HRC’s Project One America campaign releases video focused on the Deep South (VIDEO)

Today, the Human Rights Campaign released a video showcasing the experiences of Southern lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and their families. The video essay is one component of the organization’s Project One America program. “People love their Southern roots, their families and they don’t want to leave their homes. So they are choosing…

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Younger gay men say, ‘I do’ to Obama and marriage equality

BOSTON – Jack’d, the fastest growing gay app in the world among young gay men, today released the findings of a community survey conducted among its users in the United States. Ahead of the second anniversary of Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage May 9, Jack’d surveyed its users on their thoughts on marriage, relationships and…

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‘Daily Caller’ gives platform to another anti-gay hate group

The Daily Caller provided a hate group spokesman a platform to smear marriage equality and same-sex families, part of the conservative Web site’s pattern of promoting the commentary of some of the most extreme anti-LGBT figures in the country, reports Media Matters for America. In a May 5 column, Senior Fellow for Policy Studies Peter Sprigg of…

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Ronan Farrow calls out right-wing ‘scare tactics’ about trans-inclusive bathrooms

While discussing an effort to roll back a transgender non-discrimination law in Maryland, MSNBC’s Ronan Farrow called out the right-wing “myth” about sexual predators entering trans-inclusive bathrooms, reports Media Matters for America. On April 29, a conservative group in Maryland launched an effort calling for a referendum to repeal the recently enacted Fairness for All…

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NARAL Pro-Choice America endorses Scott Peters for Congress

SAN DIEGO – Scott Peters received the endorsement of NARAL Pro-Choice America today, one of the nation’s most prominent advocates for women’s health care. “We are proud to endorse Representative Scott Peters in his campaign for re-election in California’s 52nd Congressional District. In the midst of the most aggressive anti-choice Congress in decades, women need…

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Orphan Black

dvr this Amazon Instant Video for the first season BBC America, Friday, April 25, 8 p.m. BBC America, Saturday, April 26, 6 p.m. The second season of last year’s breakout sci-fi series premiered April 19, and the first season is finally available to stream. Get on it. This Canadian series is about a collection of…

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Boy Scouts of America revokes church’s charter after church stands with openly gay scoutmaster

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, is calling on the Boy Scouts of America to end its longstanding discriminatory ban on gay adults in Scouting and reinstate Rainier Beach United Methodist Church’s charter.  In March, BSA leaders fired Geoff McGrath, 49, leader of Troop 98 in Seattle’s Rainier Beach neighborhood after he came out as…

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