Six gay-rights activists detained in Moscow released pending court appearance

MOSCOW – RIA Novosti reports that according to police six gay-rights activists who were detained on Wednesday for holding an unauthorized rally in central Moscow have been released. The detainees have been booked for “promoting non-traditional sex relations” and “participating in unauthorized events,” the city police’s press service said, adding that the suspects were to…

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Charlie Morgan act advances in Senate

WASHINGTON –  Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s (D-NH) legislation to extend benefits to same-sex military couples cleared a major legislative hurdle yesterday after it passed the Senate Veteran’s Affairs Committee on a bipartisan voice vote. The Charlie Morgan Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act would update and expand federal benefits for legally married, same-sex veteran couples and help put…

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Queer photographer Jess T. Dugan to lecture at the San Diego Museum of Art: Aug. 1

Aug. 1, queer photographer Jess T. Dugan will give an artist’s talk at the San Diego Museum of Art in conjunction with the exhibition Summer Break 2013: Double Portraits, which includes Dugan’s work. Jess T. Dugan is a gender variant artist whose work explores issues of gender, sexuality, identity, and community. For the past decade,…

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Oregon United launch petition drive to put marriage equality on the ballot in 2014

Oregon United for Marriage announced today that they have the petitions in hand and are ready to move forward with the “Oregon Says I Do” campaign to collect the 116,284 signatures necessary to put on the ballot in November 2014 a measure that would strike Ballot Measure 36 and replace it with pro-marriage equality language….

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‘CicloSDias:’ San Diego’s first-ever open streets celebration Aug. 11

SAN DIEGO, – The City of San Diego will premiere CicloSDias Aug. 11 to give the community a break from the stress of car traffic, promote local business and establish San Diego as a commuter-friendly city with open streets celebrations. “This free event opens streets for all people to enjoy and explore San Diego as never…

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Peace, protest, song and dance: SDGMC present ‘Feelin’ Groovy’ this weekend

It’s as if the 1960s has crash landed smack in the middle of America 2013.  Marches for racial equality.  Fights for civil rights.  Soldiers deployed to small, far-away lands. Believe it or not, today’s social challenges are actually born of decades of progress.  They are rooted in seeds planted more than 50 years ago by…

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