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Former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond Speaks Out Against Religious Exemptions In ENDA
Share this: In an op-ed for Politico, civil rights leader, former chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Julian Bond calls for all Americans to come together to support of LGBT equality and also speaks out against...
You Will Not Make Me Choose Between My Race And My Homosexuality
Share this: Like many people looking to advance equality I too was frustrated with the events of Illinois’ leaders not having enough votes to pass a resolution allowing same sex couples to marry. I’ve expressed before how it felt that the...
Sorry Boy Scouts Of America, But This Deal Is A Bigoted Bunch Of Crap
Share this: Today, after months of deliberations and criticism from both sides of the debate, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has come up with a compromise when it comes to allowing LGBT members into their leadership organization. The deal essentially...
Gay Marriage Passes In Minnesota House, Senate Floor Next Stop
Share this: A bi-partisan vote of 75-59 vote in the Minnesota House has positioned that state to become the 12th in the country to allow would allow same-sex weddings beginning Aug. 1. Hundreds of people on both sides of the issue rallied Thursday...
Rhode Island Senate Passes Marriage Equality Bill
Share this: As reported yesterday, Rhode Island has been progressing their marriage equality bill through the Rhode Island House and then Senate Judiciary Committee. Today the full senate voted in favor of the marriage equality bill with in favor and...
Both Rhode Island And Delaware Make Advances For Marriage Equality
Share this: The fight for marriage equality has heated up as not only one but two states advanced measures that would allow same sex marriage. First came the news that Rhode Island’s marriage equality bill had advanced past the Senate Judiciary...
Boy Scouts Of America Makes A Flawed Counteroffer To Allowing LGBT
Share this: Over the past year, the “teaching leadership” group Boy Scouts of America (BSA) have been the center for heated debate among advocates and supporters of LGBT rights since the organization has always refused to accept gay members....
April 17, 1965 – 48 Years Ago Today Frank Kameny Led The First Gay Protest At The White House
Share this: In 1957, Dr. Frank Kameny, along with gay rights pioneer Jack Nichols, co-founded the Mattachine Society of Washington, one of the first gay rights organizations in the United States. The Mattachine Society fought for equal treatment of gay...
Etsy.com Refuses To Take Action Against Seller Who Refused To Make Lesbian Couples Wedding Book
Share this: It’s the same old story that has happened too many times where a loving devoted couple are making wedding plans that are interrupted because of someone with “religious convictions” preventing them to provide a service they’re...