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Author Terry Angel Mason to speak on HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
“HIV/AIDS is having a devastating impact in our society and millions of people are dying because of ignorance. My goal is to change that by educating people and helping them make empowering choices.”
VIDEO: New campaign highlights stories of military families harmed by DOMA
The campaign launches with the release of an online video illustrating the real injury inflicted on gay and lesbian military families who, because of the federal government’s refusal to respect their marriages legally, are denied the support and protections that all other military families receive.
Pop culture marks Obama's historical support for marriage equality
The front covers of Newsweek and The New Yorker magazines have quickly captured the historical importance of President Barack Obama’s declaration of support for marriage equality on May 9.
Cyndi Lauper advocates on Capital Hill for LGBT homeless youth
According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, each year between 500,000 and 1.6 million youth in the U.S. are homeless or runaways. LGBT youth make up an estimated 3% to 5% of the general U.S. population, yet they account for 20% to 40% of the homeless youth population.
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Shane: Partner's death shows how we truly are second-class citizens in the eyes of the law | VIDEO
A YouTube video by a young gay man whose partner died in a tragic fall, which painfully illustrates the second-class citizenship of LGBT couples who cannot legally marry, has gone viral on the Internet.
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Maryland court: Out-of-state marriages will be recognized
05.18.2012
The 7-0 unanimous ruling declares that married same-sex couples are entitled to divorce under Maryland law.
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GOP lawmakers kill Colorado Civil Union Act in special session
05.15.2012
Despite being given a second chance by Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Republican state House committee killed the Colorado Civil Union Act on a party-line vote, 5-4.
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VIDEO: Groundbreaking global campaign for marriage equality, Out4Marriage launched
05.09.2012
A new cross party and cross media campaign, Out4Marriage.org, to support changing the law to allow gay couples to marry has launched to help spread the message that most people in Britain and indeed the Western world, are happy to “come Out4Marriage."
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11 state Democratic Party chairs support marriage equality plank in national platform
05.03.2012
The chairs include John Burton of California, Joan Wagnon of Kansas, John Walsh of Massachusetts, Ken Martin of Minnesota, Jon Wisniewski of New Jersey, Jay Jacobs of New York, Meredith Wood Smith of Oregon, Boyd Richie of Texas, Jake Perkinson of Vermont, Dwight Pelz of Washington and Mike Tate of Wisconsin.
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Big money pours into North Carolina over marriage amendment
05.03.2012
“The fight going on in North Carolina right now is critical to the larger LGBT community. It’s important to note that North Carolina is the only state in the South not to have passed an amendment.”
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Court recognizes first gay marriage in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
04.23.2012
A court in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil approved a request to convert the civil union of a gay male couple into a civil marriage, the AFP reported.
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Archbishop of Wales says gay marriage deserves welcome of church
04.18.2012
The Archbishop of Wales has lent his support to gay marriage today, saying: “All life-long committed relationships deserved the welcome, pastoral care and support of the Church."
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House leaders join call for marriage equality plank in 2012 national Democratic platform
04.17.2012
More than half a dozen Democratic Congressional leaders today signed onto Freedom to Marry’s "Democrats: Say I Do" campaign calling for a freedom to marry plank in the 2012 national platform of the Democratic Party.
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Gay and lesbian foreigners may soon be allowed to marry in Buenos Aires, Argentina
04.06.2012
Some changes are afoot in Buenos Aires to allow gay and lesbian tourists to marry in the Argentine city.
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Five gay, binational couples file suit challenging DOMA
04.03.2012
Five gay couples sue in the Eastern District of New York, challenging Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which prevents lesbian and gay American citizens from sponsoring their spouses for green cards.
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Freedom to Marry calls on GOP presidential candidates to renounce NOM pledge
03.29.2012
"Now that NOM's race-baiting strategy of pitting American against American, minority against minority, and family members against family members is out in the open, we call on GOP candidates to renounce their NOM pledges."
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Anti-gay activists looking for glamorous, unintelligent celebrities to advance their cause
03.28.2012
sounds like a headline from the Onion, but strategy documents uncovered yesterday, from the nation's most prominent anti-gay marriage group, the National Organization for Marriage, reveal a novel approach to convincing Americans to vote against marriage equality: recruit glamorous but unintelligent celebrities.
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VIDEO: Sean Sala launches "It Is Time" podcast
04.17.2012
In his new podcast, Sala plans to discuss the various community and activism issues he is involved with.
HIV/AIDS read more
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AIDS Project Los Angeles condemns governor’s proposal to force California's poorest to pay for life-saving HIV treatments
05.15.2012
The governor is proposing to charge low-income, uninsured Californians who are HIV-positive on average between $813 to over $4,600 annually to continue receiving drug regimens, vital to maintaining their health, through ADAP.
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DOD FED GLOBE looking for stories of harassment within Department of Defense
05.01.2012
The organization is creating a video project which will spotlight the harassment that still happens within Department of Defense workplaces.
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Victory for transgender immigration documents and marriage benefits
04.14.2012
National Center for Transgender Equality and Immigration Equality applaud President Obama for taking important action.
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Celebrities stand up against Boy Scouts ban on LGBT participants through GLAAD campaign
05.10.2012
Julianne Moore, Fran Drescher, Jane Leeves joined Josh Hutcherson, Benicio del Toro, and stars of Glee and Real Housewives in supporting Jennifer Tyrrell, the lesbian mother who was ousted from the scouts.
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