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GLAAD meets anti-gay activist John Stemberger at FOX News, offers to start dialogue
Thursday, May 23, 2013
12:45pm

On the day when the Boy Scouts of America are voting on a proposal that would end the organization's ban on participation by gay teens (follow our liveblog of

01/20/11
Allentown, Penn. City Council Offers Health Care Benefits to Same-Sex Partners of City Employees | 01/20/11

01/18/11
Georgia Homeless Shelter Refuses Abused Women | 01/18/11

Two homeless women, both of whom escaped abusive homes, are saying they were recently kicked out of a Columbia, Ga.,

01/14/11
Transgender Woman Murdered in Minnesota | 01/14/11

The victim of Minnesota’s first homicide of 2011 appears to be a transgender woman,

01/13/11
Chick-fil-A's Distasteful Stand on Marriage | 01/13/11

01/13/11
UPDATE: Repeal of New Hampshire's Marriage Equality Law Not on GOP Agenda This Year | 01/13/11

01/13/11
Boston Archdiocese Established Non-Discrimination Admission Policy | 01/13/11

In a step toward the equal treatment of families headed by same-sex couples,

01/11/11
Texas Case Underscores Need for Marriage Protections in Times of Divorce | 01/11/11

01/10/11
Catholics Stand by Their Consciences on Marriage Equality | 01/10/11

Elected officials who are Catholic are stepping up to support marriage equality—often despite heavy-handed tactics b

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Florida Family Association Runs Anti-Gay Ad Over Lady Gaga Concert
01/15/13

Yesterday, the Florida Family Association hired a plane to fly above a Lady Gaga concert in Tacoma, WA with a banner reading “NOT BORN THIS WAY.”

BREAKING: Va. House of Delegates confirms gay judge
01/15/13

The Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday voted 66-28 to approve gay interim Richmond Circuit Court Judge Tracy Thorne-Begland’s judgeship.

D.C. police investigating possible hate crime
01/15/13

Two men walking in the Truxton Circle neighborhood of Northwest Washington on Sunday evening were struck during what D.C. police are investigating as a possible hate crime, according to a department spokesman.

Virginia House subcommittee kills bill to repeal marriage equality ban
01/15/13

A Virginia House subcommittee Monday tabled a bill to repeal the Marshall-Newman Amendment, the 2006 amendment to the Virginia state constitution that banned any and all forms of same-sex relationship recognition, effectively killing the bill for at least three more years.

Utah School Realizes Book About Lesbian Family Helps Prevent Bullying
01/15/13

Last June, Utah’s Davis County School District caved to the complaints of 25 parents and removed the book In Our Mothers’ House by Patricia Polacco from general circulation in the elementary school library.

San Francisco transgender man sues school over alleged mistreatment
01/15/13

A man is suing his former school and employer, alleging that positive reviews and recommendations all turned sour and that his supervisors took retaliatory actions after he disclosed his transgender status.

CA Evangelical Minister Mike Erre Says He’s “Sorry” To Gay Community
01/15/13

Mike Erre, a rising star in Evangelical circles, is sorry his movement has been so nasty toward gay people.

Washington Senate opening prayer takes aim at marriage equality
01/15/13

Invocation calling for a strengthening of marriage “as You ordained it, for our good and Your glory” has some Senate Democrats upset.

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