Steve Lee, Editor

Make LGBTQ history: share and leave a lasting impression (VIDEOS)

http://youtu.be/5Deo28B0MJc http://youtu.be/GH4qAEXcv9A DALLAS, — A rare chance to join a movement and make history kicks off today with the AT&T* “Love, Making History” project. It’s an opportunity to share personal stories and two online films that show how lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) love is making history every day. Individuals are encouraged to share…

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Largest exhibition of the life and art of Frida Kahlo makes North American premiere in San Diego

SAN DIEGO — The rich and colorful life of Frida Kahlo is revealed in The Complete Frida Kahlo: Her Paintings. Her Life. Her Story. The Exhibition, making its North American premiere in San Diego from Octo. 19 through Jan. 10, 2014, at historic NTC at Liberty Station. This is the only exhibition worldwide where all of her…

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LGBT history app partners with the ‘It Gets Better Project’

BERWYN HEIGHTS, Md. In celebration of LGBT History Month, which starts today in the United States, the free mobile app Quist announces it will release it’s 2.0 version this October. The new version will include a frequently requested keyword search feature to sort the 800 LGBTQ historical events in the app’s database. Quist is also teaming…

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Transsexual chooses death after botched sex change operation

BELGIUM — A transsexual in Belgium chose to die by euthanasia after a sex change operation to complete his transformation into a man left him a ‘monster’. MailOnline reports that Nathan Verhelst, 44, died yesterday afternoon after being allowed to have his life ended on the grounds of ‘unbearable psychological suffering’. Born a girl named…

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AFER joins the constitutional challenge to Virginia’s discriminatory marriage amendment

WASHINGTON — The American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER), the sole sponsor of the landmark federal constitutional challenge that eliminated California’s Proposition 8, today announced that it has joined the federal constitutional challenge to Virginia’s ban on marriage equality, Bostic v. Rainey.  The Bostic case contends that the Virginia Marriage Amendment and otherVirginia laws that prohibit gay and lesbian couples from marrying are…

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Millions to go purple for ‘Spirit Day’ in united stand against bullying, Oct.17

NEW YORK,  – MTV talent including Ke$ha, Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi and Jenni ‘JWOWW’ Farley from ‘Snooki and JWOWW,’ and Nev Schulman and Max Joseph from Catfish: The TV Show; trans athlete and advocate Kye Allums; openly gay basketball player Jason Collins; the cast of Teen Nick’s ‘Degrassi’; celebrity radio host Elvis Duran; WNBA player Brittney…

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‘You Can Tell Just By Looking:’ New book dispelling stereotypes and false assumptions about LGBTs publishes Oct. 1

Today, conversations and debates about homosexuality, same-sex marriage, and transgenderism are taking place everywhere in American society, from pop culture to politics. Because people seek easy answers for things they don’t understand, myths about LGBT people abound; some are casual and seemingly harmless, while others may be used to justify violence and discrimination. In an…

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