is looking for a space to call their own, and one local group has started a petition to garner support for a community center.

Illinois Senate President: ‘Timing is right’ to pass marriage equality
01/29/13

Illinois Senate President John Cullerton said Monday that the timing is right to legalize same-sex marriage, providing a glimpse of what’s ahead in the spring legislative session.

Wyoming Legislative Committee Rejects Marriage Equality, Passes Domestic Partnerships
01/29/13

A Wyoming legislative committee voted Monday to advance a bill to legalize domestic partnership in the state, while killing a bill to permit gay marriage.

CA "Ex-Gay" Therapist Blames Patients For Their Failure To ‘Pray Away The Gay’
01/29/13

Anthony Duk is one of the practitioners of “ex-gay therapy” who is challenging California’s new law banning offering the treatment to minors.

In Wyoming, gay pride flag focus of Worland senior photo dispute
01/29/13

Matt Jolley never wanted to make a scene. The Worland High School senior submitted a yearbook photo his mom had snapped and he, a budding photographer, had edited.

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