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LGBT Media Advocacy Group, GLAAD, Names Sarah Kate Ellis New President

LGBT Media Advocacy Group, GLAAD, Names Sarah Kate Ellis New President | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

The national Board of Directors of GLAAD has elected Sarah Kate Ellis as the organization's new CEO and President, the LGBT...

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JFK's gay best friend

JFK's gay best friend | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

John F. Kennedy’s many lifetime secrets are common conversation today, but the story of his oldest and dearest friend’s sexual orientation is largely unknown

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Why This Gay Person Isn't Psyched About Marriage Equality in Illinois

Why This Gay Person Isn't Psyched About Marriage Equality in Illinois | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

I remember the first time I realized that the world saw getting gay-married as different from getting married-married.

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Olympia deserves better LGBT municipal rating

Olympia deserves better LGBT municipal rating | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

It will come as a surprise to many that the city of Olympia ranked near the bottom of six Washington cities rated for giving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community...

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Looking Back at Fashion's Queer History

Looking Back at Fashion's Queer History | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

If you happen to enter The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City between now and January 4, 2014, you'll see a first-of-its-kind exhibit dedicated to a subject that most assume to be true yet few talk about: the substantial influence gay, bisexual, and transgender men and women have had on the history of how we dress. A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk, which opened in September, features around 100 ensembles, dating from the 18th century up to the recent designs of Jean Paul Gaultier and Gianni Versace.

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Lesbians Actually Spend More on Their Weddings Than Gay Men Do

Lesbians Actually Spend More on Their Weddings Than Gay Men Do | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
A new survey has the numbers on gay weddings, and you may need to readjust your stereotypes.
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Leslie Jordan Talks “Sordid Soiree” And “American Horror Story”

Leslie Jordan Talks “Sordid Soiree” And “American Horror Story” | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Leslie Jordan and Del Shores are teaming up for a special night of comedy called “A Sordid Soiree” benefiting AID Atlanta at the 14th Street Playhouse. Jordan is no stranger to Atlanta and has a large gay following here. Whether you’ve seen him in “Southern Baptist Sissies,” which was part of this year’s Out On Film and won “Best Men’s Feature,” or his recurring guest roles on TV shows like “Will & Grace,” you’re probably already familiar with the hilarious comedian and storyteller extraordinaire.

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Cher shares the gayest video ever made for one of her songs

Cher shares the gayest video ever made for one of her songs | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
Singer says some friends made this beefcake buffet for song Take it Like a Man as 'a present'
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Five Illinois cities tracked in LGBT index

Five Illinois cities tracked in LGBT index | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

A report on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT ) equality in America's cities by the Human Rights Campaign, rated 291 cities across the nation, including five...

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Even in the Reddest of States, America’s Cities are Leading the Way in the Fight for LGBT Equality

Even in the Reddest of States, America’s Cities are Leading the Way in the Fight for LGBT Equality | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Cities are leading the way in the fight for LGBT equality, and the 2013 Municipal Equality Index explains how.  In big cities and small, from coast to coast and in between, in red states and blue states, cities are acting to bring equality to their own backyards.

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Gray performs City Hall wedding for gay couple

Gray performs City Hall wedding for gay couple | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Under the glare of TV news cameras, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray on Tuesday performed a wedding ceremony for a gay male couple in a reception room outside his office at the John Wilson City Hall Building.

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Boxer Orlando Cruz Marries José Manuel Colón In Central Park Ceremony

Boxer Orlando Cruz Marries José Manuel Colón In Central Park Ceremony | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
Orlando Cruz, the first professional boxer to come out as gay, married his partner José Manuel Colón this weekend, in a formal Central Park ceremony.
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The First Gay Bachelor with Jesse Tyler Ferguson and George Takei

with Jesse Tyler Ferguson, George Takei, Lance Bass, Scott Fujita ("The Bachelor" has its first gay season! Amazing! And the bachelor is HOT!!!
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Gay Tsunami – DORIAN Magazine

Gay Tsunami – DORIAN Magazine | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Although the fight for equality is not over, it is quite evident that the remaining US states that do not recognize the equal rights of the LGBT community will not withstand the momentum from a tidal wave of support by the majority. It’s a gay tsunami, if you will.

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Gay rights activists take to streets in India

Gay rights activists take to streets in India | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Gay rights activists sang songs and carried rainbow-coloured flags while marching to the beat of drums on Sunday, as they paraded through India's capital to demand an end to the stigmatisation of gay people in the deeply conservative country.

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Photo / LambdaLegal: After 50 years, Jim & Patrick can finally marry

Photo / LambdaLegal: After 50 years, Jim & Patrick can finally marry | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
After 50 years, Jim & Patrick can finally marry - here's to a new era of #equality in #Illinois! #ILove #IL4M #LGBT http://t.co/rdj9PPzuyO
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Many seniors feel left out of the discussion when it comes to LGBTQ issues

Many seniors feel left out of the discussion when it comes to LGBTQ issues | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

“Think of somebody who is 70 or 80 and what it was like when they were coming of age,” said Eric Vironet, director of the...

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Nike sets up $280,000 fighting fund for marriage equality in Oregon

Nike sets up $280,000 fighting fund for marriage equality in Oregon | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
Sportswear firm Nike has set up a Political Action Committee fighting fund with seed funding of $280,000 to push for marriage equality in the company’s home state of Oregon (Nike sets up $280,000 fighting fund for marriage equality in Oregon | Gay...
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One Gay Man's Army

One Gay Man's Army | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
Micah Merrill is not like you. Merrill is a gay man who enlisted for a combat arms unit — that is, the people who do the fighting — as soon as Don't Ask Don't Tell ended. Right now, he's in Afghanistan and this is his story.
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Why The NFL Is Really Afraid Of An Openly Gay Player

Why The NFL Is Really Afraid Of An Openly Gay Player | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

All of this was happening around the time that the NBA's Jason Collins came out as gay in April, a major media story in a sports world still looking for its first openly gay player...

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Advisers help LGBT students with study abroad plans

Advisers help LGBT students with study abroad plans | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Still, when Education Abroad adviser Conrad Zeutenhorst assists LGBT students who want to study abroad, he doesn't discourage them from traveling to countries where LGBT people...

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Christina Kahrl reflects on World Series, joins GLAAD Board

Christina Kahrl reflects on World Series, joins GLAAD Board | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Kahrl, days after returning to Chicago from the World Series, was among five new members elected to the Board of Directors for GLAAD, the national LGBT media advocacy organization. Joining Kahrl is Vonzell Brown, Thad Florence, Lana Moore and Anthony Watson. Also on Nov. 8, it was announced that Jennifer Finney Boylan and Steve Warren were named co-chairs of GLAAD's national Board of Directors.

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Phoenix tops on 'Equality Index' on LGBT issues

Phoenix tops on 'Equality Index' on LGBT issues | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Phoenix is the most improved city in the nation when it comes to ensuring equal treatment of members of the gay and lesbian community, according to a new report by the Human Rights...

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LGBT authors to be featured at 2013 Miami Book Fair International presented by Miami Dade College

LGBT authors to be featured at 2013 Miami Book Fair International presented by Miami Dade College | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
Several panels at the 2013 Miami Book Fair International (Miami Dade College, 300 NE Second Ave., Miami) are geared toward LGBT audiences.
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Texas National Guard now openly-discriminating against gay troops

Texas National Guard now openly-discriminating against gay troops | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

The Texas National Guard, in a major and growing snub to the Obama administration and the US Supreme Court, is refusing to provide federal...

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