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Bullying a Strong Risk Factor for Suicide in Gay Youth: Study

By Hispanically Speaking News on | From hispanicallyspeakingnews.com

Support from family, friends can help counter negative attacks, researchers add. New research confirms the trend of disturbing headlines that have appeared in media reports in the past two years: —For Many Gay Youth, Bullying Exacts a Deadly Toll —Gay Buffalo Teen Commits Suicide on Eve of National Bullying Summit —Tennessee Teen Commits Suicide After Years Of Anti-Gay Bullying —Indiana Teen Commits Suicide After Anti-Gay Bullying at School As seemingly damning as the headlines...Read Full Story

Stonewall Democrats To Log Cabin: Don't Endorse Anti-Gay Candidates

By Rosalinds on | From joemygod.blogspot.com

The National Stonewall Democrats have launched a petition campaign asking the Log Cabin Republicans to refrain from endorsing anti-LGBT candidates this year. Stonewall's executive director Jerame Davis writes: In 2004, Log Cabin Republicans took a principled stand and refused to endorse George W. Bush for his support of a federal marriage amendment alone. These candidates have pledged to go farther than President Bush ever considered. Will Log Cabin Republicans follow its own precedent and...Read Full Story

GLAAD National Board of Directors Announces New Officers, Member

By diversitynews on | From diversitynewsmagazine.com

Browse > Home / Business , Featured , News , People / GLAAD National Board of Directors Announces New Officers, Member February 14, 2012 by News Desk Filed under Business , Featured , News , People On Tuesday, February 14, 2012Â The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nationâ€™s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, today announced new officers and Kevin Oldis as a new member of the...Read Full Story

Bullying a Strong Risk Factor for Suicide in Gay Youth

By Michael Hamar on | From michael-in-norfolk.blogspot.com

Yet another study has confirmed that anti-gay bullying is a strong factor in pushing LGBT youth towards suicide and again demonstrates the lie of the "family values" crowd that claims bullying is a rite of passage. The continued opposition to anti-bullying policies and laws by "Christians" despite the growing body of evidence that the toxic atmosphere they seek to maintain for LGBT youth is deadly suggests - at least to me - that these "Christians" actually want to see more LGBT youth...Read Full Story

UGANDA: Government Raids And Shuts Down Secret LGBT Rights Conference

By Rosalinds on | From joemygod.blogspot.com

Acting on the orders of Minister for Ethics & Integrity Simon Lokodo (left), the Ugandan government has raided and shut down a secretly organized conference on LGBT rights. The two week conference organised by Freedom and Roam Uganda, an association that lobbies for the recognition of same sex relationships in Uganda ended prematurely when the minister ordered them to disperse. "I have closed this conference because it's illegal. We do not accept homosexuality in Uganda. So go back home...Read Full Story

How to Find a Supportive Therapist if You Are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgendered

By Jessica Rohn on | From wikihow.com

Some LGBT people have very straightforward social experiences, perhaps even dating their high school's star quarterback on the sly and later coming out to little resistance. Other times, one might experience a more difficult time of things, be it related to being LGBT or not, and it could be helpful to find someone to talk to. Unfortunately, not only are many counselors unprofessional, there are many individuals and organizations that try to tell LGBT people that being LGBT in and of itself...Read Full Story

Gay Marriage Ban In California Declared Unconstitutional!

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Same Sex Marriage Is Now Legal In California! (GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images) Earlier today the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage in California violated the Constitution. The three-judge panel found that Proposition 8 – passed by California voters in November 2008 violated the equal protection rights of two same-sex couples. Like Us On Facebook: Follow @RedAlertLive Gay Marriage Ban In California Declared Unconstitutional...Read Full Story

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ACLU-Michigan: “Repeal Michigan’s Ban on Same-Sex Marriage”

ACLU-MICHIGAN — “Michigan is among the states with the worst record for affording protections and benefits to Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender couples. Not only does our state have a ban on marriage equality, the law which protects against workplace discrimination doesn’t extend any protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity. …We must continue to fight… By forging [...]

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LGBT community presses Chinchilla on bills

It was all about love, respect and legislation outside the front gates of Casa Presidencial on Valentine’s Day, when members of Costa Rica’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community turned out to protest for equal rights in ...

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Boise senator fails to add protections for gays

BOISE -- A longshot bid to add human rights protections for gays and lesbians to a separate prison contraband bill failed in the Idaho Senate, after it was ruled there was no link between the two subjects. Boise Democratic Sen. Nicole LeFavour, who is Idaho's only openly gay lawmaker, Thursday sought to amend a bill that tightens penalties for smuggling cigarettes or cell phones into prison by adding protections for gays and lesbians from...

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Craziest Rick Santorum Quotes

With Rick Santorum surging in the polls, here's a roundup of crazy quotes by everyone's favorite sweater vest-wearing, gay-bashing, condom-hating crusader: 1. "In every society, the definition of marriage has not ever to my knowledge included homosexuality. That's not to pick on homosexuality. It's not, you know, man on child, man on dog, or whatever the case may be." --Rick Santorum 2. "One of the things I will talk about, that no...

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The LGBT Grassroots vs. HRC: Fighting for a One-Bill Equality Strategy (And...

As if this weren't shocking enough, both Brian Branton, Mr. Polis' gay chief of staff, and Diego Sanchez, a transgender spokesperson for Congressman Barney Frank, routinely argue that we cannot even file a bill for equal LGBT civil rights without first ...

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Uganda must end anti-gay human rights violations: AI

[JURIST] Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] released a statement [text] Tuesday condemning recent anti-gay actions by the government of Uganda [BBC backgrounder]. The statement came in response to a number of adverse actions against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) activists in the nation. Minister for Ethics and Integrity Simon Lokodo shut down an LGBT workshop on Tuesday by advocacy group Freedom and Roam, declaring...

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An offensive advocate for LGBT rights

Last week, the Human Rights Campaign, the organization that advocates for equal rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, announced that Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein will be its first “national corporate spokesman for same ...

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Uganda: Government raid on LGBT-rights workshop

Uganda: Government raid on LGBT-rights workshop LONDON, United-Kingdom, February 14, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A Ugandan cabinet minister today raided a workshop being run by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists in Entebbe, prompting Amnesty International to call on the government to end its outrageous harassment of people involved in [...]

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