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”

• November 20th – Transgender Remembrance Day

  
  Tasithoughts's Weblog — Authority: 128
  Within the LGBT rights movement is the Transgender community.  This is often the group that probably has the toughest obstacles on the road to equality issues than any demographic in across LGBT peoples. They face both prejudices outside the community and even within the community. Some of those prejudices have ...
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• Two little lovebirds

  
  TORQOPIA - Abundance All Around Us — Authority: 137
  Ellen and Portia get some attention from the New York Times which hopefully suggests: Culture leads politics, and support for familiar, respected individuals precedes support for a larger, more abstract idea.
  7 hours ago

• RESCUE PACKAGE PROPOSED FOR BRIGHTON PRIDE

  
  Gay London videos and news, gay interviews, gay clubbing, gay health, gay comment and gay views on HOMOVISION.TV Gay TV, gay London videos and news, gay interviews, gay clubbing, gay health, gay comment and gay views on HOMOVISION.TV — Authority: 137
  Wilde Ones, Pride in Brighton and Hove’s production company for the last ten years, is proposing a rescue package for Brighton Pride.The proposal aims to keep the same style of event that was produced in 2009, but with additional enhancements, and with all profits going to local voluntary sector and HIV ...
  10 hours ago

• Sunday News Round-Up – 11/15

  
  Courtney-Jo — Authority: 119
  Lots of good stuff at Our Bodies Our Blog as usual, including a new post from OBOS intern Meg Young on Reebok’s ridiculous new sneaker ad . The FDA is looking into caffeinated alcoholic beverages and considering whether they are safe and/or legal (via NPR ). On Stupak, NPR has a good explanation of the red ...
  11 hours ago

• Canada: Gay Catholic Priest Marrying Partner

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 156
  Father Karl Clemens, 70, Canadas first openly gay Catholic priest, is getting married today to his partner, Nick. He says hell be the first man of the Catholic cloth to enter into a same-sex marriage in Canada, and maybe even in North America, according to the Edmonton Sun. "Im not doing it to ...
  11 hours ago

• Obama Has Time for Immigration but Not DADT and DOMA?

  
  From the Left — Authority: 474
  Sunday, November 15, 2009 President Obama has moved immigration reform to the top of his to-do list and well before the all-important 2010 midterms. The New York Times reports: The Obama administration will insist on measures to give legal status to the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants as it pushes ...
  11 hours ago

• Shameless Self Promotion Sunday

  
  Queers United — Authority: 505
  Please feel free to share any links to queer or queer related topics of interest. You can post a blog entry you made, a website you found interesting. Anything goes as long as it is queer in nature.
  12 hours ago

• WATCH: Maine NO ON 1 Documentary

  
  The Mad Professah Lectures — Authority: 437
  PART ONE: PART 2:
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• m. backes, about medical marijuana: part 2— unraveling LA city atty’s pesticide story (2060)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 129
  Pesticides & Politics, Part 2 the second of two guest blogs concerning medical cannabis safety by M. Backes November 11, 2009 The Los Angeles City Attorney’s office found 5.25% of the cannabis samples tested from purchases made at Los Angeles dispensaries (3 out of 52 samples) to contain pesticide ...
  14 hours ago

• m. backes, about medical marijuana: part 1—unraveling LA city atty’s pesticide story (2059)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 129
  Pesticides & Politics, part 1 (This is a guest blog by M. Backes, responding to allegations by City Attorney Carmen Trutanich about pesticides on medical cannabis.) October 15, 2009 LA City Attorney, Carmen “Nuch” Trutanich, has been all over the media trying to convince Los Angeles that a ...
  15 hours ago

• Dutch Views on Gay Marriage

  
  Best Gay Blogs — Authority: 140
  Lisa Belkin interviewed was M. V. Lee Badgett, who is both the director of the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law & Public Policy at the UCLA School of Law and a professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. She is also the author of “When Gay People Get Married: What Happens ...
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• Groovy Gay Film Festival #20: Hollywood je taime

  
  Deep Dish — Authority: 136
  Hollywood je taime will charm the pants off you. And so will its handsome leading man, Eric Debets, whose pants do come off in his feature film debut. As many other characters comment in the movies running joke, the French actor does bear a striking resemblance to Adrien Brody--only a lot hunkier with a nice ...
  18 hours ago

• WH91: Sleep Numberin’ Bare With Rylch

  
  Whorehole.org — Authority: 106
  LENGTH: 26:41 GUESTS: Sleep number guy & Bare Essentials gal. LYUPS. SYNOPSIS Cheryl calls about a sleep number bed for her obese friend, and about makeup for her other trans-mess-tight friend. Plus lots of great clips, a craigslist ad, and more. Enjoy! Call the lyups line 206-666-LYPS! LINKS: FRIEND ...
  20 hours ago

• Vote Reveals Only One Gay-Friendly Town in Somerset County, Maine

  
  Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print — Authority: 548
  Election Day 2009 revealed the moral character of towns across the state of Maine in a manner useful to travelers. A “Yes” vote on Ballot Question 1 this year was a vote to take away the legally-granted marriage rights of gay and lesbian people in Maine. A “No” vote on Ballot Question 1 was a vote to preserve ...
  21 hours ago

• Connecting the Dots Around The Blogosphere

  
  Exploring Our Matrix — Authority: 602
  There are several posts that Ive read recently that seem unrelated. But perhaps some reader can connect the dots. First, there is a post on the Doc Artz blog about the experience of rewatching episodes from season 1 of LOST. The post admires the ways in which things that were once simply details the significance of ...
  22 hours ago

• john hoeffel, latimes: AMA jumps into medical cannabis fray (2058)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 129
  Medical marijuana gets a boost from major doctors group The American Medical Assn. changes its policy to promote clinical research and development of cannabis-based medicines and alternative delivery methods. By John Hoeffel November 11, 2009 The American Medical Assn. on Tuesday urged the federal ...
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• Are discount diamond rings the same quality of stones?

  
  Pride Jewelry — Authority: 427
  When looking for the best discount diamond rings you need to look for the same types of things that you would look for in an expensive one. Whether it is gift ideas for your mom , sister or girlfriend, these fashion rings are always a fun choice. For example, the cut and the clarity are two of the most ...
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• Our Families Count - Fill Out the Census!

  
  Queers United — Authority: 505
  HRC has launched Our Families Count and is urging LGBT people to fill out the census so that the government can distribute funds and social services that are are needed for our community. Sexual orientation and gender identity will not be questions on the 2010 census, and will likely be included in future censuses. ...
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• What 53% of Maine thinks is right is wrong

  
  True Blue Texan — Authority: 118
  One of the many reasons that 53% of Maine voters elected to repeal the same-sex marriage law is based on a misconception. In fact, most of the arguments used by Yes on 1 activists are based on fear and lies. Disinformation aside, one of the reasons you hear over and over again by those who support "conjugal marriage" ...
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• Argentina: Judge Approves Gay Marriage

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 156
  A judge in Buenos Aires has granted a gay couple the legal right to get married, making Argentina the first Latin American country to allow full marriage rights to a same-gender couple, according to Reuters. The ruling by Judge Gabriela Seijus may increase pressure on lawmakers to debate a gay marriage ...
  1 day ago

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