Equality North Carolina’s third annual conference and gala went off without a hitch in Greensboro on Nov.
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Editors' Note: Guest blogger Roberta Raeburn is a photographer who lives Staten Island, NY and is a Senior Action in a Gay Environment (SAGE) client and volunteer
Imagine my surprise when Catherine Thurston, Deputy Director for Programs at SAGE called to inform me that Sage was invited to the White House and my name came up to attend with Karen Taylor, Director of Advocacy and Training.
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I had a chance to sit down with Deputy Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement (aka the LGBT liaison) Brian Bond at the ENC Conference on Saturday, before his keynote address before attendees.
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Last month, I blogged that since Deputy Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement Buffy Wicks participated on a conference call with then-National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) communications director Yosi Sergant, seeking to drum up support from artists (many receiving (or hoping to receive) grants from the NEA) for the president’s health [.
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The Blend received a notice about the White House signing ceremony in the inbox; there hasn't been an official release yet.
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The headline of the story on FOX News is a doozy: "Gay Reversal Advocates Say School Libraries Banning Their 'Ex-Gay' Books.
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I wasn't the only one wondering why the President's keynote address during the HRC Dinner wasn't released to the media prior to the speech (embargoed).
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An urn containing various memorabilia related to the late gay San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, including a lock of hair from his famous ponytail, has resurfaced after being locked away in a Washington, D.
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Source: New York Times, Reuters, Xinhua, Bloomberg A trial of an experimental HIV vaccine has shown that it might be “modestly protective”, researchers said Thursday.
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Sweeping bans of blood from at-risk populations are usually pretty stupid, but this one's gotta take the cake.
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Obama cites anti-gay bias during NAACP speech Remarks come at organization's centennial celebration By Staff & Wire Reports Friday, July 24, 2009 Referencing the “pain of discrimination” afflicting “our gay brothers and sisters,” President Obama called on NAACP members last week to keep working toward equality for all.
"We have a disproportionate number of Black LGBT people who are suffering from hate crimes and we need you to speak about it and advocate for them.
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Remarks by National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) cover racial divide on LGBT Issues, HIV/AIDS and unveiling of NAACP’s LGBT Task Force
(PRWEB) — The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) is pleased to report Deputy Director Jason W.
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The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) has reported on Deputy Director Jason W. Bartlett’s address to the NAACP Board of Governors at the NAACP Centennial last night.
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Editors' Note: Guest blogger Kim Fountain, PhD, is the Deputy Director of the NYC Anti Violence Project.
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OK Rep. Sally Kern and her supporters held a "morality rally" on the first floor of the state Capitol yesterday, where protesters tried to outshout Kern's idiots.
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To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Stonewall, President Obama has invited 250 LGBT leaders from across the country to the White House for a cocktail reception today.
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TAMPA, FL - A flood of telephone calls and e-mails cascaded into WFLA News Channel 8 on Saturday afternoon and night over the airing of "Silencing Christians," a religious paid program that some say contained open hate speech against gays and lesbians.
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The Mandarin Oriental Hotel's ballroom count continues to dwindle. Another advocacy group, the only national one for black LGBTs, will not have any representatives at that swiftly decomposing gay fundraiser for the DNC.
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Goldblog interviews Patrick Clawson, the deputy director for research of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
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