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Joe Mirabella

Ask Dictionary.com to Correct the Definition of Marriage

Filed by Joe Mirabella | May 24, 2012 10:00 AM | 0 comments

Dictionary.com sees nearly 50 million visitors a month, with millions of words looked up each day. When visitors look up "marriage," they find two separate definitions, one for heterosexual couples and one for gay and lesbian couples.Read More

Dr. Jillian T. Weiss

NY Times to LGBT Community: 'That Will Be All There Is From Us'

Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | May 16, 2012 10:30 AM | 0 comments

"For a man, he was gorgeous." That's the quote the New York Times chose to go with when Lorena Escalera, a transgender woman, died in a suspicious late night fire. How about "She was gorgeous for a lesbian" in reference to a fire victim? Or "she was gorgeous for a Jew"? Would those simply be problems with word choice?Read More

Bil Browning

A Message from North Carolina [Action Alert]

Filed by Bil Browning | May 04, 2012 10:00 AM | 0 comments

This just in from North Carolina... I know I've been bugging y'all about supporting the efforts to defeat a proposed constitutional amendment in the Tarheel State, but today it's even more important than ever.Read More

Drew Cordes

Equality & Justice Day at NY Capitol on May 8

Filed by Drew Cordes | April 29, 2012 1:00 PM | 0 comments

Equality & Justice Day will center on the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), which will ensure that transgender people are included in the New York State human rights law.Read More

Jessica Max Stein

ACT UP Returns to Wall Street with Some New Friends

Filed by Jessica Max Stein | April 18, 2012 6:00 PM | 0 comments

AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) "occupied" Wall Street decades before it became a movement. Now ACT UP NY will commemorate its 25th anniversary by teaming up with Occupy Wall Street in a massive demonstration on April 25th. Read More

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