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L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center Applauds Thousands of L.A. Unified School District Staff for "Coming Out" Tomorrow

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Beginning tomorrow on the 25th National Coming Out Day, students in the nation's second largest school district, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), will see thousands of their teachers and staff members "come out" by...

Press Conference: LGBT Advocates and Allies to Counter Values Voter Summit

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Thursday, a coalition of mainstream Christians and progressive advocates will hold a media conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. to take back the mantle of religion from anti-LGBT extremists. They will offer a...

ManpowerGroup's Annual Supplier Diversity Roundtable Strengthens Partnerships with Diverse Business Owners

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ManpowerGroup's 11th annual Supplier Diversity Roundtable concludes today in Milwaukee. The event brought together more than 100 diverse suppliers from across the United States including minority, veteran, LGBT, small, and women-owned staffing and...

Victory! NJ Court Allows Marriages to Proceed in Lambda Legal’s Case

10/10/2013

(Trenton, October 10, 2013) â€" Today the New Jersey Superior Court denied the State’s motion to stay the September 27th ruling allowing same-sex couples to marry.

Lambda Legal Urges NY High Court to Reinstate Hate Crime Conviction in Death of Transgender Woman

10/7/2013

(New York City, October 7, 2013) - Lambda Legal today filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the New York Court of Appeals urging the court to reinstate the 2009 conviction of Dwight DeLee.

Lambda Legal Opposes Motion to Delay Marriages in New Jersey Case

10/4/2013

(Trenton, October 4, 2013) â€" Today, in response to the State's motion for a stay of last week's Superior Court decision in favor of marriage equality, Lambda Legal filed a brief on behalf of Garden State Equality, New Jersey's statewide LGBT advocacy organization, and six same-sex couples who seek the freedom to marry, asking the Court to deny the motion.

Refugees 'told to show they are gay'

Gay and lesbian people seeking asylum in the UK from persecution abroad are being ordered to "prove" their sexuality to immigration officers, MPs say.

L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center Applauds Thousands of L.A. Unified School District Staff for "Coming Out" Tomorrow

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Beginning tomorrow on the 25th National Coming Out Day, students in the nation's second largest school district, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), will see thousands of their teachers and staff members "come out" by wearing badges that will identify them as allies for LGBT students, staff and families.(Photo: http://photos ...

Find College Scholarships for LGBT Students

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students on campuses across the country will celebrate National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11. If you're a high school or college student and you're taking your first steps out of the closet -- or if you've been out and proud for years -- this is also a great time to take a look at the scholarships and financial aid resources that can help you get through ...

NJ: Long-denied justice will not be delayed; legal marriages on 10/21!

Gov. Chris Christie's resistance to taking his state over to history's right side is looking more and more wrongheaded: Earlier today, a New Jersey Superior Court judge denied the request to delay implementation of the historic court ruling affirming marriage...

A nation's coming out letters find their fitting postage

Male on mail: Postal Service to honor Harvey Milk with stamp [Gay politics] Those who know Harvey's legacy are obviously thrilled. Those who know Harvey only from the movie Milk are asking, "what's a stamp?"

Anti-gay leaders already trying to convince GOP that discrimination is way to 2016 victory

Senators Rand Paul and Ted Cruz are today attending a closed door meeting with Tony Perkins, Janet Parshall, Gary Bauer, and other anti-LGBT conservatives. NY Times reports: A group of longtime Christian conservative activists are holding a private meeting Thursday...

Head of Illinois 'protect marriage' effort: Gay activists 'hate God'

David Smith, the extreme-tongued leader of the Illinois Family Institute (one of the few statewide family policy groups with public engagement hostile enough to make the Southern Poverty Law Center's active anti-gay groups list) is taking his reliably over-the-top rhetoric...

Font of unfiltered animus say it's 'hatred' to track dangerous rhetoric like his

This guy... -- On multiple occasions, called for an “Underground Railroad to deliver innocent children from same-sex households” -- Says gay people must be criminalized and treated like drug addicts; even asks (at 2:29): "Do you put them to death,...

Congressman Gohmert: 'How does two men marrying help evolve a species?'; Charles Darwin: 'Ugh' (#vvs13)

Appearing on Tony Perkins' radio show in order to promote his upcoming appearance at the Values Voter Summit and to demonize that events' critics, famously anti-gay Congressman Louie Gohmert (To-the-R-of-Bachmannâ€"TX) expressed this take on evolution and gay people's role within...

Illinois Family Institute prez: Don't give way to the 'wicked' marriage equality proponents

David Smith, the extreme-tongued gentleman who is leading the fight to keep Illinois discriminatory, has this to say about the marriage bill soon to come up against before the state legislature: "God tells us in Proverbs that 'a righteous man...

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