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Top Prop 8 Witness Now Supports Gay Marriage For ‘The Good That It Can Do’

David Blankenhorn, a top witness for the supporters of Prop 8, today announced that he now supports same-sex marriage “for the good that it can do.”...

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LBT Women: OUT At The UN Commission On The Status Of Women

Guest post by Brian Tofte-Schumacher Voices of lesbian, bisexual and trans women from around the world are rising at the United Nationsâ€”and important people are listening....

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Tweet Of The Day: Andrew Sullivan On Richard Grenell

Andrew Sullivan, gay, sometimes conservative, author, editor, and blogger at The Daily Beast gets the Tweet Of The Day today for his comments on how the...

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CNN Hosts Bryan Fischer, Who Calls Gays Nazis, To Discuss Romney And Gays

CNN’s Kyra Phillips this morning hosted Bryan Fischer and R. Clarke Cooper to debate Fischer’s repeated attacks on Mitt Romney for his recent choice of Richard...

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Today: Gays Without Borders Holds San Francisco Vigil For Iraqi Gays, Emos, And Goths

Via Facebook: WHAT: SF Vigil for Iraqi Gays, Emos and Goths WHEN: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 TIME: 4pm – 6pm WHERE: Castro and 18th Streets, San...

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Gay Rights Are Human Rights: Advancing LGBT Protections At The UN

Â A Landmark occasion for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender human rights. Guest post by Peter Dunne, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission Â At the...

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Bin Laden, Unabomber, Manson Are Climate Change Believers So You’re Evil

The Heartland Institute, “the primary American organization pushing climate change skepticism,” has a new billboard campaign featuring Osama bin Laden, Ted Kaczynski, aka, the Unabomber, Charles...

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Obama Includes Gays In Speech To UN On Palestinian Statehood (Full Text)

President Obama this morning addressed the United Nations on Palestinian statehood, and discussed the importance of supporting human and civil rights for gays and lesbians, and...

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Can Proper ID Save The Lives Of Transgender People In Emergencies?

Last summer when Bhumika Shrestha travelled to New York City to represent Nepal at the United Nations, she encountered some special questions during her layover in...

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NYC Mayor Bloomberg: NYPD Is My Own Army

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who somehow managed to tweak a third term on a two-term limited job, told a group at the prestigious Massachusetts...

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GOP Debate Ignores Fact That America Is Least Generous In Foreign Aid

During last night’s CNN GOP debate a typically ignorant Republican voter asked the candidates if they thought we should cut foreign aid around the world because...

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U.N. Report: Being Gay Illegal In 76 Countries, Anti-LGBT Violence Widespread

Historic Report — Full Text Below The first formal United Nations report on the state of LGBT human rights was presented to the UN General Assembly...

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Week In Review: Obama Argues Gay Rights At UN, DADT Repeal, Palestine

“Week in Review” isÂ a new addition to the New Civil Rights Movement by Tanya Domi, which presents a review of top news throughout the world and...

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Wall Street Journal Calls NOM Deceptive Again – Here’s Why They’re Right

The Wall Street Journal two weeks ago characterized an anti-same-sex marriage equality campaign by the National Organization For Marriage (NOM), as “deceptive,” and, even after a...

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Death Penalty For Being Gay: Uganda Kill The Gays Bill Fast-Tracked

Uganda’s infamous Kill The Gays bill is back and is being fast-tracked through Parliament. The Anti-Homosexuality Bill, or AHB, which prescribes the death penalty for being...