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Ask Lambda Legal: Bathroom Access for Transgender People

Ask Lambda Legal: Bathroom Access for Transgender People | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
M. Dru Levasseur, Transgender Rights Project National Director for Lambda Legal answers a questions surrounding the public restroom debate for transgender persons.
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BREAKING: First Division I College Football Player in History Comes Out as Gay

BREAKING: First Division I College Football Player in History Comes Out as Gay | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
Today Michael Sam made history as first Division I college football player in history to come put as gay. (BREAKING: First Division I College Football Player in History Comes Out as Gay:
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Google takes stand against anti-gay law at Sochi Winter Olympics

Google takes stand against anti-gay law at Sochi Winter Olympics | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

On the eve of the 2014 Sochi Olympics opening ceremony, Google took a very public stand against Russian anti-gay law and discrimination.


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Being Gay in Russia

Being Gay in Russia | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
On the eve of the Sochi Winter Olympics, we go into hiding with the newly persecuted gay men and women of Vladimir Putins freedom-free Russia (RT @Brocklesnitch: this piece on being gay in Russia is ominous, scary, and really really sad.
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Scotland legalizes gay marriage, becomes 17th country to do so

Scotland legalizes gay marriage, becomes 17th country to do so | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
Scotland today became the 17th (I think) country to legalize gay marriages, according to the BBC. The first weddings of gay couples could take place as early as this fall. There's been a whirlwind of change on the gay marriage ...
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Responding To Ban On LGBT Groups, Bill De Blasio Won't March In New York's St. Patrick's Day Parade

Responding To Ban On LGBT Groups, Bill De Blasio Won't March In New York's St. Patrick's Day Parade | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
For the first time in 20 years, the mayor of New York will not march in the St. Patrick's Day Parade. (Responding To Ban On LGBT Groups, Bill De Blasio Won’t March In New York’s St.

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Finnish Olympic Swimmer Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Comes Out as Gay

Finnish Olympic Swimmer Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Comes Out as Gay | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
In an effort to raise awareness of Russia's antigay legislation ahead of the Sochi Winter Games, Finnish Olympic Swimmer Ari-Pekka Liukkonen has come out of as gay.

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Vanity Fair meets needs of LGBT couples

Vanity Fair meets needs of LGBT couples | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Even though 17 states have approved same-sex marriage, the wedding industry remains geared toward heterosexual partnerships. Frederick Sullivan and Jaime Botello, creators of the Gay Vanity Fair, are addressing the issue. The one-day gay and lesbian wedding extravaganza — complete with a fashion show hosted by radio’s Joel Riddell, boutique vendors, caterers, hair and makeup stylists, venue representatives, tailors and giveaways — debuts Feb. 9 in The City at the Bently Reserve.

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Union Community Health Center Joins Forces with Bronx LGBTQ Center to Offer Support and Legal Assistance

Union Community Health Center Joins Forces with Bronx LGBTQ Center to Offer Support and Legal Assistance | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

LGBTQ residents of the Bronx now have available a support group and free legal clinic as a result of a partnership between Union Community Health Center (UCHC) and the Bronx LGBTQ Center.

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Nasty Pig Fans! Win A Trip To NYC For The Grand Opening Of The Flagship Store

Nasty Pig Fans! Win A Trip To NYC For The Grand Opening Of The Flagship Store | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
Nasty Pig, the trailblazing menswear label, is running a contest giving away a free trip to New York City to celebrate their new flagship store’s grand opening weekend.
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Sweating with Schock

Sweating with Schock | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
When Barney Frank came out as gay in his forties, he was relieved to discover that his constituents really didn’t care about the sex life of a middle-aged man, and the world moved on. The same cannot be said for a colleague of Frank’s in the U.S.
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Gay Navajos demand respect of tribe

Gay Navajos demand respect of tribe | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

LGBT advocate plans to make case for marriage rights before top Indian court, despite entrenched cultural conservatism... Nelson maintains anti-gay views are not endemic to Navajo culture but were introduced by white settlers.

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This 92-Year-Old Trans WWII Veteran Is Fighting To Be Treated Like Any Other Widow

This 92-Year-Old Trans WWII Veteran Is Fighting To Be Treated Like Any Other Widow | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
Robina Asti shares her extraordinary love story and her fight to receive survivor benefits after losing the love of her life.
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Justice Department Extends Key Federal Privileges To Gay Couples

Justice Department Extends Key Federal Privileges To Gay Couples | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

The changes are designed to keep pushing for gay rights in the United States after a U.S.

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University of Pennsylvania Rolls Out LGBT Health Initiative

University of Pennsylvania Rolls Out LGBT Health Initiative | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

The University of Pennsylvania is rolling out a health initiative for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals in an effort to bring them into the medical mainstream, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The Penn Program for LGBT Health will span the medical, dental and nursing schools as well as the region's largest health system.

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'America The Beautiful' Author Is Rush Limbaugh's Favorite Lesbian Socialist

'America The Beautiful' Author Is Rush Limbaugh's Favorite Lesbian Socialist | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
Right-wingers like Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, former Congressman Allen West, and others are freaking out about Coca Cola's Super Bowl ad featuring "America the Beautiful" sung in different languages as faces of people of different cultures are shown.
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Bully says sorry to gay victim after watching his proposal video online

Bully says sorry to gay victim after watching his proposal video online | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
‘All is forgiven, and it’s clear that whoever you were back then, you’ve grown and you’re a pretty kickass guy now' (RT @UKGaynews: Bully says sorry to gay victim after watching his proposal video online http://t.co/WwoDvm40Vs...
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FDA spends $115M to target youth, gay teens: Don't smoke

FDA spends $115M to target youth, gay teens: Don't smoke | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

“These were designed with the same scientific rigor that Madison Avenue uses to market its products.” The FDA finds that many of the so-called “at-risk” youth take up smoking...

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Virginia won't defend its same-sex marriage ban

Virginia won't defend its same-sex marriage ban | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Virginia's attorney general won't defend the state's constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage when it is challenged in federal court next week.

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Gay refugees find shelter after fleeing hate in homelands

Gay refugees find shelter after fleeing hate in homelands | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Carine, 30, left, goes in for a kiss with Gertrude, 34, after some coaxing while the two stop at the corner before going home with their daughter Princess, 1, to the Hamilton Family Center Jan. 17, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. The couple preferred to use only their first names for safety reasons. 

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The Frozen Closet - Newsweek

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The Surprising Truth Behind The Olympics' "Gayest" Sport
So you're gay?'" At 12, Larcom went to live and train as a pairs skater in Tampa, Fla. Despite being thousands of miles from home, he encountered the same stereotypes.

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Tycoon's Lesbian Daughter Rejects Multimillion-Dollar 'Marriage Bounty'

Tycoon's Lesbian Daughter Rejects Multimillion-Dollar 'Marriage Bounty' | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

A Hong Kong real estate tycoon made headlines two years ago when he offered a $65 million bounty to the man who could win his daughter's heart and marry...

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Mexican Supreme Court Upholds Equal Public Benefits For Same-Sex Couples

Mexican Supreme Court Upholds Equal Public Benefits For Same-Sex Couples | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
Couples are winning the right to marry in courts throughout Mexico, but they are still fighting to get access to all the rights that entails.
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Two men, two babies, one surrogate

Two men, two babies, one surrogate | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

To learn more about the process, the couple went to dinner last April with the office manager of a Fort Worth fertility clinic, where the specialties are in-vitro fertilization, donor-egg...

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Why Is Latin America So Progressive on Gay Rights? - New York Times

Why Is Latin America So Progressive on Gay Rights? - New York Times | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay have moved more quickly on gay and trans rights than the United States and many nations in Western Europe.

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