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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

08/24/10
Church School in Texas the Latest to Reject Student Because of Lesbian Parents | 08/24/10

08/21/10
Rev. Jane Spahr Tried by Presbyterians -- Again! | 08/21/10

The Rev.

08/20/10
Trans/Formed Screening At Columbia Gorge Intl Film Festival in Vancouver, WA | 08/20/10

08/16/10
California Marriages on Hold; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Grants Prop 8 Proponents Motion to Stay | 08/16/10

08/13/10
UPDATE: Remains of Mitrice Richardson Discovered in Malibu Canyon | 08/13/10

08/13/10
Media Roundup: Prop 8 Stay Could Be Lifted Next Week | 08/13/10

08/12/10
Marriages Could Resume in California Next Week; GLAAD Helps Couples Tell Their Stories | 08/12/10

08/11/10
Primary Battles in Four States Yield Mixed Results for LGBT Issues | 08/11/10

Four states held primary elections on Tuesday - each of which had some connection to LGBT issues.

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Oregon Insurance Companies Can No Longer Discriminate Against Transgender People
01/07/13

Last month, the Oregon Insurance Division of the state’s Department of Consumer and Business Services quietly issued a bulletin that constitutes a monumental new protection for transgender people in the state.

Gay employee sues airline association for discrimination
01/07/13

A gay auditor at the D.C.-based Air Transport Association of America filed a lawsuit in September charging the group with paying him a “substantially” lower salary than others with similar job duties because of his sexual orientation.

OPINION: Marriage Equality in Oregon
01/07/13

Oregon already tried rushing into gay marriage. It didn't work.

Baltimore Commissioner Leads Rally Against Anti-Gay Violence
01/07/13

Yesterday, to raise awareness of violence targeting gay people, Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts declared, "I want to come together as a community and make sure we connect and do the right things for every part of our community."

Marriage debated at RI General Assembly
01/07/13

Supporters of gay marriage are hoping national momentum behind gay marriage laws help make this the year Rhode Island joins the rest of New England in allowing same-sex couples to wed.

Supports believe Ill. marriage bill to pass this week
01/07/13

It's stalled in Springfield, but supporters of Illinois' gay marriage bill say they believe it will pass this week. Sunday, the archdiocese of Chicago used that platform to remind parishioners were the church stands.

Spencer Cox's Legacy as a Treatment Activist and a Gay Man With AIDS
01/07/13

When news surfaced on December 18 that Spencer Cox, one of the most important HIV treatment activists going back more than two decades, had died of AIDS-related causes at a Manhattan hospital at the age of 44, a haunting video clip of the Georgia native soon surfaced on Facebook.

Bill would strike anti-gay and abstinence-only lessons from Alabama sex-ed classes
01/04/13

A proposed state law would change the way that Alabama public schools teach lessons on LGBT people and birth control.

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