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Sir Ivan Featured in Premiere Issue of Super Model Magazine

Sir Ivan Featured in Premiere Issue of Super Model Magazine | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Sir Ivan, one of Billboard's Top 10 recording artists of 2013, has been featured in the premiere issue of Super Model Magazine. Sir Ivan, a banker–turned–singer, reality TV celebrity, philanthropist and activist, has led a life that movies and dreams are made of... in the LGBT community, he has taken a lead role in the fight against bullying, putting his money where his mouth is and providing much needed support to organizations including the Trevor Project.

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General Motors To Offer Benefits To All Gay Married Employees

General Motors To Offer Benefits To All Gay Married Employees | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

General Motors made a groundbreaking policy change this week and announced that the company would extend marriage benefits to the spouses of same-sex employees -- even if...

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Instagram Photo of the Day: Red Eye Chicago Magazine's upcoming cover

Thank you, @redeyechicago. Thank you, Illinois. #equality #hrc #gay #IL4M #love #chicago #illinois
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Ed Murray wins Seattle mayoral election

Ed Murray wins Seattle mayoral election | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Washington State. Sen Ed Murray was elected the 53rd mayor of Seattle Tuesday night, defeating incumbent mayor Michael McGinn in a run-off election to become the city’s first ever openly gay chief executive.

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Will Protections for Gay Workers Lead to a Wave of Lawsuits?

Will Protections for Gay Workers Lead to a Wave of Lawsuits? | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
Rep. Boehner contends that a federal law banning discrimination against gay workers would incite a wave of lawsuits, but a GAO study appears to contradict his claim.
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Good News For Same-Sex Military Couples In Florida!

Good News For Same-Sex Military Couples In Florida! | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
There was one step forward for LGBT rights in Florida this week: The state's National Guard announced that same-sex married partners will be granted full benefits even though the Florida constitution doesn't recognize gay marriage.
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Gay rights gains piling up; battles still ahead

Gay rights gains piling up; battles still ahead | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

From one end of the country to the other, the overlapping developments on a single day underscored what a historic year 2013 has been for the U.S. gay-rights movement — “the gayest year in gay history,” according to Fred Sainz of the Human Rights Campaign, the movement’s largest advocacy group.

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UConn women take lead role in campaign to support lesbian, bisexual athletes

UConn women take lead role in campaign to support lesbian, bisexual athletes | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Members of Connecticut's NCAA champion women's basketball team are taking a lead role in a national campaign in support of lesbian and bisexual...


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Second lawsuit filed against Chris Christie and law banning gay-to-straight conversion therapy

Second lawsuit filed against Chris Christie and law banning gay-to-straight conversion therapy | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

A South Jersey couple has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Chris Christie for signing a law this summer prohibiting licensed therapists from providing gay-to-straight "conversion" therapy to children, saying it infringes on their rights to free speech, religion and to parent their teenage son "free from unconstitutional government interference."

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Gay Couple Becomes First Men to Marry Each Other at West Point

Gay Couple Becomes First Men to Marry Each Other at West Point | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

A gay couple became the first men to marry each other West Point yesterday.

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Maine Congressman and Gubernatorial Candidate Comes Out as Gay

Maine Congressman and Gubernatorial Candidate Comes Out as Gay | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Maine Representative Mike Michaud, who is currently the Democratic candidate for governor of the state, came out as gay in an editorial published in...

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Revelation that gay audiences like Vicious, Bake Off and Splash! risks perpetuating gay stereotypes

Revelation that gay audiences like Vicious, Bake Off and Splash! risks perpetuating gay stereotypes | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

How attractive is Jeremy Clarkson to lesbian, gay and bisexual TV viewers? This question was indirectly raised by a just-published BBC survey, which set out to find the favourite shows of 1,000 members of the Corporation's audience research who identified themselves as (in a definition of the target group that is the BBC's, not the Guardian's) "LGB".

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Cory Booker Backs Major LGBT Rights Bill

Cory Booker Backs Major LGBT Rights Bill | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) plans to vote for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, saying on Saturday that he would like it to be the first piece of legislation he cosponsors in the Senate.


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ENDA Provides Protections for Older LGBT Americans

ENDA Provides Protections for Older LGBT Americans | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act—and the possibility of fairness for older LGBT employees and retirees—has moved forward.
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LGBT Groups Outspend Opponents on ENDA

LGBT Groups Outspend Opponents on ENDA | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Ahead of the Senate's historic vote on a bill that would make it illegal to discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people at work, the LGBT community has proven it has an outpouring of financial support. On the other hand, family groups that have traditionally held the attention of many lawmakers on Capitol Hill, seem to be fading into the woodwork.

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Conservatives seize on the 'T' in LGBT to block gay rights bill

Conservatives seize on the 'T' in LGBT to block gay rights bill | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

When it comes to employment protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans, some conservatives have decided to focus their fire on the...

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Alabama Republican: LGBT people ‘need to go back to California or Vermont or wherever’

Alabama Republican: LGBT people ‘need to go back to California or Vermont or wherever’ | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

A Republican congressional candidate from Alabama said that LGBT people in his state don’t belong there and should “go back to California or Vermont or wherever they came from.” According to Mother Jones magazine, Republican Dean Young made the statement when running for another office in 2002, but has made it clear that he remains no friend to LGBTs as he runs to represent Alabama’s District 1 in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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'This is major': Gay marriage supporters rejoice in Chicago

'This is major': Gay marriage supporters rejoice in Chicago | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Bernard Cherkasov, CEO of the gay rights group Equality Illinois, reflected on the end of a yearslong legislative battle: "The first thought that popped...

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Same-Sex Adoptions Next Frontier for LGBT Advocates

Same-Sex Adoptions Next Frontier for LGBT Advocates | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
Philip McAdoo and his partner, Sean Cavanaugh, were in the process of adopting their son, Zaden, while living in New York City before same-sex marriage was legalized there in 2011.
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First Online Coming Out Resource For LGBT APIs Has Launched

First Online Coming Out Resource For LGBT APIs Has Launched | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

API Equality-LA, a non-profit organization that advocates for equal marriage rights and fair treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the...

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Senate close to passing bill to ban discrimination against gay workers

Senate close to passing bill to ban discrimination against gay workers | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
Measure would face resistance in the House but advocates say debate has changed in their favor.
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Dan Savage asks.. Why is non-monogamy such a dangerous idea?

Dan Savage asks.. Why is non-monogamy such a dangerous idea? | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

US sex columnist Dan Savage caused more than a ripple to the Australian conservative status quo by daring to suggest that non-monogamy could help long-term relationships.

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LGBT Scholarships | Grants Guys

LGBT Scholarships | Grants Guys | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, and while these four very distinct groups make up the LGBT community as a whole, the issues they face often affect these groups in a similar fashion.
Aja Olver's curator insight, November 9, 2014 3:19 PM

As an LGBT student, having the chance to receive money for higher education based on my sexual and gender identities is not only really exciting, but very refreshing.

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Cruising for love

Cruising for love | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Geng Le, founder of Grindr-like app Blued and director of China's largest gay information website danlan.org, said gay people seeking hookups were previously restricted to cruising for casual sex partners...

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Hawaii senate approves bill to legalise same-sex marriage

Hawaii senate approves bill to legalise same-sex marriage | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Hawaii's state senate has approved legislation to legalise same-sex marriage in a state that has long been popular as a wedding and honeymoon destination, voting...

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