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Rufus Wainwright marries Jorn Weisbrodt, his longtime partner

SDGLN Staff
August 25th, 2012

MONTAUK, Long Island, N.Y. -- Singer Rufus Wainwright and his longtime partner Jorn Weisbrodt were married on Thursday at their summer home in Montauk, the quaint seaside town on the eastern tip of Long Island.

Among the 250 wedding guests were Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, Alan Cumming, Julianne Moore, Carrie Fisher, Lou Reed, Antony Hegarty, Natasha Lyonne and Mark Ronson.

Wainwright, 39, was born in Rhinebeck, N.Y., the son of folk singers Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III. He grew up in Montreal, Canada, with his mother after she divorced when he was 3.

Celebrities stand up against Boy Scouts ban on LGBT participants through GLAAD campaign

GLAAD
May 10th, 2012

LOS ANGELES -- Today, Change.org and GLAAD launched a Mother’s Day campaign in support of Jennifer Tyrrell, a mother of four from Bridgeport, Ohio who was ousted from the Boy Scouts of America because she is gay. The BSA currently bans LGBT scouts and scout leaders.

Over 275,000 Americans have joined Tyrrell’s Change.org petition calling on the BSA reinstate her as a scout leader and end its ban. GLAAD is asking supporters and allies to tweet using hashtag #scoutsforall and take action

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VIDEO: Going purple - Hollywood, media observe "Spirit Day"

Ben Cartwright - SDGLN Staff Writer
October 20th, 2011

SAN DIEGO -- If you left home without wearing something purple today, you might want to turn around and change.

Today is "Spirit Day" and millions of people around the globe are expected to don purple apparel as a sign of support for LGBT youth and to speak out against bullying.

The gesture, which was originally organized and promoted last year through social media, has taken off on sites like Facebook and Twitter with thousands of people "colorizing" their profile pictures with purple and posting messages of support for the day.

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