Registering As Mutants Of The Transgender Kind

From the Gainesville Sun (emphasis added):

Transgender rights: The Tampa City Council approved a transgender rights ordinance Thursday in the face of opposition similar to what the Gainesville City Commission faced in early 2008 when it approved a similar anti-discrimination ordinance.
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Black Unemployment at 28 Yr High

While some economists have suggested the recession could be ending soon, that is certainly not the case in the inner cities.
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Gay Is Not The New Black But Gay Rights Are Civil Rights

Gay is the new Black is one of the most offensive slogans that the LGBT community has employed to help fight for their civil rights.
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African Americans, Latinos falling behind during recession

The "progress" that the Obama administration points to for big cities makes you wonder how out of touch the economic team really is.
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Tackling Dummy - "Christians are the new Negro"

Cross-posted from: http://www.tips-q.com/1620540-tackling-dummy-christians-are-new-negro

The rabidly anti-gay Ken Hutcherson, a former Seattle Seahawks linebacker, is pastor of Antioch Bible Church in Redmond, Washington.
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Voting on Equal Rights Is A National Disgrace

(Weekly Column) In last week’s column, I pointed out that the GLBT movement might be the first where a majority gets to vote on the rights of a minority.
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Statement of NCLR's Kate Kendell

Just received:

The Day After a Hard Night Kate Kendell Executive Director National Center for Lesbian Rights

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PhoboQuotable - Ken Cuccinelli

"Homosexual acts are intrinsically wrong. And I think in a natural law-based country it's appropriate to have policies that reflect that.
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Alan Ball Talks Gay and Lesbian Undertones and Sex on 'True Blood'

SheWired Alan Ball Talks Gay and Lesbian Undertones and Sex on 'True Blood'SheWiredIt only is a symbol for the gay and lesbian community because that's what's going on right now.
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More Editorials, Opinions & News

More Editorials, Opinions & News for Wednesday — Including Some Surprises and Updates… Media Watch: - Zogby asks if FCC should force “good white people” to “make room for more African-Americans and gays.
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Scalia says he'd likely have dissented in Brown v. Board, would have voted to keep schools desegregated

I think we have a new question for reporters to ask our Republican colleagues. Especially anyone who is seen with Justice Scalia in the future.
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Beyond Black And White In Seattle

A reader writes: Aaron Renn says that "progressive cities" like Portland, Seattle, Austin, Minneapolis, and Denver having less African Americans than the national average "raises troubling questions.
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Detroit: Start somethin'

For two days in Detroit, an ambitious group of African Americans - gay, straight, bisexual and transgender - will use group-process therapy to create a unique kind of dialogue about how race, gender, attractionality, stereotypes and social justice affect individuals in the black community.
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Maine, Faith and Same Sex Marriage

A week ago, Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire spoke with Maine's Religious Coalition for the Freedom to Marry in a large event at St Luke's in Portland.
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NOM Running Anti Gay Marriage Radio Ads in New Jersey Exploiting African Americans

This week, the National Organization for Marriage (the national organization to ban gay marriage) decided to throw the proverbial kitchen sink at marriage equality.
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Mormon is not the new Black

Back when The Advocate put "Gay is the new Black" on its cover and you couldn't find a gay internet forum without a white gay person saying that we were "the last minority it's OK to discriminate against" or some such drivel, did you ever wonder how stupid it would sound if homophobes said the same thing? Well, wonder no more:

I mean, only white people, you know what I'm saying? Would African Americans, after a successful action like the Birmingham bus boycott (which, by the way, required more risk than sending a few bucks to pay for homophobic ads in California), have complained that they received sternly-worded postcards?

Continue reading "Mormon is not the new Black".
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Oxendine to African-Americans: Beware Same-Sex Marriage

GOP gubernatorial candidate John Oxendine sent an e-mail blast to supporters last week targeted at African-American voters that hit on every fear they could imagine, starting with his opening line: “The family is under attack, and in Washington D.
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Irene Monroe: Out of my Black Church, Into the Streets

Another great essay from regular guest poster Rev. Irene Monroe, who, incidentally, gave Bishop Harry Jackson a smackdown in a debate that you can see here on NewsChannel 8.
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Attacking HIV's Racial Disparities

Infection rate among African-Americans is an "indictment" of the U.S. response to epidemic.
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Out of my Black Church, Into the Streets

I will not be in church this Sunday, but I will be in a place where my spiritual self will be fed.
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