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”

• World AIDS Day

  
  STERKWORKS — Authority: 92
  When I first heard the word AIDS, it was in the early 80s and in reference to a mysterious disease that gay men had somehow been singled out to be afflicted with. At first, I don’t even think it had a name. Obviously, it was a gay curse. Years passed and I watched all of the AIDS related movies. I cried when ...
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• God’s Indifferent Judgment Descends Upon DC After Gay Marriage Vote

  
  Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print — Authority: 514
  Pat Robertson says it. Stephen Bennett says it. John Hagee says it. James Evans and John Piper say it. Graham Dow says it. These and other fundamentalist Christians have declared the weather to be the vehicle of God’s judgment regarding gay people. Today, the Washington DC City Council cast the first ...
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• Family Reserach Council Claims Obama Has A ‘Plan’ To ‘Impose Homosexuality’

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 841
  Earlier this month, the far-right Family Research Council (FRC) sent a fundraising action alert fearmongering about the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which has been introduced in both the House and Senate and President Obama says he is “ pushing hard to pass .” “This law would punish anyone in ...
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• LIVE LINK TO NYSENATE VIDEOSTREAM: Will New York be the next state to vote for same-sex marriage today?

  
  The Daily Gotham - grassroots news and activism for new yorkers — Authority: 469
  New York Senate livestream Looks like DC beat New York State to the gay-marriage punch on a technicality : D.C. Council votes to legalize same-sex marriage - washingtonpost.com After months of debate, the council passed the bill 11 to 2. It still must take a second vote in two weeks before the measure can go to ...
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• In praise of The Daily Dish

  
  TORQOPIA - Abundance All Around Us — Authority: 135
  Andrew Sullivan is one of the most prolific bloggers around; he and his team post an amazing number of entries a day. Here are three from todays bunch that remind me of why blogging at its best is a valuable dialogue... and why The Daily Dish is clearly blogging at its best: One : A response to Dick Cheneys ...
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• DC City Council Passes Gay Marriage

  
  Delaware Way — Authority: 147
  From TPMDC ~ Bravo! By a vote of 11-2, the D.C. City Council voted to legalize same sex marriage in the nations Capitol today. ~*~
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• Rick Warren wonders why there’s so much fuss over the rights of gays.

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 841
  In recent days, Pastor Rick Warren has come under fire for refusing to condemn an Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda that would make some homosexual acts punishable by death. “[I]t is not my personal calling as a pastor in America to comment or interfere in the political process of other nations ,” said ...
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• Ellen Show: Lambert: “What Do You Want From Me?”

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 150
  December 1, 2009Lambert posts/videos/interviews Here’s Adam performing What Do You Want From Me? It’s almost as if he had this planned out – a wild live performance followed by this. Here’s his interview segment with Ellen. He at least figured out that it was the first time folks saw him on TV since Idol and ...
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• Gay Marriage Statistics from 2010 Census Will Probably Increase Legal Protections

  
  swirlspice — Authority: 110
  Gay Marriage Statistics from 2010 Census Will Probably Increase Legal Protections The published statistics will probably increase legal protections for gay couples because they’ll change from a vague demographic to a countable one. For example, politicians could better estimate the effect of allowing gay couples ...
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• Ellen Show: Adam Lambert interview

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 150
  December 1, 2009Lambert posts/videos/interviews Adam Lambert talking with Ellen Degeneres. Discusses his AMA performance. Later, he performs “What Do You Want From Me?”Courtesy of ellenxportia[selected quotes - hand transcribed]ADAM LAMBERT: I forgot that this was the first time people were seeing me on TV again ...
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• The Elephant’s Graveyard

  
  Scrutiny Hooligans — Authority: 472
  I’ve gotten a lot of guff for my post last week handicapping the Republican congressional primary field here in the 11th…not for what I predicted so much as the fact that the prediction appeared here in this pinko e-rag and under my own shiny new byline. You see, for today’s Republicans, this is a betrayal [...]
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• GayTalkRadio.org Presents The Request Line

  
  2015Place.com — Authority: 157
  The Request Line will air Sunday evenings at 6 PM PST (9 PM EST). The Request Line will feature show hosts jeffyjef and Tom (GayTalkRadio creator). The Request Line will play your requests and dedications (providing they are not anti-gay). Place your request by Phone, Email or Text Message. Text Message or ...
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• Where Do We Stand On ENDA?

  
  Joe. My. God. — Authority: 709
  In a story published today on Bay Windows , veteran gay journalist Rex Wockner talks about the delay in moving ENDA forward in Congress, where the bill is mired in legal tinkering on the arcane (to us) issues of disparate impact, lawyers fees, and double-recovery. "Disparate impact" is when a policy or practice ...
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• Assassins Creed 2: Leonardo Da Vinci

  
  GayGamer.net — Authority: 492
  Among the surprises of Assassins Creed 2 , was reading the small biography that came with Leonardo Da Vinci. Many historical buildings and persons have these small entries that can be just text you read and through which you scroll, letters read aloud, or videos (this last one reserved for your assassination ...
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• The Little Engines that Wouldn’t – Courage Campaign and Lambda Legal Refuse to Fight.

  
  jaysays.com | — Authority: 422
  Rick Jacobs, founder of the Courage Campaign (Los Angeles), has announced that polling indicates that overturning Proposition 8 via a ballot measure in 2010 looks bad. According to the Courage Campaign sponsored polling, providing equal rights to all Americans is not supported financially, with strong leadership or ...
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• Cleveland Approves Transgender Rights

  
  Joe. My. God. — Authority: 709
  Yesterday the Cleveland City Council unanimously passed a weakened transgender rights bill. Via Spangle : By adding the words “gender identity or expression” to a criminal law that provides protection in areas of employment, housing and public accommodations, council members took a huge step forward, ...
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• Lack of state policy puts those exposed to HIV at greater risk

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 636
  It was a mistake, Trevor Hoppe admits. He made a poor choice in a sexual encounter in Philadelphia in October which may have exposed him to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Are antiretroviral medications used to treat HIV infections, the newest weapon in the fight against HIV/AIDS? Photo (Michigan Messenger photo ...
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• Trinidad & Tobago: Gay Issues at CHOGM

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 719
  gspottt says that “for the first time at a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting…in Trinidad & Tobago, there was significant representation of GLBTQ (gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender/queer) activists among civil society participants, and a concerted effort to highlight issues of sexual citizenship and ...
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• World AIDS Day

  
  Wake up and LIVE — Authority: 129
  In rememberance of all those who have died, all those who have cared for the dying, and all those who live with HIV, let us pray: O merciful Father, who hast taught us in thy holy Word that thou dost not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men: Look with pity upon the sorrows of this world and those living ...
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• Liar Liar Yada Yada Yada

  
  I Should Be Laughing — Authority: 435
  Well, well, well, look whos back and singing a different tune. Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren appeared on Meet The Press over the weekend where he had the balls to paint himself as a friend of gay people, though not now, and not ever, of marriage equality. Warren says his role is to "love everybody" ...
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