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Log Cabin Republicans announce top priority: “Our mission is to oust Obama”

The Log Cabin Republicans (LCR), America’s largest gay and lesbian Republican organization, has just announced their priority to stop President Obama from being reelected in 2012. Plans to halt efforts reelecting Obama in 2012 are a reflection of a disappointing term for the LGBT community, according to Bob Kabel, Chairman of the District of Columbia…

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New guidelines support Transgender Federal Employees

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has praised the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) today for publishing federally-supported guidance that aims to support transgender federal employees. Gender identity has already been added as one of the protected categories of the equal employment opportunity policy for Executive Branch positions, but the new guidelines on gender expression and…

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Brazil to ban gay or lesbian sex education videos

After viewing the videos for herself, President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil will ban sex education videos depicting gay and lesbian video scenes. The educational videos, originally intended to overcome homophobic amongst the country, were deemed “unsuitable for youngsters,” according to reports from the BBC. The removal of the sex education videos come in wake of…

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Transgender clownfish and lesbian geckos teach California children a lesson in gender diversity

Students at Redwood Heights Elementary School in Oakland, Calif. have learned a valuable lesson in gender diversity after Joel Baum, director of education and training for Gender Spectrum, introduced lessons on transgender clownish and single-sex geckos. The lessons were presented on behalf of a grant from the California Teacher’s Union and presented by the anti-bullying…

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Jillian Michaels pursues child adoption, replaced by Anna Kournikova on ‘Biggest Loser’

Jillian Michaels to adopt child from Congo. Michaels has expressed attraction to both sexes in Ladies Home Journal; now prepares to start parenthood. | photo credit: Jillian Michaels Jillian Michaels surprised fans of NBC’s The Biggest Loser when she announced she will be leaving the show to pursue a family during the Season 11 finale….

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