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The nation's capital hosts its first ever event for the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. read more  

Miranda Salman was born a man. Today she is one of the stars of an all women soccer team. As a young boy it was obvious Salman had a talent for soccer. But in sport known for its masculine ethos, Salman was was a victim of prejudice. But it was ...  

Somehow, The Washington Post always picks Sundays for articles on how God makes mistakes. Screaming at the top of Sunday’s paper was a picture of a little girl getting her head buzzed with the headline “TRANSGENDER AT FIVE,” and “She ...  

Continuing their effort to woo Hispanic voters especially in the battleground state of Florida, the Republican National Committee today went after the Obama administration for granting a visa to Mariela Castro, daughter of Cuban leader Raul ...  

When the State Department granted the head of Cuba’s National Center for Sex Education, Mariela Castro Espín, a visa to chair a panel on LGBT issues at the Latin American Studies Association in San Francisco later this week, the Republican response was as obvious as the Cuban LGBT activist’s relations to the Caribbean island’s Communist [...]  

After four years in the NFL, Wade Davis came out of the closet. He currently works as a mentor with LGBT youth and is a member of the GLSEN Sports Advisory Board. “His past professional career within a hypermasculine sport juxtaposed with his ...  

Continuing their effort to woo Hispanic voters especially in the battleground state of Florida, the Republican National Committee today went after the Obama administration for granting a visa to Mariela Castro, daughter of Cuban leader Raul Castro for a conference in San Francisco this week....  

(AllHipHop News) The Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual and Transexual community is seeking answers from rapper Action Bronson after a series of controversial Tweets centered around an Instagram photo he posted this week. While Action has since clarified his ...  

“After the tireless efforts of a group of community leaders, LGBT civil rights leader Harvey Milk will be honored in the same way we honor leaders such as Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King Jr.,” said Dwayne Crenshaw, San Diego LGBT Pride Executive Director.  

"It is bizarre that a cabinet minister can praise his Government's progress on LGBT equality in the same letter that he tells me he won't support my right to marriage equality. He is clearly unsympathetic to the needs that LGBT youth in rural communities ...  

Shareholders and leaders of ExxonMobil, recently named to the top position on the Fortune 500, has continuously voted against introducing LGBT-inclusive antidiscrimination policies. Will that finally change this May? read more  

The Gevirtz School of Education recently announced that the Santa Barbara Police Department has completed its training on safety issues concerning Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual community members. The five-hour training sessions, which ...  

On May 21st, Transgender Law Center will host Transgender Advocacy Day . Over 70 transgender activists and allies will speak with legislators at the Capitol about their lives and advocate for the passage of AB 1856 (Ammiano) Foster care services ...  

Harvey Milk's mantle-bearer mentors modern militants; Malawi's new president calls for sodomy law repeal, the world rises up against homo- and trans-phobia for a day, Indonesia aborts Gaga's "Born This Way" concert, the Knesset blocks civil marriage for mixed and matched Israelis, Colorado Republican committee chicanery kills a civil unions bill, and more global LGBT news.  

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's advisory council on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered issues will host a diversity job fair to allow workers to meet with corporations that offer open and accepting work environments. The job fair will be held from 9 a.m. to ...  

Tonight our guests are Matt Comer, Karl Abad and Mark Rivera who will be discussing how we can help further and secure LGBT equality, the focus of the documentary Legalize Gay, which just aired on LogoTV. Legalize Gay shows LGBT young people and .... This past March I got to see JeShawna Wholley again, she's one of the featured queer activist in Legalize Gay and she's a leading example of the next generation of LGBT activist. Having earned the...  

Blogger, journalist and LGBT activist Francisco Rodríguez Cruz (Paquito el de Cuba) discusses Mariela Castro Espín's [es] message on occasion of the 5th Cuban Congress against Homophobia recently celebrated on the Island. Castro Espín is the daughter of President Raúl Castro and head of the state-run agency on sex education. Written by...  

The family joined other lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender parents and their children from across the country to lobby for marriage equality on Capitol Hill on Thursday and to discuss other issues of concern like safe schools, adoption and ...  

Posted to Facebook by The Trevor Project, a suicide prevention group for LGBT youth: Please join us in thanking Anderson Cooper for playing (and winning!) Jeopardy! on our behalf Friday night! That's $50K toward saving young lives. You've definitely deserved...  

The first-ever wedding show in Maryland catering to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people attracted couples from throughout the region to Towson on Sunday. The event comes three months after Gov. Martin O'Malley signed into law the Civil Marriage ...  

Certified Life Coach, speaker, and trainer, Tony Ferraiolo has advocated for the rights of transgender youth in many forums throughout the country and now has an opportunity to tell his powerful story at the White House. He is one of the entries in the ...  

We Are the Youth is a photographic journalism project chronicling the individual stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth in the United States. Through photographic portraits and "as told to" interviews in the participants' own ...  

IVINS - Members of Utah's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities gathered in Kayenta on Saturday to promote equal rights for everyone, regardless of their sexual orientation, and honor individuals who have provided service to the community at large.  

Researchers at the Family Acceptance Project have produced a new series of resources aimed at identifying best practices for preventing LGBT young people from committing suicide. The first of the multi-lingual guides, “Supportive Families, Healthy Children,” helps families understand how reactions to their children’s LGBT identity can have a big impact on increasing or minimizing [...]  

The Human Rights Campaign, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and other LGBT organizations in Washington D.C. were evacuated around noon today after a bomb threat, MetroWeekly reports: According to Fred Sainz, HRC's vice president for communications, the Los...  

What began as a weekend event nine years ago aimed at drawing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender tourists to New Hope and Lambertville — across the river in New Jersey — has been transformed into a week of activities that attracts guests ...  

With so much hate continually aimed at the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, we like to take a moment every once in a while to highlight some of the good news featured on The Huffington Post. Every other weekend HuffPost Gay ...  

OTTAWA – On the 10th anniversary of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, New Democrats are renewing their calls to end discrimination and hatred against LGBT people.  “Canada has made great progress in ending discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people; however, the battle is far from won,” said Official Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair. “Too many LGBT Canadians continue to face discrimination at work...  

The University of Texas officially welcomed its gay alumni association at an event Wednesday night, when the Texas Exes LGBT Network gathered after a special “lavender” graduation ceremony. “UT has a proud tradition of LGBT student activism, and we should take a moment to appreciate how far we’ve come. Then we should get back to work, [...]  

Next month is LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered) Pride Month, devoted to our community celebrating who we are. It may look like a party, but to us it is an important expression of freedom and love. Nowadays, queer visibility is more ...  

Long Beach to Host International LGBT ConferenceLong Beach PostBy Staff Reports Mayor Bob Foster along with Councilmember Robert Garcia have announced that the country's largest annual gathering of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) leaders will be held in Long Beach this year.  

A DOZEN gay-rights activists yesterday asked Members of Parliament (MPs) and the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) to amend TT’s equality laws to include rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) persons.  

Cuban first daughter Mariela Castro, long touted as her country’s premier gay-rights advocate, has been granted a U.S. visa to attend conferences in New York and California, reports the Washington Post. The trip, which kicks off next week when Castro is due to chair a panel on sexual diversity at a conference organized by the Latin [...]  

Click here to view this media Gay country music star Clay Aiken on Sunday told the leader of a Christian think tank that he would eventually be "ashamed" over his opposition to rights for LGBT Americans. During a discussion about President Obama's support of same sex marriage, Family Research Council's Tony Perkins explained that "civil rights are rooted in natural law: Americans just don't see same sex marriage as being natural." "When you...  

JACKSON, TENN. — The Southern Poverty Law Center is representing a Hardin County High School student who says her friends were threatened with punishment for wearing apparel adorned with slogans supportive of lesbian, gay, bisexual and ...  

SAN FRANCISCO -- Members and supporters of San Francisco's LGBT community are gathering at United Nations Plaza Thursday to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. The day, abbreviated as IDAHO, commemorates the World Health ...  

MetroWeekly is reporting that the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and several other LGBT groups were evacuated from their downtown offices today, after the Los Angeles Police Department got a bomb threat call regarding a "national gay rights organization" and passed it along to MPD. HRC President Joe Solmonese, returning to the building, said this was the [...]  

President Obama for the first time adopted the language of same-sex marriage advocates today, explicitly telling a crowd of LGBT and Latino donors in New York City that his support for “marriage equality” is a reason he deserves a second term. “The announcement I made...  

which is great," said BAGLY Executive Director Grace Sterling Stowell. It’s now the longest-running prom for LGBT youth in the country, said Sterling adding, "In fact, as far as we know, in the world." The prom started in June 1981 after Michael Pumphret ...  

A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday, May 22 at 10:00 a.m. in Long Beach for Harvey Milk Promenade Park, the first park in the nation to honor the slain Californian civic leader. The Park is also the first park in the City of Long ...  

Republicans want us to believe that there is no such thing as anti-LGBT workplace bias. In fact, several Republicans have claimed that there are no cases of people being fired for being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual or downright queer. But it still ...  

To say that the reaction of the D.C. area's LGBT community to President Barack Obama's endorsement of marriage equality was favorable would be the understatement of the year. Just hours after Obama announced his support for marriage equality, during a May ...  

On Wednesday, Illinois Congressman Mike Quigley submitted an amendment to the recently introduced Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act that would expand protection to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community. The 2012 Violence ...  

Here's a news release from SunServe in Wilton Manors: Visit www.SunServe.org to learn more about SunServe, a nonprofit social service agency serving the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) community in South Florida. Call 954-548-4602.  

Music superstar Adam Lambert says he was inspired to write "Outlaws of Love," one of standout tracks on his new album Trespassing, by the struggle for marriage equality. "I wrote 'Outlaws of Love' to lament the LGBT community's struggle for ...  

After kicking off last night with a screening of music documentary Hit So Hard: The Life and Near Death Story of Patty Schemel, Sarasota's third annual Harvey Milk Festival continues its celebration with free events through tomorrow evening. Tonight's art event, "The Silent T" opening, will be held at the Ivory Lounge.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]  

Gay country music star Clay Aiken on Sunday told the leader of a Christian think tank that he would eventually be “ashamed” over his opposition to rights for LGBT Americans. During a discussion about President Obama’s support of same sex ...  

News: Harvey Milk Takes to the Street San Diego LGBT Pride announced Tuesday that the San Diego City Council voted unanimously to name a street in that city after the iconic LGBT civil right hero Harvey Milk. Milk, among the first openly gay Americans elected to office in the U.S., as a San Francisco supervisor in 1978, was shot to death Dan White, a fellow supervisor, less than a year later. White also killed the city's Mayor George Moscone...  

Neil Patrick Harris and Adam Levine are among the celebrities cheering President Barack Obama's gay marriage support. Obama on Wednesday told ABC News' Robin Roberts: “I've concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead ...  

Accept LGBT youth Published May 5, 2012 01:01AM MDT I am numb with sadness and grief after the loss of another gay youth. How many more will we lose in Utah? (“Teen’s suicide spurs community to face gay bullying in northern Utah,” Tribune, May 1) The statistics are frightening. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth are eight times more likely to attempt suicide if they feel they have lost the love of their families, and they...  

With media reports of suicide among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth becoming increasingly common, communities are grappling with the urgent need to identify interventions to prevent suicide and suicidal behavior among LGBT youth.  

A prominent think tank measures LGBT political power; North Carolinians get an earful on marriage equality; U.S. trans workers win rights under sex discrimination rules, DADT-discharged vets are drowning in paperwork, civil unions take a step down the Colorado Senate aisle, marriage equality foes team up for the Maine event, California considers a state "cure" ban, Hong Kong pop star Anthony Wong comes out "tongzhi", and more global LGBT news.  

Since its inception in late 2009, the Harvey Milk Foundation has ... www.milkfoundation.org has a page dedicated to teaching materials about Milk that educators can download for free. It includes a PDF of pro-gay curriculum developed by San Francisco's ...  

It might have divided Washington, but President Obama's endorsement of same-sex marriage last week has drawn ample praise from many high-profile lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights advocates. Accordingly, the Obama 2012 campaign ...  

It’s that time of year again: When Out magazine publishes its annual Power List—and then the critics pounce! This year there are some obvious omissions that seem to have people frothing. A quick read through the comments so far have people asking: No Rosie O’Donnell? No Michelangelo Signorile? No Adam Lambert? No Chris Colfer? And where’s [...]  

Sadly, LGBT youth are two to three times more likely to commit suicide than other youths, and 30% of all completed youth suicides are related to the issue of sexual ... and want opportunities. Our communities and our society are better when ...  

I've never understood why some people don't like gay people. My belief is that all people were created equally; but I guess not everyone feels that way. It’s my strong opinion that as long as you aren’t hurting anyone, then you should be able to live ...  

Idol alum Adam Lambert took to his official Twitter to applaud President Obama for taking a stand in support of marriage equality. Adam Lambert joins the rest of the LGBT community, in supporting president Obama's support of marriage for all. The former ...  

Everything Long Beach (press release)Harvey Milk Park Breaks Ground May 22; First Park in Long Beach Named for LGBT ...Everything Long Beach (press release)Mayor Bob Foster, Councilmember Garcia, Stuart Milk of the Harvey Milk Foundation, and the Harvey Milk Promenade Park Committee will join dozens of LGBT community members at the groundbreaking for the new Harvey Milk Promenade Park on Tuesday May 22 at ...and more »  

TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber commented: "Unions have campaigned for equal rights for LGBT people in the UK with a great deal of success, but around the world the situation is very different." He continued: "In many countries LGBT people face ...  

Michael Cole-Schwartz, spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign, said special police personnel with bomb sniffing dogs walked through the HRC building before informing HRC the building was safe a little over an hour later. HRC is located in ...  

American Idol alum Adam Lambert, who publicly came out as gay, in 2009, is praising President Barack Obama for taking a stand in support of marriage equality. “Last year, when I wrote it, there was a lot of movement for equal rights.  

Some compared the feeling to when Gavin Newsom opened San Francisco City Hall for same-sex couples to marry. Others thought of the jubilation surrounding the California Supreme Court decision in 2008. Still more invoked the euphoria the night ...  

The LGBT equality organization AllOut.org sent a thank you card to President Obama for his endorsement of marriage equality, and it had 75,000 signatures on it. The card was received on Tuesday by the White House's LGBT liaison, Gautam Raghavan.  

President Obama for the first time adopted the language of same-sex marriage advocates today, explicitly telling a crowd of LGBT and Latino donors in New York City that his support for “marriage equality” is a reason he deserves a second term.  

Ellen DeGeneres, Ricky Martin, Neil Patrick Harris and Jane Lynch were just a few of the gay and lesbian celebrities to thank Obama for his "evolved" stance, while Andy Cohen, Suze Orman and Dan Savage also voiced their thoughts. "Pretty darn ...  

The members of indie-pop trio fun. may be straight, but that hasn't stopped them from becoming fierce advocates of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. ... Loading... Gay Marriage; LGBT; Transgender; Don't Ask Don't Tell ... "Being part of a band of three straight men, we felt there was an inherent power in the fact that we aren't gay, and yet we still care and we have a voice -- there's a responsibility there...  

We Are the Youth is a photographic journalism project chronicling the individual stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth in the United States. Through photographic portraits and "as told to" interviews in the participants' own ...  

In 2004 I saw Gavin Newsom interviewed by Larry King on his decision to legalize same-sex marriage in San Francisco. His combination of passion and rationality made a lasting impression on me. I knew I had to become a force to help bring about ...  

Carly Rae Jepsen, whose video for her infectious single "Call Me Maybe" ends with the singer losing the boy of her dreams to another guy, says she's always been at ease with gay people, during an interview with Time magazine. read more  

Senior Romney aide Eric Fehrnstrom outed a transgender woman, ending her political career: "I can remember his glee when he found the birth certificate." First look: Justin Bartha and Andrew Rannells as a gay couple who form a family with a surrogate in ...  

photo: RCA RecordsAdam Lambert's sexual orientation has unfortunately been a focus of media scrutiny ever since he appeared on "American Idol" three years ago, and especially since he came out on the cover of Rolling Stone in June 2009. Until now, the ...  

NEW YORK, NY — The National LGBT Cancer Network, the first program in the country to address the needs of all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people with cancer and those at risk, is pleased to announce that it has further expanded its ...  

Adam Lambert and Adam Levine are two of the many celebrities who cheered for President Obama's gay marriage support. Robin Roberts from ABC News reported last Wednesday that Obama affirmed the legalization of marriage between same sex couples.  

As President Obama's newly declared support for marriage equality makes headlines across the country, it serves as a reminder that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals continue to fight for their human rights across the globe.  

In a day and age when growing up lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) is an increasingly volatile experience, our mothers mean more to us now than ever before. Of course, our moms are -- and have always been -- special. "I once heard the ...  

“A year ago, a group of community leaders came together around the notion the time had come to honor an LGBT civil rights leader in San Diego the same way we have given honor to other civil rights leaders  such as Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther ...  

Encouraged by President Barack Obama's words on Wednesday, in which he declared his belief that same-sex couples should be allowed to get married, the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community in Israel is hoping that Israeli leaders will ...  

Ernst & Young on Jan. 1 began reimbursing its lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees for the additional federal and state taxes they pay on same-sex domestic partners’ medical benefits. The New York-based accounting giant is the first ...  

  For many LGBT youth, especially those living on their own, Internet access is a lifeline: providing communication, places to live, job opportunities. The White House and the nonprofit David Bohnett Foundation recently launched a program to ensure disadvantaged queer youth will never be out of work because a computer is out of their reach. read more  

There are reports that Republican leaders are advising that their troops to stay away from engagement on gay marriage. There are probably many reasons for that; the world is already out for their anti-gay marriage base and further discussion ...  

About a year ago, the movie Bridesmaids opened in the U.S. and was the subject of a rather unusual awareness campaign. Female movie fans, largely independently of the film's producers, compelled women to go see the film in its opening weekend and defy ...  

Virginia (1967), which struck down the Virginia statute against interracial marriage. Take note, marriage equality activists.) There have also been plenty of vocally anti-gay black activists. But President Obama is not one of them. Yet it seems ...  

We Are the Youth is a photographic journalism project chronicling the individual stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth in the United States. Through photographic portraits and "as told to" interviews in the participants' own voices, We ...  

As of 2012 a new high school created specifically for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students has opened its doors in Phoenix, Ariz., joining the ranks of a handful of such schools across the United States. Harvey Milk High School in ...  

The LGBT equality organization AllOut.org sent a thank you card to President Obama for his endorsement of marriage equality, and it had 75,000 signatures on it. The card was received on Tuesday by the White House's LGBT liaison, Gautam Raghavan.  read more  

Rapper T.I. says everyone should just mind their own business when it comes to same-sex marriage. "I don't care enough one way or another," he said during an interview on Hot97, according to Gawker. "If something doesn't affect you, you should not take a strong position against it." T.I. seems to have a laissez-faire approach to marriage equality that Gawker points out might be "a good rule of thumb" for the right wing. read more  

An honest moment from a TV news show is being shared online, spiking traffic to LGBT websites, and activists say it could be the game changer needed to bring marriage equality to Australia. Finance Minister Penny Wong, a lesbian who is known for her direct answers, appeared alongside treasurer Joe Hockey on Q&A. An audience member asked Hockey why he opposes same-sex marriage. He said it's because he's a parent and wants the "very best" for...  

Gay activist and Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger is launching another challenge against the National Organization for Marriage for potentially failing to report $345,000 in contributions it received from 11 donors for Proposition 8. read more  

Decades before antigay pastor Charles Worley said lesbians and "queers and the homosexuals" should be rounded up, placed in camps surrounded by electric fences and left to die "so the won't reproduce," the pastor  described other violently homophobic acts against gay people during a sermon. read more  

  Jenna Talackova, the first-ever transgender contestant to compete in the  Miss Universe Canada pageant, made it to the top 12 finalists and became one of four women who shared the title of Miss Congeniality, reports People magazine. read more  

Writer Clay Cane remembers interviewing the original Lady of the Night about an unrelenting rumor that she was homophobic. read more  

A lesbian who was supposed to get one of the Kalamazoo YWCA's annual "Women of Achievement" awards got slighted Thursday, and now LGBT rights leaders want to know what happened. read more  

America’s favorite Real Housewife tells all about sparring with Jane Lynch on Glee, her new gay-themed sitcom The New Normal, and her thoughts on marriage equality. read more  

The administrator offered advice to graduates and saluted Frank Kameny, the pioneering gay rights campaigner who died last year. read more  

Gaysayer reads LGBT-related tweets, picks the most hilarious, and then sends them your way. read more  

She's surprised people didn't like her snarky words about same-sex marriage. read more  

An influential preacher stands up for gay rights. read more