LGBT
Judge halts “don’t ask, don’t tell”
October 13, 2010U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips in Riverside, Calif., ordered the military Tuesday, Oct. 12, to immediately stop enforcing the controversial “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, putting a halt to the 17-year-old law.
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Obama admin speaks out against bullying gay youth
October 12, 2010After a wave of teen suicides by gay youth recently due to bullying the Obama administration is speaking out saying no young person should have to endure a life of relentless taunts and harassment.
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Legalizing civil unions nears in Illinois
October 6, 2010For decades gay and lesbian rights activists here and throughout Illinois fought to end discrimination against people in housing and employment based on their sexual orientation.
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Cubans march against homophobia
June 14, 2010HAVANA (AP) - Hundreds of gay and lesbian activists, some dressed in drag and others sporting multicolored flags representing sexual diversity, marched and danced through the streets of Havana on Saturday, June 12.
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Video: Don’t get caught in a bad hotel!
May 28, 2010Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer activists creatively tell the hundreds of thousands of LGBTQ people from all over the country coming to San Francisco in June for Pride to stay out of the boycotted hotels.
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