Item: Miami hospital nurses apologize to woman who couldn’t visit her dying partner

   ::: At a town-hall-style meeting Thursday, several nurses from Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital personally apologized to Janice Langbehn, a lesbian from Lacey, Wash.
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COLAGE Is Hiring

I’m passing this message along from the folks at COLAGE, who are hiring for a couple of positions.
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Our Families Count - Fill Out the Census!

HRC has launched Our Families Count and is urging LGBT people to fill out the census so that the government can distribute funds and social services that are are needed for our community.
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Repealing DADT Is Only the First Step

(I wrote this last February for 365gay.com, and have posted it here before, but I wanted to repost it in honor of Veteran’s day.
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About that LGBT boycott of the Obama Campaign, the DNC, and Organizing for America....

I have the following problems with the LGBT boycott of the DNC that a few bloggers launched yesterday:

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Sesame Street and LGBT Families

In honor of the 40th season of Sesame Street, which starts tomorrow, I thought I’d rerun this video, which made the rounds earlier this year and is based on a much older episode of the show.
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Help Ensure Health Care Reform Includes LGBT Families!

We are at an unprecedented point in the process of national health care reform: the House of Representatives plans to vote TOMORROW, November 7, on its reform bill, the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.
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No On 1 Ad: The Choice is Clear

No On 1's new ad lets voters know that we have a choice, keep LGBT families in the dark and silent, or to promote equality and justice for all people.
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US immigration laws split up another LGBT family

Source: Associated Press, Advocate, Associated Press, Huffington Post The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS/formerly INS) is an agency in the Department of Homeland Security.
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Maine: No on 1 Taking Lead & The Opposition Is Now Throwing Everything INCLUDING the Kitchen Sink a

(Also at Nevada Progressive)

Well, we have some good news and some bad news to report in Maine today.
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The increasingly rude attacks on Kevin Jennings' character and James Dobson gets involved

crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

If you think that yesterday's post on just how twisted and determined people are to demonize Kevin Jennings was bad, check out the following video.
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Our Family Coalition fights for Bay Area's LGBT families

Our Family Coalition fights for Bay Area's LGBT familiesExaminer.comLGBT-headed families in the San Francisco Bay Area are fortunate that, due to being at what is possibly the center of the gay universe, they are surrounded .
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WWII Vet on Same-Sex Marriage

Maybe I'm a sap, but this video of an 86-year-old World War II vet who supports same-sex marriage brought tears to my eyes.
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Hate Crimes Legislation Heads to the President’s Desk

It's been more than a decade in the making, but finally expanded hate crimes legislation including protections for sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and disability will head to the President's desk for signing.
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Are lesbians being failed by fertility treatment?

Are lesbians being failed by fertility treatment?The Lesbian and Gay FoundationFor more information on LGBT families, download the Lesbian & Gay Foundation's We Are Family - our good parenting guide for lesbian, gay and bisexual people .
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Why Isn't HRC Behind the "Every Child Deserves a Family Act"?

Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) has introduced a new bill H.R. 3827 called the Every Child Deserves a Family Act which will prohibit federal funding to states who refuse to allow people to adopt on the basis of their marital status, sexual orientation, and/or gender identity.
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President Obama highlighted LGBT families in his address to HRC

FOXNews President Obama highlighted LGBT families in his address to HRCExaminer.comHe said everything just shy of "I support gay marriage," basically.
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Washington This Year... And Nevada Next Year?

(Also at Nevada Progressive)

Remember when I warned you last week that serial anti-equality campaigner Richard Ziser is threatening Nevada LGBT families again, this time considering a ballot initiative to strip away our hard fought domestic partner rights won with SB 283? Well, the threat is real.
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Why I Still Hope for No More H8

(Also at Nevada Progressive)

Those first few days were the worst. I was scared. I was depressed. I felt less than human.
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Parents sue to keep school children from learning about bullying, lgbt families

crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

I missed this two-week old but very important story:Angry Parents Suing California Schools Over Mandatory Gay-Friendly ClassesParents in the Alameda Unified School District were refused the right to excuse their kids from classes that would teach all kids in the district's elementary schools about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender alternative families.
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