Results for: meet up
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What Marriage Equality Had Going for It That Other Movements Don’t (Maybe)
Looking at how marriage equality came to be in comparison to other social movements, Massachusetts’ state Senate passes a bill with trans protections in public accommodations, girlfriends who are prom king and queen in Florida and more!
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Kentucky Legislator Wants to Defeat Marriage Equality with the Power of “Matrimony”
A KY legislator thinks he’s cracked the code on how to stop marriage equality; how and why anti-LGBT sentiment is ramping up in Indonesia, the big abortion case the SCOTUS just heard, and more.
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The Battle Between Religious Freedom and LGBT Rights is Happening Right Now
What the battle over ‘religious freedom’ looks like in magistrate offices and universities; Rahm Emanuel backpedals on police violence in Chicago; the Supreme Court hears arguments on affirmative action and more.
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Daily Fix: Black Lives Matter Calls on Hillary to Stand with Black Trans Women and More News
The Black Lives Matter movement also repudiated the Democratic National Committee’s endorsement, a Maryland judge refuses to drop charges against the six officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray, a professor received a grant to study health in bisexual women and more news stories.
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2015’s Anti-LGBT Law Proposals Are Already Stacking Up
Just one month into the new year, lawmakers across the country are introducing bills to erode LGBT rights any way they can.
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Having Your Wedding Cupcake & Eating It Too: Radical Queer & Progressive LGBT Politics Working Together
The new executive director of Garden State Equality, Andy Bowen, and I chat about the influence of queer radicalism on LGBT progressive organizations and movements.
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Pope Francis Wants To Know What You Think About Gays (If You’re A Bishop)
The Vatican is soliciting opinions on a number of groundbreaking issues, including same-sex marriage, birth control, polygamy and forms of feminism “hostile to the Church.”
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Queer Catholic News Recap: Five and a Half Things To Know
Pope declares commission on sex abuse scandal, ACLU sues American Bishops, Cardinal Dolan declares he was “outmarketed” on gay marriage, and more.
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We Sorta Won a Thing: Taxation and the Long Fight for Marriage Equality in Germany
A recent ruling could finally pave the way for a more thorough redefinition of marriage and family in Germany and it’s on everyone’s favorite topic: taxation.
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Keeping Up With The Republicans: How the GOP Feels About Gays This Week
Those crazy kids are always up to something. Here’s this week’s roundup.
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In Addition to Twitter Hero, Cory Booker Is Also Reformed Homophobe
In an op-ed from 1992, “Pointing the Finger at Gays,” Cory Booker admits to being homophobic. And then he talks about how all that changed.
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LGBT Caucus Realness Goes Down at the DNC
For the first time, there is at least one LGBT delegate from every state. Obviously, the time of LGBT influence is now.
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Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry: Gay Marriage is Family Values
“By taking out the ‘moral’ question of marriage equality and instead communicating it in Republican lingo itself, this campaign may have found a way to get someone to listen.”
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Washington Has Enough Votes For Gay Marriage Bill to Pass, We May Win A Thing
“What we’re asking you to do is vote in favor of civil rights. Not what your district says,”
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Haters Fight NY Gay Marriage With Idiocy, 2 Million Dollars, Lawsuits, “Bloodshed,” Etc.
Obviously anti-gay groups are doing their best to fight marriage equality in New York State, but their best just isn’t good enough.
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GOP Presidential Candidates Unanimously Ensure Gay Apocalypse, Bachmann Fears Lesbian Attack
A run-down of our prospective Republican Knights of the Apocalypse and a look at Michele Bachmann’s alleged lesbian “assault” and another moment of praise for Gay GOP Candidate Fred Karger.
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New York Didn’t Vote on Gay Marriage Tonight, is Such a Tease
Once again, no vote. They could just argue forever. Or turn off facebook comments, or warn of an AIDS epidemic. All of these ideas are totally reasonable reactions to a thing.
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The Magical Mayday for Marriage Tour Is Coming to Take Gay Equality Away
The tour will include an RV they describe as “wrapped in marriage messaging” going from city to city throughout the month to meet with legislators – and average, everyday straight people, too!
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Fred Karger is Gay, Jewish, Republican, Kinda Awesome and Running for President
He’s “a different kind of gay activist.” He’s “a little wilder.” And he’s been working for 3 years to expose the Mormon involvement in the Prop 8 campaign. This may be a Republican even my gay mom could love.
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Lady Gaga Makes Sh*t Happen, Demands Target Play Nice With the Gays
Lady Gaga lays the smackdown on Target and demands that they support the LGBT community if they want a piece of her Born This Way action.