Hillary Clinton builds on her commitment to end the HIV and AIDS epidemic

Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday the plan she would embark on as president to end the HIV and AIDS epidemic in the U. S. and around the world. Her blueprint includes enhancing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, convening working groups to develop aggressive actions to combat the spread of HIV, and launching a campaign to combat stigma…

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Seattle bans ‘gay conversion therapy’

The Seattle City Council yesterday unanimously approved an ordinance protecting youth from “gay conversion therapy.” The Seattle ordinance provides for a fine of $500 for the first offense and $1,000 for any violation after that, The Advocate reports. There will also be misdemeanor charges for advertising conversion therapy. Seattle becomes the 10th jurisdiction to enact…

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Highest ranking openly LGBT servicemember to be honored at inaugural AMPA West Coast Gala in San Diego

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the American Military Partner Association (AMPA), the nation’s largest organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) military families, announced that Maj. Gen. Patricia “Trish” A. Rose, the highest ranking openly LGBT service member in the U.S. military, will be honored at the inaugural AMPA West Coast Gala Saturday, Sept. 17,…

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LGBTQ Task Force: Chelsea Manning’s mistreatment is indicative of the abuse LGBTQ people face in prison

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Former Army private Chelsea Manning faces indefinite solitary confinement as a result of administrative charges brought against her, which include a suicide attempt. Manning, a transgender woman, was convicted in 2013 for leaking classified government documents to Wikileaks. The latest incident is part of the ongoing mistreatment Manning has experienced at the men’s…

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Cleveland LGBTQ leaders join together to hold new event after cancellation of Cleveland Pride

CLEVELAND, Ohio – After last Thursday’s announcement made by Cleveland Pride Inc. that the annual Cleveland Pride Parade and Festival had been cancelled, Cleveland LGBTQ leaders joined together on the morning of July, 31st to move forward with a new event that will take place Saturday, August 13,  announced the LGBT Cleveland Community Center on…

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Marco Rubio to headline anti-LGBT event in Orlando

Marco Rubio is slated to address an event in Orlando next month that will feature some of the country’s most vehement anti-LGBT activists. The Orlando-based Liberty Counsel Action, an extreme anti-LGBT group whose affiliate is famous for representing Kentucky clerk Kim Davis in her stand against the Supreme Court’s marriage equality decision, announced in an email…

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