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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• Beauty Pageants: Bridging The Gap Between The Genders?

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 594
  Humans are a vain and conceited species so it is no wonder that beauty remains one of the most discussed topics the world over. Though it is often said that beauty and brains rarely exist together, there are a lot of instances where people attempt to disprove this theory; perhaps the most famous of these are beauty ...
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• Mexico: Marriage and Adoption for Gay Couples in the Capital

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 696
  Gay marriage has been legalized in Mexico City , after reforms made to the civil code by the Legislative Assembly on December 21. In the same meeting, a law was passed allowing gay couples to adopt children. This was the next step after the approval of civil unions in 2006, which gave legal recognition of ...
  6 hours ago

• Will Pawlenty try to scale back LGBT rights in 2010?

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 663
  In his interview with Newsweek (mentioned earlier by Chris Steller), Gov. Pawlenty said he regretted a 1993 vote to expand the state’s anti-discrimination laws to include sexual orientation and gender identity and that they law should be changed. Specifically, he said laws that protect transgender Minnesotans ...
  8 hours ago

• Feminism--or gender justice?

  
  Feminist Legal Theory — Authority: 103
  As the semester draws to a close, Im left considering how feminism fits into a wider legal worldview, how feminism has shaped that world, and finally, where I fit into the world of feminism. As I read the various viewpoints and opinions of feminist legal theorists this semester, I was also studying family law, estate ...
  10 hours ago

• Gender, sports issues to be explored at Florida International University conference

  
  Steve Rothaus Gay South Florida — Authority: 145
  By LUISA YANEZ, lyanez@MiamiHerald.com A female athlete wins an Olympic gold medal, but later a sexual verification test detects she has the testosterone levels of a man. What action does the International Olympic Committee take? Two faculty members from Florida International Universitys new medical school ...
  10 hours ago

• D.C. asks judge to dismiss gay marriage lawsuit

  
  Steve Rothaus Gay South Florida — Authority: 145
  Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The District of Columbia is asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit by opponents of same-sex marriage. The plaintiffs, led by local pastor Bishop Harry Jackson, are seeking to get their proposed ban on gay marriage on the ballot. They are suing after the Board of Elections and Ethics ...
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• U.S. lawmakers condemn anti-gay Uganda legislation

  
  Steve Rothaus Gay South Florida — Authority: 145
  Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Five Republican House members are urging the president of Uganda to oppose a proposed law that would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans. The lawmakers say they are all men of faith, and that the bill is antithetical to the Christian belief of "inherent dignity and ...
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• PhoboQuotable - Tim Pawlenty

  
  Joe. My. God. — Authority: 700
  "That statute is not worded the way it should be. I said I regretted the vote later because it included things like cross-dressing, and a variety of other people involved in behaviors that werent based on sexual orientation, just a preference for the way they dressed and behaved. So it was overly broad. So if you are ...
  12 hours ago

• SBC’s Richard Land is distraught about health reform

  
  BaptistPlanet — Authority: 436
  His Nazi libels and “death panels” prevarications failed to stop health reform, so Richard Land is sad.The Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) chief is so sad and so busy (like Mike Huckabee) lamenting legislator support for health reform that he still doesn’t have ...
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• Uganda President Yoweri Museveni urged by Republicans to stop anti-gay bill

  
  BaptistPlanet — Authority: 436
  Five House Republicans, all “men of faith,” have igned letter urging the president of Uganda to oppose the gay death penalty legislation:The letter was signed by Reps. Frank Wolf of Virginia, Chris Smith of New Jersey, Joe Pitts of Pennsylvania, Trent Franks of Arizona and Anh “Joseph” Cao of Louisiana.Many ...
  13 hours ago

• Oscar winning writer writes about his experience with Hope College

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 614
  Dustin Lance Black, who won the Oscar for his screenplay “Milk,” has penned an essay on the Daily Beast to discuss his banning from the conservative Christian Hope College earlier this year. Black was in Holland to work on his directorial debut, and he says , he was approached by a youth in a local coffeehouse ...
  13 hours ago

• Martini Tuesdays holiday party tonight at Loews Miami Beach Hotel, 1601 Collins Ave.

  
  Steve Rothaus Gay South Florida — Authority: 145
  From Edison Farrow: Martini Tuesdays is a weekly cocktail party that meets at a different fabulous South Beach venue every Tuesday at 9pm. Now in its 8th year, Martini Tuesdays is a great night for networking and meeting new friends. There is never a cover charge. This Weeks Location: 12.22.09 ...
  14 hours ago

• UGANDA: Hundreds Picket Capital In Support Of "Kill Gays" Bill

  
  Joe. My. God. — Authority: 700
  Hundreds of anti-gay protesters demonstrated in Kampala today in support of Ugandas pending "kill gays" bill. The protesters, led by born-again clerics, cultural leaders, and university undergraduates, marched to the parliament where they presented a petition. The bill - introduced by parliamentarian David ...
  14 hours ago

• VIDEO: Mexico City Approves Marriage

  
  Joe. My. God. — Authority: 700
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• Registration open for governor’s conference on LGBT youth

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 138
  The annual conference on gay and lesbian issues is set for Feb. 18 at Drake University. Iowa Gov. Chet Culver has been invited to attend, but his staff is still booking his schedule for February, so Culver hasn’t RSVP’ed yet. “However,” said Culver spokesman Troy Price, “either the Governor or Lt. Governor ...
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• Mich. Dept. of Corrections ‘looking’ into ex-gay ministry affiliation with prisons

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 614
  LANSING — A spokesman for the Michigan Department of Corrections announced Monday that the department was reviewing its affiliation with the controversial ex-gay ministry Corduroy Stone of Lansing. Michigan Department of Corrections “The department’s position is that when you are ministering to a group ...
  14 hours ago

• LGBT Helping Hands 12/22/09-NWA Center for Equality (Fayetteville, AK)

  
  Straight, Not Narrow — Authority: 147
  About the NWA Center for Equality Mission Statement A grassroots support and advocacy movement working to achieve full equality for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in northwest Arkansas. Vision Statement To see a time when all have the right to be themselves regardless of ...
  15 hours ago

• Mexico City Passes Marriage Equality

  
  The Mad Professah Lectures — Authority: 434
  Wow! I guess following in the footsteps of the District of Columbia last week, the Distrito Federal (also known as Mexico City) has also passed marriage equality legislation. The leftist-dominated legislature of this massive city of about 20 million people turned aside opposition from the influential Roman ...
  16 hours ago

• Gathering the Outcasts

  
  Wake up and LIVE — Authority: 130
  The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you* in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing as on a day of festival.* I will remove disaster from you,* so that you will not bear reproach for it. I will deal with all your oppressors ...
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• sunnie rose: next POZ life weekend seminar jan 23rd and 24th (2078)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 115
  Sunnie Rose says: January POZ Weekend Seminar - Jan 23rd and 24th! Reservation Page is now open! The Next POZ Life Seminar is Jan. 23 and 24 in the West Hollywood area. Download the PDF Flyer Registering for the  POZ Life Weekend Seminar can be easy! You can either drop us a note at  ...
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