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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Original Technorati articles tagged “lgbt”

• in Politics
  Mitt Romney: The Anti-Cupid?
  An Australian's viewpoint on Romney's intent to prevent same-sex marriages.
  by kimmybabe74 / on Nov 22, 2012
• in Music
  A Driven Voice - Interview With Singer/Songwriter Brandon Anderson
  Jason Shaw interviews extraordinary singer/songwriter Brandon Anderson
  by jasonshaw99 / on Oct 7, 2012
• in Business
  It's Not About The Chicken - The Chick-fil-A Controversy!
  The row between the fast food chain and human rights activists escalates.
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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “lgbt”

 

• Look: Thousands March Through NYC’s West Village To Protest Anti-Gay Hate Crime Wave

  
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  Thousands of metro-area New Yorkers marched through the streets of the West Village to mourn Friday’s murder of Mark Carson and to protest the recent anti-gay hate crime wave. Protestors convened at NYC’s historic 13th Street LGBT Center well-before the 5:30 PM starting time, and then marched carrying signs ...
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• March to End Anti-LGBT Hate Violence

  
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  Im at work this evening, but here are some photos I grabbed off my friends FB pages of the march getting started outside The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in Greenwich Village. Wilson Cruz, GLAADs national spokesperson said: "While our community has made progress, this is a stark and ...
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• Lesbian, 18, faces 15 years in prison for having sex with 14-year-old high school basketball teammate

  
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  BY STEVE ROTHAUS, srothaus@MiamiHerald.com Nearly 80,000 supporters since Friday have signed an Internet petition demanding felony sex charges be dropped against an 18-year-old lesbian who dated a 14-year-old high-school basketball teammate. Kaitlyn Hunt of Indian River County is charged with two ...
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• NEW YORK CITY: West Village Streets Closed For Massive Anti-Hate Crimes Rally"Say His Name: MARK CARSON!"

  
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  The NYPD has closed the streets around the LGBT Community Center in the West Village as a massive crowd prepares to step off and march in honor of murdered gay man Mark Carson.  More photos to follow in this post...
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• Fla. Asst. State Attorney Prosecuting High School Senior for Same-Sex Relationship

  
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  Fla. Asst. State Attorney Prosecuting High School Senior for Same-Sex Relationship There is a petition here at change.org urging th eIndian River County (Florida) State Attorney and Assistant Attorney to stop the prosecution of 18-year old Kaitlyn Hunt, an 18-year old high school senior in a consensual ...
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• High School Senior Kaitlyn Hunt Is Being Charged With A Felony For Her Relationship With Her 15-Year-Old Girlfriend

  
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  A Florida teen named Kaitlyn Hunt could face a felony conviction, jail time, and a lifetime on the sex offenders registry for her relationship with her 15-year-old girlfriend. More » High School Senior Kaitlyn Hunt Is Being Charged With A Felony For Her Relationship With Her 15-Year-Old Girlfriend is a post ...
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• 2010 federal census shows same sex households on the rise

  
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  The 2010 Federal census revealed that there were 600,000 gay households of which 115,000 were raising children.  Whether Scotus votes favorably on the same sex marriage issues, the nation is beginning to open their eyes and see for themselves that what they thought they knew is far from the truth about same sex ...
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• Here’s Why Christians Are Not The Victims When It Comes to LGBTs

  
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• Archie Comics’ First Gay Kiss, As A Result Of One Million Moms

  
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  Archie Comics has just won one GLAAD Award, but that’s clearly not enough. We’ve had a same-sex wedding, now it’s time for a same-sex kiss. Funny, I always thought that would come first… In the New York Daily News, Archie Comics have promoted an upcoming issue of Kevin Keller with this image. The paper ...
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• STUDY: Banning Same-Sex Marriage Psychologically Harms Gay Community

  
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  Research has previously demonstrated that ballot initiatives to ban same-sex marriage create psychological stress for the gay community, and new analysis from a massive National Institutes of Health study has confirmed the same effect. Around 2004, NIH began conducting interviews for a massive mental health survey, ...
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• Wheres the Conservative Outrage Over NYCs Anti-Gay Violence?

  
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  By  Tim Peacock These are Jesus people, after all, right? Via Memeographs this morning: Per Memeographs: NYCs gay community and allies will march tonight to protest a rash of hate crimes directed at the LGBT community. Much progress has been made, but America, even New York City, is ...
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• Record-Breaking Majority Of Americans Now Believe Same-Sex Relationships Morally Acceptable

  
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  A record-breaking majority of Americans now believe same-sex relationships are morally acceptable, according to a new study just released by Gallup . The issue is also the most-changed, seeing a 19-point improvement over just twelve years. Now, 59 percent of Americans say same-sex relationships are morally ...
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• Florida Teen Facing Felony Charges, Expelled from School Over Lesbian Relationship

  
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  Kaitlyn Hunt , a Florida teenager, is facing felony charges and has already been expelled from school for her lesbian relationship with another, younger student. Hunt, who is 18, has reportedly been charged with two felony counts of “lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12 to 16.” The charges stem from her ...
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• Queer Talk: FL Teen Kaitlyn Hunt Arrested for Lesbian Relationship

  
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  Kaitlyn Hunt, a Florida high school senior, has been expelled, and arrested, as Think Progress reports, charged with a felony for a lesbian relationship. It’s one of several recent reports that make clear that, in spite of all the progress, full equality under the law remains a goal, not a reality, for lesbian, ...
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• Recent news round-up

  
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  Good NewsArchie Comics gay kiss a poke at real controversyBad NewsTurkey cancels Eurovision Song Contest over lesbian kissAlgerian editor accuses government of censorshipSlow Response by Georgians to Mob Attack on Gay RallyMeasles surges in UK years after vaccine scare
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• Immigration Asylum And Detention Amendments Could Protect LGBT Immigrants

  
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  Sharita Gruberg is a Policy Analyst for the LGBT Immigration Project at the Center for American Progress. Last week , the bipartisan immigration reform bill survived its second week of Senate Judiciary Committee markups largely intact and faithful to the “Gang of 8’s” core principals , which would provide ...
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• Killer In Anti-Gay Hate Crime Laughed As He Told Cops: ‘I Shot Him In The Face’

  
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  The gunman who shot and killed a 32-year old gay man Friday night in New York City’s Greenwich Village reportedly laughed as he confessed to the police, “I shot him in the face.” Elliot Morales , 33, was caught within minutes by the NYPD as he fled the scene, after taking a silver .38 out of his pants and ...
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• Man killed over Playstation 3 in Ridgeland + National Outrage After Abusive KC Woman is Given Slap on the Wrist for Killing Husband While Pregnant

  
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  Ridgeland man killed over Playstation 3 RIDGELAND — A young Ridgeland man is dead after he was shot to death over a Playstation 3. The 24-year-old man was found dead in the living room of his East Adams St home Saturday night by the Ridgeland Police Department Those close to the man say he was a happy guy, ...
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• TODAY: West Village Protest Rally And March In Honor Of Mark Carson

  
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  From the New York City LGBT Community Center: On Monday evening we will gather on the steps of the Center, along with the Anti-Violence Project, New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, community members, other elected officials, and LGBT community leaders and allies, and march to the site of Fridays shooting ...
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• A Wave of LGBT Hate Crimes Strike New York City

  
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  New York City is experiencing a rash of violent crimes against members of the LGBT community. Five incidents have occurred in the last two weeks as the Big Apple preps for the 2013 Gay Pride. The shooting death of Mark Carson, 32, in Greenwich Village is the latest incident highlighting the issue of violence ...
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