Proud Swedes move into Europe’s first LGBT retirement home

Europe’s first retirement home for LGBT people – the Rainbow House – has opened in Stockholm, with a ceremony attended by bishop Eva Brunne and Commissioner for the Elderly Joakim Larsson of the conservative Moderate party, reports Radio Sweden. The Rainbow House takes up the top three floors of an eight-storey apartment building in central Stockholm,…

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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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Art, Pride and other things

Pride weekend is here once more and with it comes a plethora of artistic activity to choose from and this does not necessarily mean pictures in galleries and performances in theaters. Pride, both the parade on Saturday and the two day festival is an opportunity for the local community (plus thousands of out of town…

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Uniting LGBT bi-national families

The recent Supreme Court ruling against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) has far reaching ramifications for many, especially for LGBT U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents and their non-citizen spouses. Until now, these couples have been barred from obtaining immigration status for their non-citizen spouses. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano says the DHS…

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HRC on Exodus: ‘now persuade all other religious-based institutions that they got it wrong’

WASHINGTON — Following the announcement that Exodus International is closing its doors for good and the organization’s president Alan Chambers’ apology to the gay community the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) issued a statement welcoming the move and calling on Exodus to now persuade other religious-based institutions that they “got it wrong.” “We are encouraged that…

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