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5 year old LGBT advocate takes anti-gay lemons and makes pink lemonade for peace
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
5:46pm

"A little lemonade can go a long way," and that's exactly what happened when 5 and a half year old Jayden Sink decided to sell her Pink Lemonade for Peace this weekend. Her stand was located in front of the beautifully-painted rainbow Equality House that is located across from the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church.

06/23/11
UPDATE: Arkansas Paper to Change Policy; Will Apologize to Man Omitted From Partner's Obituary | 06/23/11

UPDATE 3:31 PM: The Batesville Guard has now offered to print John Millican's obituary without any edits.

06/23/11
Republican State Senators Conference as Reports Indicate NY Marriage Bill May Pass if Brought to a Vote | 06/23/11
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.

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Church steps up opposition to ban against gays in Boy Scouts
02/04/13

A northwest suburban church is stepping up its opposition to a ban against gay members and leaders in the Boy Scouts of America as the organization meets this week to reconsider the longtime policy.

Kansas City church welcomes gay Boy Scouts
02/04/13

In recent years, the Boy Scouts of America has come under fire for its exclusion of gays as Boy Scouts and Scout leaders. Many companies that donated thousands of dollars the Boy Scouts organization began reducing their contributions, mounting pressure now on the organization to make changes.

Scouts poised to make important change
02/04/13

Civil rights are not won by all-or-nothing propositions. Just as the fight for marriage equality progressed slowly, one state at a time, we feel certain that once local Scout troops begin admitting gay and lesbian Scouts and leaders in progressive regions like New Hampshire's Seacoast and southern York County, the rest of the nation will surely follow because it is the just and right thing to do.

Arlington Heights church joins rallying call to oppose Scouts' ban on gays
02/04/13

A northwest suburban church is stepping up its opposition to a ban against gay members and leaders in the Boy Scouts of America as the youth organization meets this week to reconsider the longtime policy.

Did an Oregon baker break the law when he denied service to same-sex couple?
02/04/13

A Gresham baker is the subject of a state investigation after he refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.

Battered California Republicans Find Hope in a Long Shot
02/04/13

Kevin L. James, a conservative talk show host running for mayor of Los Angeles, was sitting in his campaign office recently pondering which was his bigger obstacle to victory: being openly Republican, or being openly gay.

Tampa Bay Lightning would support a gay teammate
02/04/13

It doesn't matter that 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver tried to take back his antigay remarks. By saying on Artie Lange's national radio show during last week's Super Bowl media day that San Francisco "ain't got no gay people on the team.

At vigil, transgender homicide victim’s family urges hate-crime prosecution
02/04/13

One year after being killed in Northeast Washington, JaParker Jones is missed so much that the victim’s younger sisters often sleep in Jones’s bed to feel their sibling’s presence.

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