July 2012
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The Unfair Criminalization of Gay and Transgender...
A long but worthy read. Sadly.
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An Overview of the Experiences of LGBT Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
SOURCE: AP/Paul Sancya
Two boys hold hands at the Ruth Ellis Center, a drop-in shelter for LGBT - lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender youth in Detroit, Michigan.
By Jerome Hunt, Aisha C. Moodie-Mills | June 29, 2012
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June 2012
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PFLAG kicks off 40th anniversary with year-long...
Gotta love allies. Happy 40th PFLAG!
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Staff Reports
WASHINGTON — PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), the nation’s largest grassroots-based non-profit for families, friends, and straight allies of LGBT people on Friday kicked off its milestone 40th anniversary year campaign, “PFLAG Then & Now…40 Years of Family and Ally Voices.”
The campaign will be a yearlong look...
'60 Minutes' Reports on the Dangers of Sugar
naturallybent:
-the video referred to at the beginning of dr. mercola’s article can be found at the url for this article or at the cbs site:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7403942n
—naturallybent
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June 30 2012
By Dr. Mercola
If you haven’t viewed the video at the top, please schedule 20 minutes and do so as you will thoroughly enjoy this 60 Minutes vindication of sugar’s...
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Poland rejects civil partnerships but will get...
A Polish parliamentary committee has rejected a proposed civil partnerships bill but lawmakers will consider adding sexuality to the country’s hate speech laws as soon as next month
30 June 2012| By Andrew Potts
Polish lawmakers have rejected a civil partnerships bill on the 43rd anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.
However the largest party in its governing coalition has...
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Boehner appeals DOMA cases to Supreme Court
By Chris Johnson on June 29, 2011
House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) attorneys on Friday formally appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court an appeals court decision determining the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional.
Drew Hammill, spokesperson for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), told the Washington Blade on Friday afternoon Republicans had notified Democratic...
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White House Names Ali Forney Founder Carl...
06/29/2012
A hearty congratulations to Carl Siciliano, the executive director and founder of NYC’s Ali Forney Center, a homeless shelter and center for LGBT youth. It was just announced this morning that the White House has selected Siciliano as a Champions of Change Fight Against Youth Homelessness. The awards ceremony will take place on July 12th. “It is thrilling that as we...
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Gay activists in Cuba demand that parliament...
Just days before Cuba’s second annual Gay Pride march on Sunday, gay rights activists demanded respect from Cuban lawmakers.
By Juan O. Tamayo
Cuban gay activists held a kiss-in demonstration and presented a demand for respect to the country’s parliament on Thursday, as they prepared for the upcoming island’s second annual Gay Pride parade.
Fifty people — mostly gay rights activists...
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Federal judges dismisses lawsuit by anti-gay...
Staff Reports
ATLANTA — A federal judge has ruled that a Georgia university did not violate the First Amendment rights of a graduate student when it ordered her to attend “diversity sensitivity training” because her anti-gay beliefs were “incompatible with the standards of her desired profession.”
U. S. District Court Judge Judge J. Randal Hall last Friday dismissed the lawsuit against...
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Laos celebrates first Pride
First LGBT celebration in Laos with help from the US embassy
28 June 2012| By Anna Leach
The small communist south-east Asian country of Laos celebrated its first LGBT Pride on Monday (25 June).
The event ‘Proud to be Us’ was organized by local activists and the US embassy in the capital, Vientiane. It featured performances exploring discrimination, gender roles and sexual health on a...
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Man charged with murder of South African trans gay...
T/W for violence
by Dan Littauer 26 June 2012, 7:13pm
Thapelo Makutle is believed to have been killed on 8 June
A suspect in brutal murder of South African gay man Thapelo Makuthle has been charged. Activists say that anti-LGBT related crime and violence is on the rise.
A suspect in the brutal murder of Thapelo Makuthle is reported to have been charged. The suspect, named Sizwe...
“According to (a) report, although only six percent of the global population...”
– STEPHEN COLBERT, The Colbert Report (via inothernews)
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Obama Pride
Cool image!
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Obama Pride
We came across this great fractal-rainbow image of Obama. We contacted the artist to tell us a bit about it.
“My name is Tom Vasquez, I am an artist and designer living in Brooklyn, New York. Earlier this month, I was inspired to create this image of President Obama as a tribute to his historic decision in support of marriage equality. I admire the president for...
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Singapore’s Humanist of the Year awarded to gay...
Songapore’s Pink Dot rally is on June 30th.
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Co-founder of Singapore’s first gay rights group and long-time blogger Alex Au Waipang awarded humanist of the year
25 June 2012| By Anna Leach
The Humanist Society (Singapore) awarded their Humanist of the Year prize to a gay man, Alex Au Waipang, for the first time on Saturday.
‘I think it’s very generous of the Society, though...
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Nobel Laureates, including Desmond Tutu, call for...
by Edmund Broch 25 June 2012, 10:25pm
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has always supported gay rights, and is a strong proponent of equal marriage
Four Nobel Prize winners, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Iranian activist Shirin Ebadi, have released a joint statement decrying violence against LGBT people, and calling on people around the world to support gay rights.
Their statement...
Sad story from Texas: double shooting of teen... →
gaywrites:
Read this one at your own risk, as it’s incredibly depressing:
A young same-sex couple were shot in the head at a park in Portland, Texas this weekend, and one of the girls died as a result.
19-year-old Mollie Judith Olgin died from the gunshot wounds; her girlfriend, 18-year-old Mary Christine Chapa, is in the hospital in stable but serious condition. There’s no way of knowing...
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Trans Pride March attacked in Istanbul
Riot police diffuse altercation between Trans Pride and right-wing marches
26 June 2012| By Anna Leach
Istanbul’s Trans Pride March on Sunday was caught in an altercation with a right-wing march scheduled for the same time in the same place.
Hundreds of transgenders and their supporters gathered in Taksim Square in Istanbul for the third annual Trans Pride March.
The march was...
