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MarketWatch.com – Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
Washington/PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ — Vows to Continue Support, Education & Advocacy Efforts
Following disappointing votes rolling back or denying full equali…
WindyCityMediaGroup.com – From a News Release
Thousands of Members Worked from Coast-To-Coast on Behalf of the Democratic Ticket
Washington, DC – Tonight, the National Stonewall Democrats congratulate Senators Barack Obama and Joe Biden for their…
CityRoom.BLogs.NYTimes.com – By Corey Kilgannon
Polling place foul-ups are not uncommon. But advocates say they are too common among a certain set of voters: transgender people who have changed their first names to match their new sex.
Voter regi…
PinkNews.co.uk – By Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk
Freedom of assembly, freedom of expression and the right to life, liberty and security are often not applied to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons, a Council of Europe commissioner…
Feministing.com – Posted by Ann
I know we’re all deeply, deeply caught up in the presidential race, but I want to take a moment and highlight the fact that a lot of ballot measures are going to be voted on tomorrow, too. Most are anti-gay, anti-choi…
AZStarNet.com – By Karen J. Kressley – Special to the Arizona Daily Star
From the early 1960s to the mid-80s, my husband and I raised our four children, two boys and two girls, in what I would describe as a heterosexual home environment. Knowing vir…
YaleHerald.com – By Sarah Yager
Ten years ago, college student Matthew Shepard was brutally murdered by two of his peers for being gay. On Sunday evening, Oct. 12, the anniversary of Shepard’s death, a small group of students gathered in Silliman’s …
WickedLocal.com – By Kevin Zimmerman – Staff Writer
When it comes to the 3rd Middlesex Senate race, the two candidates emphasized their disparate viewpoints on social issues during last week’s League of Women Voters debate in Chelmsford.
Republic…
OutInAmerica.com – HRC.org
Nearly 60 percent of Americans oppose writing discrimination into U.S. Constitution
Washington – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the GOP nominee for vice-president, has indicated in an interview with the Christian Broadcasting…
Xtra.ca – Krishna Raul
Election 2008 – Queer MPs keep their seats across Canada
While Stephen Harper was able to add 10 seats in Ontario, Toronto voters soundly rejected the Conservatives.
Toronto ridings remained solidly Liberal or NDP. In To…