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The Lesbian Social App That Builds Community
Filed by Sue Kerr | June 19, 2013 | 1:00 PM |You can be part of an important social change - eliminate the phrase "I don't know what's happening in my community" from your vocabulary by supporting "Wing Ma'am."Read More
What You Need to Know: 6/9 - 6/16
Filed by E. Winter Tashlin | June 16, 2013 | 3:30 PM |Israel isn't as accepting as it might seem, the Vatican's "gay lobby" makes a stir, Russia returns to its oppressive roots, Marco Rubio doesn't suppport ENDA and more. Read More
Dear Dad: An Open Letter from a Gay Son on Father's Day
Filed by Jeff Lutes | June 13, 2013 | 10:00 AM |The irony is that your inability to love me for who I am is part of the reason that I am able to love my family for exactly who they are.Read More
'Sorry' Is Not the Non-Operative Word
Filed by Mercedes Allen | June 12, 2013 | 2:30 PM |As much as I don't like "rules" for being trans, I have arrived at one guideline: "Do as much or as little as you need to achieve the peace that you need." Remember, one size rarely fits all.Read More
Vatican Threatens to De-Fund Immigration Groups Over Marriage
Filed by John M. Becker | June 11, 2013 | 3:00 PM |The U.S. Catholic Bishops are threatening to cut off funds to groups that serve the poor in Illinois because they're affiliated with groups that endorse marriage equality.Read More
Capital Pride: Slowed Down & Sped Up
Filed by Bil Browning | June 11, 2013 | 1:30 PM |No matter the city, the parade is always my favorite part of Pride weekend.Read More
On the Business in My Bedroom
Filed by John M. Becker | June 10, 2013 | 3:00 PM |The phrase "What someone does in their bedroom is none of my business" makes me cringe. Here's why.Read More
Prince Harry, Superhero
Filed by John M. Becker | June 09, 2013 | 4:00 PM |Just when we thought we couldn't possibly love Prince Harry any more, we learn that the sexy royal intervened to save a fellow soldier from a homophobic attack in 2008.Read More
Illusions of Safety: Policing Hate Crimes Won't Make Us Safer
Filed by Guest Blogger | June 09, 2013 | 2:45 PM |By calling for more stringent policing in the wake of Marc Carson's murder, we're asking for accountability from an unaccountable and routinely oppressive system.Read More
What You Need To Know This Week (6/2 - 6/8)
Filed by E. Winter Tashlin | June 08, 2013 | 3:00 PM |A Seal Team 6 member comes out as trans*, Obama declares Pride Month, a British peer makes the marriage debate personal, couples in Minnesota start getting licenses, parents get more accepting, and more. Read More
Pro-LGBT Catholics Confront Anti-Gay Bishop
Filed by John M. Becker | June 07, 2013 | 10:00 AM |Notoriously anti-gay Bishop Thomas Paprocki spoke out against marriage equality at a recent event in Phoenix, Arizona. And pro-equality Catholics let him have it.Read More
Anti-Gay Oregon Bakers: Some 'Sins' Are Worse Than Others
Filed by John M. Becker | June 06, 2013 | 9:00 AM |Try to contain your shock at such blatant hypocrisy.Read More
The Gay Pride PSA That Will Never Air
Filed by Mark S. King | June 05, 2013 | 4:30 PM |As our pride festivities commence this month, allow me to share with you the Gay Pride PSA I produced a few years ago. It will never be broadcast anywhere.Read More
UPDATED: Thanks From the Neergaard Family
Filed by Guest Blogger | June 05, 2013 | 2:30 PM |The Neergaard family received national attention when their 11-year-old son Marcel posted about his experience being pulled out of the Tennessee public schools because he was so severely bullied.Read More
Making the Time for Seniors
Filed by Mark Segal | June 04, 2013 | 1:00 PM |The LGBT community is an ageist community -- we literally toss seniors aside.Read More
