All posts tagged "LGBTQ"
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Cash Cut for Boy Scouts
The Boy Scouts of America has lost its biggest corporate donor, a turn coming less than two days after LGBT activists began circulating a petition...
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Ryan Speaks Out on DADT Repeal, McCain Remains Silent
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan said those still wishing to overturn the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” need to “move on” in an...
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Romney Would Still Oppose Marriage Equality For Gay Grandchild
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney courted Latino voters on Wednesday during an appearance at a forum broadcast on the Spanish-language Univision channel. Held at the...
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Republican Sen. Susan Collins Signs Onto Immigration Equality Bill
Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins broke with her party today when she became the first Republican senator to co-sponsor a bill that would grant binational...
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Corporations Opposing LGBT Discrimination Funding Boy Scouts
Some of the biggest corporations in America have donated millions of dollars to the Boy Scouts of America, including those with policies against giving to...
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Cameroonian man fighting for freedom after gay text message
“I’m very much in love w/u.” For sending this text message to another man, Roger Jean-Claude Mbédé of Cameroon has already spent a year in...
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Four LGBT Candidates Claim Victory in Primary Wins
Four LGBT candidates claimed victory Tuesday night in a series of primary wins in Rhode Island, Delaware and Connecticut. While a success for the LGBT...
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Study Shows No Negative Impact After DADT Repeal
Almost a year after the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” a new study has found that the end of the discriminatory ban on out...
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Transgender Delegation Makes DNC ''Especially Historic''
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The 2012 Democratic Convention proved to be reflective of the country's ''melting pot'' moniker in multiple ways. The number of LGBT delegates...
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Obama Expresses Support for Gay Community in Convention Speech
With a speech that was both a call to arms to the Democratic base and a direct response to Republican critics, President Barack Obama brought...
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Equality Virginia Praises Krupicka’s Victory in Special Election
Equality Virginia, the major nonpartisan LGBT rights organization in the commonwealth, praised the election of former Alexandra City Councilman K. Rob Krupicka to the Virginia...
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Michelle Obama Asks LGBT DNC Guests for Election Help
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – First lady Michelle Obama was an honored guest Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 5, at a Human Rights Campaign and Gay & Lesbian Victory...
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Platform Calls for Expanded LGBT Rights
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Delegates to the Democratic National Convention approved their platform on Tuesday evening, Sept. 4. By voice vote, Democrats became the first major...
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LGBT Caucus Meeting Galvanizes Attendees
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Hundreds of LGBT Democratic National Convention delegates and their guests attended a caucus meeting early Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 4, at the Charlotte...
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DNC Delegates Arrive
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – As delegates and special guests arrived in Charlotte Monday for the 2012 Democratic National Convention, festivities celebrating the renomination of President Barack...
