LGBT

LGBT is an acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. The LGBT community is a diverse community of people embracing a variety of sexual identities that are alternatives to heterosexuality.

As a movement, the LGBT community encourages the rights and equality of all people despite their sexuality or sexual preferences. LGBT activists have fought for the right to marriage, which has been a main point of contention among many within the heterosexual community.

Like any community of activists, LGBT members encourage a renewed sense of tolerance and inclusion, with the hopes of gaining the same rights that heterosexuals are afforded.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “LGBT”

• Window Media Closes Several Gay Papers

  
  Amanita.net — Authority: 131
  The Washington DC gay community was stunned on Monday morning when we saw the Washington Blade twitter account announce that the Blade had folded. Turns out it was the corporate owners, Window Media, that closed it, along with the Southern Voice and other gay papers. When the SoVo staff showed up on Monday morning, ...
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• Levi Johnston Delivers Butt, No Peen

  
  From the Left — Authority: 501
  Saturday, November 21, 2009 The long awaited and much (over) hyped Levi Johnston Playgirl photo spread is here and while Levi delivers butt, he’s saving peen for the rumored porn film debut. The first of the 20-odd Playgirl images of Bristol’s baby daddy have started to make their way to the internets, ...
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• LGBT Lessons for Right Wing Christians: How Hate Crime Laws Silenced the Church

  
  jaysays.com | — Authority: 125
  The hardcore religious (they are anything but) right has become so paranoid that their twisted logic has led them to believe that they are the victims. Their solution? The Manhattan Declaration, a statement of Christian convictions on the matters of life, family, and religious liberty. Lets go through parts of ...
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• brett stone, mmjnews: links to ammending motions to LA city medical cannabis ordinance (2068)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 130
  Amending motions to LA medical marijuana ordinance posted online by brett stone mmjnews november 19, 2009 All of the amending motions to the 5th draft ordinance regulating medical marijuana collectives in Los Angeles that were presented in city council on Wednesday are posted online at - ...
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• Feast of Fun Deserves Top Honors Again – Please Vote!

  
  Tasithoughts's Weblog — Authority: 129
  It is that time of year where the most authentic kind of grass root voting is going on right now on the the Internet for the 2009 Podcast Awards .  There are several categories ranging from Overall People’s Choice  to Best Technology and Science Award. Nominated again this year is my favorite podcast, The Feast ...
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• Theres No Place Like Rome

  
  Wake up and LIVE — Authority: 129
  The Archbishop of Canterbury is in Rome to meet with Pope Benedict XVI who has outlined the procedures for Anglicans who just cant stand the idea of women as bishops... and really dont like gay people very much either... to go back to Rome. They wont have to surrender their prayer books, but they will have to ...
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• Manhattan Declaration: A Religious Statement Declared On Friday

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  By Meena Kar Washington, Nov. 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) “The Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience” that was announced publicly on Friday, once again brought disappointment for the LGBT communities and did not support same sex marriage. This declaration was drafted in last summer and was worked upon for ...
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• 10 Things Obama HAS Done

  
  Best Gay Blogs — Authority: 141
  One year ago, the United States witnessed the people take its government back from ideological tyranny, greed, and anti-intellectualism. The election of President Barack Obama was a worldwide event — a signal to the world that America, at last, had overcome it’s last taboo (at least publicly), race. Graveyards ...
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• School bus driver ignores plea for help from kid beaten with metal pipe because he is gay

  
  Broward's Blog — Authority: 113
  A Texas teenager was chased by a group of his peers and beaten with a metal pipe because he is gay. The school bus driver did nothing. The school did nothing. The assailants yelled, "Youre not going to be gay anymore." They continued until a neighbor with a shotgun cocked his weapon. Read the full story here . ...
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• [pdx design] Pride Foundationss 25th Anniversary – A Logo Design Contest Worth Entering

  
  The ZehnKatzen Times — Authority: 125
  2262. As always Im against "logo design" contests in the broad sense of the word. There are a few out there that deserve ones notice, and I think Ive found one. The Pride Foundation is a NW charity that functions as a philanthropic organization for the LBGT community, (r ead all about it ), and is celebrating its ...
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• Transgender Day of Remembrance and Ms. Lauryn Farris

  
  jaysays.com | — Authority: 125
  What an appropriate day for me to do my first blog on jaysays.com. Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. It is a day that we pause to remember those that have been taken from us only for being different. On the 19th the San Antonio Gender Association along with the MCC San Antonio sponsored our Observance.No ...
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• Christian leaders declare war on gay marriage, abortion

  
  Inside, Looking Out — Authority: 124
  At least we finally have it in writing… A group of religious leaders representing various denominations released a 4,700 word manifesto today called the Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience , which formally declares their opposition to gay marriage and abortion, among other things.. The document ...
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• Congratulations to the Stonewall Family!

  
  Cuppytalk — Authority: 125
  WoW.com has chosen LGBT guild (or rather, family of guilds), “The Stonewall Family” to be November’s Guild of the Month.  Woohoo!  The Stonewall Family are a “sister guild” to my WoW guild “Taint” which are also on Proudmoore (the unofficial LGBT server).  They also consist of multiple guilds ...
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• Florida Competitive Workforce bill filed to add anti-discrimination protections statewide

  
  Steve Rothaus Gay South Florida — Authority: 149
  News release from Equality Florida : (TALLAHASSEE) Equality Florida applauds the filing of the Competitive Workforce bill in the Florida House of Representative. House bill 391, filed by Rep. Kelly Skidmore, would add sexual orientation and gender identity to Florida’s civil rights statues. ...
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• Former SoVo editor talks about plans in the works

  
  Fresh Loaf — Authority: 647
  Former Southern Voice editor Laura Douglas-Brown reveals what plans are in the works for a new Atlanta LGBT news source.
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• “Lost” issue of David magazine recovered by former employees

  
  Fresh Loaf — Authority: 647
  The "lost" issue of LGBT nightlife publication is recovered by former employees and posted on Davids Facebook page.
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• Report Back: Rally Against Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill

  
  Akimbo — Authority: 558
  A small but dedicated crowd of activists, journalists, and clergy from New York and the surrounding area showed up at the Uganda House at 12:30 yesterday afternoon to protest the anti-homosexuality bill currently under consideration in the Ugandan parliament . Many of the protesters carried signs decrying the bill, ...
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• The Stonewall Family is Octobers Guild of the Month

  
  WoW.com — Authority: 678
  Our November Guild of the Month contest is still ongoing, but today is the day we unveil Octobers winner. But before I do that, I want to tell all of the entrants that you shouldnt get discouraged. We get a lot of great entries every month, and if you didnt win in October, enter for November! If you dont win in ...
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• Which Do You Prefer: Gay Tour And Cruise Operators Or Straight And Diverse?

  
  Jawa Bali Indonesia Travel and Leisure — Authority: 134
  Planning decisions are something every traveler has to face, especially if they have decided to travel. Everyone likes sightseeing, only some sights are of more interest to certain people than others. (...)
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• Uniting American Families Act Gets New Sponsor – Specter

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee (and formerly that committee’s Republican Chairman), has signed on as a cosponsor of the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA). At last June’s Senate Judiciary Committee UAFA hearing, Specter expressed strong support for ...
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