Month: September 2012

Blog

New Report Outlines Wide-Sweeping Inequalities Faced by LGBT Americans

An Ally’s Guide to Issues Facing LGBT Americans is a primer introducing the major areas in which unfair laws and stigma create extra burdens for LGBT Americans. The resource was…

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Photos

White Linen Night 2012

White Linen Night in the Heights, August 4, 2012. Photos by Dalton DeHart.

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News

Outgoing US Rep. Barney Frank faults Romney at DNC

Massachusetts Democratic U.S. Rep. Barney Frank is faulting Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney for pledging to repeal a major financial overhaul law that Frank helped shepherd through Congress. Frank said…

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News

Priest rebuked for role in gay cousin’s wedding

"Archbishop Henry J. Mansell has met with Father Michael DeVito regarding the priest's participation in a same-sex marriage ceremony involving a cousin in New York City on August 19th," the…

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Study: One year later, no overall negative impact on military after repeal of DADT

The repeal of the policy on September 20, 2011 stirred controversy, and inspired passionate arguments on both sides of the issue. Now a year later, the first academic study of…

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National News

Women Challenge Michigan’s Marriage Amendment

April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse, who have three special-needs children, says the lawsuit filed Friday in federal court seeks to change state laws that prevent same-sex couples from marrying and…

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News

Italy Hails Cardinal Who Wanted Church to Change

From politicians to the pope, to rank-and-file Catholics and non-believers, Italy is bidding farewell to Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, a rare liberal voice among top churchmen who died last week…

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News

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams Admits Failings Over Church Split on Homosexuality

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has admitted he didn't do enough to prevent sharp divisions within the Anglican church over homosexuality. Williams, who is stepping down in December, spent much…

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National News

More States Challenge US Anti-Gay Marriage Law

Vermont's attorney general has joined Connecticut and New York in asking a federal appeals court to rule that the law defining marriage as between a man and a woman is…

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Health & Wellness

US Transgender-Inmate Ruling Movement’s Latest Win

The Massachusetts court ruling, though, shines a light on what many advocates view as the worst form of discrimination still faced by transgender people: lack of access to medical care.

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