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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.

01/06/11
Boston Sportswriter Steve Buckley Comes Out | 01/06/11

01/05/11
N.C. Commissioners Approve Diversity Resolution | 01/05/11

01/03/11
The Boston Globe, Peter LaBarbera, and the "Other Side" | 01/03/11

12/30/10
NY Post Calls David Furnish Elton John's "Wife" | 12/30/10

Okay yes, it's the New York Post, the media organization that GLAAD has been working to educate since

12/29/10
Tell NC County Commission to Censure Anti-Gay Politician | 12/29/10

12/29/10
Apple Rejects Homophobic iPhone App for the Second Time | 12/29/10

12/28/10
Anti-LGBT Ugandan Pastor Martin Ssempa Charged With Blackmail | 12/28/10

12/22/10
GLAAD Applauds United Nations Pro-LGBT Reversal | 12/22/10

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Former First Lady Carla Bruni Supports France's Marriage Equality Plan
11/26/12

France's former first lady Carla Bruni says she supports the country's proposed marriage equality legislation.

12 Men Accused Of Being Gay Face Execution In Libya
11/26/12

According to Gay Star News (GSN), the militia captured the men during a private party in Ain Zara, a suburb of Tripoli, on Thursday, November 22. Since then, the "special deterrence unit" has posted pictures to its Facebook page referring to the men as the "third sex," an Arabic term to describe homosexuals, and they are threatening to harm (and kill) the men. The pictures have been filled with comments, such as "flog them hard!"

NYPD Reopens Investigation Into Death Of Trans Activist Marsha P. Johnson
11/26/12

When the body of Marsha P. Johnson, a transgender entertainer and activist, was discovered in the Hudson River in 1992, the police declared it a suicide.

Gay Wedding Was A Trial For The Reformed Church
11/26/12

The Reformed Church in America found Norman Kansfield, a respected pastor and lifelong member, guilty of violating church law after he officiated the wedding of his daughter and her long-time girlfriend.

“Pink Mirror,” Gay Shorts From India Screen In London Film Fest
11/26/12

While India faces its own growing pains on the road to LGBT equality, a selection of queer films are screening half a world away in London as part of a series produced by the University of Westminster’s India Media Centre.

Antigay Crime Remains Steady in Washington Despite Work of Special Unit
11/26/12

City data in Washington D.C. indicates that reports of anti-LGBT crimes have been rising alongside changes to the local police department's Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit.

Manchester United's Anders Lindegaard Wants To See Gay Soccer Player Come Out
11/26/12

While professional sports here in the States are making some progress on gay inclusion, the soccer circuit remains a hotbed of homophobia.

Benefits Fight Brings Lesbian Couple to High Court
11/26/12

The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled a closed-door conference for Friday to review several legal cases that seek to overturn the so-called "Defense of Marriage" Act (DOMA), and decide which cases, if any, to put on the court's schedule for arguments next year.

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