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In Honor of our Fallen Brothers and Sisters on this Day of Remembrance

Bilerico  about an hour ago

My sisters, brothers, friends and allies,

Tonight, on this eleventh International Transgender Day of Remembrance, we come together once again to honor those who lost their lives to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice.
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CA Bay Area: Vigil Sunday for Jorge Steven Lopez-Mercado and Jason Mattison Jr.

Bilerico  less than a day ago

This Sunday in Oakland, Bay Area queers and allies will gather near Lake Merritt for a candlelight vigil and open mic to mourn Jorge Steven López-Mercado and Jason Mattison Jr.
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Blogging, Marriage, and Monsters

Fannies Room  less than a day ago

From time to time, I like to take a step back and blog about blogging. I have mixed feelings about these meta posts as they usually mean that something not fun has "happened.
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NCAVP Statement: Honor the memories of Jorge and Jaysen: End the culture of violence

Pridesource - Between The Lines News  2 days ago

The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) joins the national and international LGBTQ and anti-violence communities and allies as we mourn the loss of two youth to hate violence within the last ten days.
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Must see Rachel on the very real and growing threat from the right wingers

America Blog  4 days ago

On the increasingly dangerous and "unhinged" rhetoric coming Republicans and their allies. It's ten minutes long, but watch if you haven't seen it.
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Adam Lambert and Wanda Sykes Cover Out 100

Gabby Babble  6 days ago

Adam Lambert and Wanda Sykes are on the cover of Out 100 magazine along with: Rob Marshall, Dan Choi, and Cyndi Lauper.
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Remembering our dead – Trans Day of Remembrance

Pink News  6 days ago

On Saturday November 21st, as part of the 11th International Transgender Day of Remembrance, trans people, their friends and allies in London will be remembering those who have died during the last year through violence or suicide because they were trans.
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LGBT Hehlping Hands 11/16/09-The Bloomington Beacon (IN)

Straight Not Narrow  6 days ago

The Bloomington Beacon Center is a project of Bloomington Beacon, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. The corporation's mission statement says, "Bloomington Beacon provides human services and educational, economic and cultural opportunities for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning (GLBTQ) communities in south-central Indiana.
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Gay Marriage Lost, But It's Not Losing

Topix Gay News  Nov 15 09

Opponents of same-sex marriage waxed triumphant recently when voters in Maine rejected a measure allowing gays to wed.
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Intersex Solidarity Day - 11/08/09

Queers United  Nov 08 09

November 8th is Intersex Solidarity Day. In honor of the day please make the commitment to educate yourself about intersexuality and to promote intersex activism to others.
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2010 panic: kiss our issues goodbye now...

Topix Gay News  Nov 05 09

Over at The Hill, our window of opportunity is, after election 2009 shivers, apparenly chasing our legislative allies up for re-election in Red/Purple states back into the closet.
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Speaker Pelosi (and all your Democratic friends): I'm not waiting anymore.

Bilerico  Nov 05 09

Early November last year, I stayed up into the wee hours one morning obsessively refreshing my web browser.
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2010 panic: kiss our issues goodbye now...

Pams House blend  Nov 05 09

Over at The Hill, our window of opportunity is, after election 2009 shivers, apparenly chasing our legislative allies up for re-election in Red/Purple states back into the closet.
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Why We Lose

My Out Spirit  Nov 04 09

“The Master’s tools will never dismantle the Master’s house.” ~ Audre Lourde We lost Maine. Not quite how we lost California; the LGBT community and allies absolutely did their best political organizing and advertising.
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Mixner: 'Call This Campaign Against Us What it is — Gay Apartheid'

Towleroad  Nov 04 09

David Mixner reacts to the unfortunate events in Maine: "Refuse to allow any of our fellow Americans, President Obama or our allies to view this as a political issue who time hasn't quite come.
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Time To Boycott Maine Lobster- After All, God Says Consuming It Is An Abomination

Topix Gay News  Nov 04 09

If Maine wants to abide by God's Law, then it is time that they abide by God's Law. The Bible is clear- shellfish is an abomination.
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Quote For The Day

Men of Color  Nov 04 09

"Refuse to allow any of our fellow Americans, President Obama or our allies to view this as a political issue who time hasn't quite come.
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OFA urging Obama's supporters to call Congress and ask for real health insurance reform with a public option

America Blog  Nov 03 09

Organizing for America (OFA) is asking its supporters to call their members of Congress and ask them to support the health insurance reform bill.
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Abdullah's Game

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  Nov 03 09

Steve Coll's read on the situation in Afghanistan: [Abdullah] has long sought constitutional reforms to strengthen parliament over the presidency.
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Maine, Obama and the LGBT Community

Bilerico  Nov 03 09

Editors' Note: Guest blogger, author, political strategist, civil rights activist and public affairs advisor David Mixner writes about his passions: progressive politics, foreign policy, LGBT rights and wildlife advocacy.
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