July 29, 2011
Gay marriage is now legal in New York; Australian same-sex couples who wed overseas will, for the first time, be counted in this year’s census; more and more gay and lesbian teenagers are being granted the right to take their chosen date to the prom. As the movement surges on, as we mark off one ...
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July 11, 2011
The leader of a religious cult in North Carolina has justified murdering a four-year-old boy by saying he thought the child was gay. Peter Lucas Moses shot and killed Jadon Higganbothan, after his mother refused to “get rid of him.” Jadon was one of nine children living in a small house with Moses and his ...
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June 17, 2011
Say what you will about the United Nations’ efficiency, they made a huge advance today by recognizing sexual orientation and gender identity as essential human rights to protect. The 47-member Human Rights Council voted 23 in favor and 19 against (with 3 abstentions) for a resolution put forward by South Africa to review discrimination against ...
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gender identity,
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South Africa,
transgender,
United Nations
June 7, 2011
Being a teenager can be tough. From the changing body to the increased cruelty, it can be a rough sea to sail. Add being gay or bisexual to that equation and consequences could be worse according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control. Gay, lesbian and bisexual high school students are more ...
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LGBT,
sexual behaviors,
sexual orientation,
sexuality,
teenagers,
tobacco use
June 1, 2011
It’s Blogging for LGBT Families Day and what better news to report than Illinois’s huge step today towards the full recognition of these families. Illinois became the sixth state to recognize civil unions between gay partners when the Illinois Civil Unions Act was signed and today is the day the law goes into effect! Regulation states ...
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Illinois Family Institute,
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LGBTQ Pride Month,
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May 21, 2011
In certain more artistic professions it’s socially acceptable to be gay, but what if you’re a sportscaster for one of the biggest sports media companies in the world? Jared Max, an ESPN-1050 sportscaster, is a man who knows the trials and tribulations of leading a double life. While he may be openly gay in front ...
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Ellen Degeneres,
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Lance Bass,
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Rick Welts,
Ricky Martin,
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Villanova,
Will Sheridan
April 29, 2011
I’m not going to lie, I tried to find ways to avoid it (good ones I thought), but when it came down to the final hour, I choked. I watched the royal wedding live. I figured, what else did I have to do at 6 a.m. on a Friday morning other than watch history in ...
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April 29, 2011
I thought that everyone liked to see boobs once in awhile, but it turns out that it’s only in a sexual context. If you’re trying to have a good time at a pub, chatting with your friends, having a bite to eat and drinking beer, the last thing you want to see is a woman ...
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women in music
April 26, 2011
As we all anxiously await for the moment William and Kate profess their love to each other in front of millions of viewers and live spectators, those who don’t fit into the neat and tidy heterosexual category are sure to feel slighted. If you fit somewhere within LGBTI, it’s a hard pill to swallow that ...
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April 16, 2011
A recent story in the British media has picked up on the fact that two gay men were ejected from a Soho pub, The John Snow, for “obscene behaviour.” You can read about the story, and its after-effects (a “kiss-in” protest by people, gay or otherwise, who thought that the two men in question were treated ...