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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• Hong Kong: Gay Rights on the Horizon?

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 498
  With the successful staging of Hong Kongs second Pride parade on 1 November this event is now firmly established as a regular yearly highpoint. The march through central areas of Hong Kong Island was almost twice as big as last years debut, attracting almost 2,000 participants. Connie Chan, who is chairperson of the ...
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• in the church’s defense…

  
  Mother Issues — Authority: 110
  I wrote my last post about how I feel about the stud and femme events, but obviously they aren’t for me. I’m not saying the church needs to cater to its white atheist contingent of one; what they’re doing are meeting needs the community has and I’m just a little bothered by the way that’s happening. But ...
  7 hours ago

• What Does Maine Means for Cali?

  
  Best Gay Blogs — Authority: 138
  Question 1, a repeal of the New England state’s law allowing same-sex marriage, passed with 52.7 percent of voters in favor; nearly parallel to the 52 percent of California’s voters last year that passed Proposition 8, the Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in the Golden State. Maine’s vote ...
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• DNC, please explain your stance on LGBT issues

  
  Maybe it's just me... — Authority: 517
  Im a little confused about the role the DNC is playing. Earlier this year, they had a gay fundraiser and after the failed boycott from gay leaders, they still raised a million dollars. However, they havent really used it for LGBT issues, so I have to know... What is the DNCs plan for us? Now, Im not going to give ...
  10 hours ago

• NYT Op-Ed in Favor of NY and NJ Marriage Equality

  
  The Mad Professah Lectures — Authority: 437
  The New York Times has published an op-ed calling for the Governors of New York and New Jersey to act on marriage equality bills in light of last weeks elections: Voters in Washington State approved a ballot measure endorsing a new law granting gay and lesbian couples the same state-provided benefits that ...
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• Why the U.S. House’s Health Reform Bill is Good News for Gay Rights

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 498
  Rep. Nancy Pelosi made history this weekend, doing something that no politician has been able to do in the United States since...well, forever. Pelosi was able to work the U.S. House to pass a health reform bill, by a vote of 220-215 , that brings this country closer to the precipice of national health care than weve ...
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• Thanks Be To God For Those Steps Forward

  
  Wake up and LIVE — Authority: 125
  Amidst all that has happened these past few weeks... or not... for the LGBT community, it is always great to celebrate those bright lights in the Episcopal Church when I see them amidst the fog and clouds of prejudice. Such is the case in the Diocese of Southern Ohio, where Bishop Tom Breidenthal at his Diocesan ...
  15 hours ago

• Find The Popular Vacation Destinations In A Gay Travel Guide

  
  Luggage Joint — Authority: 153
  By navigating the internet, there is a chance that you have probably come across a gay travel guide for couples to utilize. The current population of gay couples seems to increase every year it was only a matter of time when an actual gay travel guide for couples came on the scene. One big vacation that has begun ...
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• Armenian doctor rejects there could be love between gay people amid abundance of stupid commentary in an interview... with Aravot daily

  
  Unzipped: Gay Armenia — Authority: 124
  Perhaps, I was too quick to praise Armenian daily Aravot for its apparent shift of attitude away from homophobia . Only 2 days ago, Aravot re-posted doctors.am publication on sexual orientation with calls to respect diversity and with the use of correct terminology to describe homo-, hetero-, and bi-sexuality. ...
  18 hours ago

• I’m just a girl (and I’d rather not be)

  
  Mother Issues — Authority: 110
  After serving dinner last night with members of the (basically black, lesbian, Pentecostal) church we’ve been attending last night, I went to put away some chairs while we were cleaning up and all the other servers were discussing how to divvy up the turkey dinner leftovers. One of the ministers was also putting ...
  23 hours ago

• Gay Orgs Joint Statement about the Hate Crimes Law

  
  Maybe it's just me... — Authority: 517
  History in the Making It took much too long, more than a decade. And it came at too great a price: the brutal killings of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. are just two among the thousands of crimes motivated by hate and bigotry. But this week, the president put pen to paper and fulfilled a campaign promise, ...
  23 hours ago

• Joint Statement from 32 LGBT Groups on Hate Crimes Act

  
  The Mad Professah Lectures — Authority: 437
  A joint statement was released last week on the occasion of President Barack Obama signing hate crimes legislation into law : History in the Making It took much too long, more than a decade. And it came at too great a price: the brutal killings of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. are just two among the ...
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• DNC Treasurer’s Criticism of Gay Blogger Fueling LGBT Discontent with Obama

  
  Tasithoughts's Weblog — Authority: 126
  Democratic National Committee Treasurer, Andy Tobias,  recently weighed in on Gay Blogger John Aravosis’s pos t criticizing the Democratic Party’s lack of efforts in an email campaign from Obama’s Organizing For America to vote NO  specifically on anti-marriage efforts in Maine.   Calling out the DNC on ...
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• A Pakistan You Never Knew! Being Gay in the Islamic Republic

  
  Sherryx's Weblog — Authority: 106
  “Invisibility” and “Silence” are the hallmark of  fascist societies. A national stereotype is built and than implemented through ideological and coercive apparatuses  of the state. Gender is an important battle ground in these “nation-building” projects. A section of Pakistan’s founding fathers was ...
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• Prominent Theologian Mark Achtemeier Changes His Mind on LGBT Issues

  
  The Rev's Rumbles — Authority: 130
  Thanks to my friend Hans Cornelder at Church and World (formerly Presbyweb ) for calling the attention of his readers to this : For the opening plenary address at the Covenant Network of Presbyterians’ annual conference, self-proclaimed evangelical Mark Achtemeier [picture at left] told the story of his ...
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• Groovy Gay Film Festival #12: Pornography: A Thriller

  
  Deep Dish — Authority: 135
  I must confess that Im not sure what Pornography: A Thriller , is all about. I also didnt get The Blair Witch Project , but I still felt it was a film worth seeing. Pornography doesnt have much in common with BWP except that they both tell creepy stories in which the audience has to figure out whats really ...
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• Trying to stick a “Far Left” label on Righteous Indignation

  
  The Confluence — Authority: 572
  The New York Times Opinionator blog aggregator has detected a nascent revolt in the Democratic party.  The Times is only 18 months late.  The PUMAs were ahead of the curve the day the DNC RBC knifed its own voters and installed Barack Obama as the nominee over the objections of slightly more than half of the ...
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• Gay couple banned from Wal-mart over snafu with lighters

  
  What's a Boy To Do — Authority: 475
  Photo Credit: racineur via Flickr CC A Chicago gay couple was recently detained at a Wal-mart store in Niles, MI after the store accused the couple of shoplifting BIC lighters. Joe Paolucci, former general counsel for the real estate investment company owned by Chicago billionaire Sam Zell, was at the local ...
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• Banning Divorce

  
  Wake up and LIVE — Authority: 125
  Hahahaha ! This campaign in California makes me laugh, especially since it appears to be real! Its worth reading the comments at the bottom just because it highlights (a) the cognitive dissonance about the word "marriage" and (b) how some people have absolutely no sense of irony or satire! Watch the ads; theyre ...
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• Article about transgender Armenian in Ankakh weekly (in Armenian): Gago or Anna? (female by passport only)

  
  Unzipped: Gay Armenia — Authority: 124
  This article about transgender Armenian  appeared in Ankakh weekly in June 2009, but I missed it back than. Thanks to GayArmenia.com for bringing this to my attention. Գագո՞, թե՞ Աննա. անձնագրով իգական է, իսկ կյանքում` արական Գագոն տղամարդ ...
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