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(New York) - The Philippine elections commission should immediately reverse a decision denying a political party representing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Filipinos from taking part ...  

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Serbian government to fully protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons. According to the HRW website, the organization sent a letter to Serbian President Boris Tadić advising that the Serbian government should quickly take visible steps in order to end a spate of violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.  

Minnesota companies score high marks in LGBT-friendly consumer ratings By Brad Allen | Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 An annual shopping guide gives the state’s consumer-brand companies generally high marks for employment policies and practices supportive of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees.  

Feeling chatty? Once a week the LGBT Resource Center hosts discussions on campus called "Let's Talk About It!" The LGBT Resource Center is a place for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students to find a way to culturally enrich themselves and the campus.  

Pastor Ted Haggard is getting a renewed flurry of attention for the prayer meetings he is hosting from his living room. He held one last night: "Wearing blue jeans and a gray T-shirt, Haggard spoke to photographers and reporters before...  

Area supporters of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, or LGBT, rights rallied at U.S. Rep. Timothy Johnsons Champaign office Friday, urging him to support legislation on LGBT issues. About 23 people gathered at Johnsons office, holding signs and chanting phrases in support of pieces of legislation that prohibit hate crimes against LGBT individuals, permit same-sex marriage and put an end to Dont ask, dont tell policies...  

A Muslim conference in Jakarta, Indonesia concluded that homosexuality is permissible. (Jakarta Post) Moderate Muslim scholars said there were no reasons to reject homosexuals under Islam, and that the condemnation of homosexuals and homosexuality by mainstream ulema and many other Muslims was based on narrow-minded interpretations of Islamic teachings. Siti Musdah Mulia of the Indonesia Conference of [...]  

(RNS) With the passage Tuesday (Nov. 10) of nondiscrimination laws in Salt Lake City that expand gay rights, Mormon officials and gay activists have found a patch of common ground. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and gay organizations both advocated for the laws, which prevent discrimination in housing and employment. SNIP The Sutherland Institute, a Salt Lake City-based conservative think tank, expressed disappointment in the...  

Washington Blade, the oldest newspaper in the United States for gays and lesbians, said Monday it was shutting down.The announcement of the closure of the Blade, a weekly, and other titles in the Window Media group was made in a posting on micro-blogging service Twitter."Washington Blade, like all Window Media publications, is closing today," it said. "Thank you for your support."Window Media is largest gay and lesbian newspaper publisher in...  

The following are LGBT poverty facts collected from the 2000 census: -Gay men are sometimes poorer and sometimes less poor than heterosexual men. -Lesbian women across data sets are consistently poorer than their heterosexual counterparts. -22 to 64 percent of transgender people reported earning less than $25,000 per year. (source: The Williams Institute) Related: What Gays Need To Know About The 2010 CensusQuick Facts: LGBT Poverty Rates...  

Gauge: ''I'll be very honest here. I wasn't aware of the 'gay panic defense.''' Those words might have been taken more lightly by the 30 or so people who attended the community gathering between Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV) and representatives from the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia (USAO-DC) on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at the Foundry United Methodist Church in Dupont Circle, had they not belonged to...  

A reader: So let's grant that justice is indeed served by discriminating against gays and lesbians on certain issues. The upshot is that gays and lesbians potentially are left without various primary goods: homes, jobs, food, medical care, health insurance, etc. What though does charity demand? If we follow the Church's traditional practice, as articulated by Onaiyekan, charity would demand that the Church provide for needy gays and lesbians...  

You would think that because gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people experience discrimination that racism would not exist within the community. Unfortunately, this is not so. Racism exists in the LGBT community just as it does in other parts of American and European culture. These tips will help you understand and fight racism in the LGBT community.Think before you speak. Words can hurt, whether you mean them to or not. When describing...  

Gay marriage foes defined unfairlyGloucester County Times - NJ.com13 column, “Right way, right time to OK gay marriage,” about a pending bill in the New Jersey Legislature: Moran states in his column that approximately 20 ...Same-sex nuptials could be decidedCherry Hill Courier PostWedding CrashersThe Star-Ledger - NJ.comall 18 news articles »  

Some doubts about earrings tied to Mrs. LincolnThe Associated PressThe Kentucky Historical Society has been displaying and publicizing a pair of earrings as having belonged to Mary Todd Lincoln, but others aren't as sure ...Some doubts about earrings tied to Mrs. LincolnChicago TribunePiercing questions about Mary Todd Lincoln's earrings' historyKentucky.comall 195 news articles »