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GLAAD President: St. Pat's exclusionary parade hurts Irish families like mine
GLAAD President and CEO, Sarah Kate Ellis has written a letter to the editor of the New York Daily News, recalling her participation in the New York St . Patrick's Day Parade, and noting how excluding...
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Man with HIV wins court case after being fired from NYC hotel job
A jury awarded Antonio Muñoz more than $500,000 after he was fired from a Manhattan hotel. The termination came after Muñoz filed a discrimination complaint against his employer.The New York Daily News...
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GLAAD Link - your daily round-up of LGBT news, March 17, 2014
Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONALObama administration orders some insurers to cover gay spouses - The Huffington...
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VIDEO: Stonewall Inn restocks Guinness after it pulls out of NYC St. Pat's...
News outlets around the country are reporting on the sponsorships that are dropping support of exclusionary St. Patrick's Day Parades, both in New York and Boston.Watch NYC's PIX 11 report on Guinness'...
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As sponsors flee, Universities stand by anti-LGBT St. Patrick's Day Parade
As top-billed sponsors including Guinness and Heineken pull their support of the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade over its ban on LGBT families and organizations, there remains puzzling support...
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First case of HIV transmission between two women confirmed
Federal health officials confirmed the first case of HIV transmission between a lesbian couple in a serodiscordant relationship, one in which one partner is HIV positive and one is negative....
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Irish LGBT people call to be included in the NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade
Just before the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade was about to begin, Irish LGBT advocates spoke about the long history of exclusion of LGBT organizations from the parade, and the sudden change of...
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Out singer-songwriter David Orris speaks with GLAAD about using music to...
You may have already heard the music of out singer-songwriter David Orris if you're a fan of TV shows like Smallville, Felicity and The Real World, but with his new album Retrograde Boulevard coming...
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Transgender teen takes softball field with all the other California girls
Because of California's recently enacted law, AB 1266, transgender students like Pat Cordova-Goff can participate in actvities and facitilites that align with their gender identity. Al Jazeera America...
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Affordable housing finally available to LGBT seniors in Philly
In a recent article entitled, "Rainbow-Hued Housing for Gays in Golden Years," The New York Times explores issues with which low-income LGBT senior citizens struggle, including affordable housing and...
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The next anti-LGBT export target: Peru
The sad trend of American anti-LGBT activists traveling across the globe in order to "warn" them from making the pro-LGBT "mistakes" of America continues. The latest example comes from Peru, where...
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We celebrate the life of Bayard Rustin
Bayard Rustin, an openly gay African American man, worked as an advocate for human rights. He most famously advised Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and was the chief organizer of the 1963 March on...
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VIDEO: Children's book features young gay protagonist as "The Bravest Knight...
Daniel Errico has written a new children's book, "The Bravest Knight Who Ever Lived," that relays a fairy tale in which the main character—a young boy named Cedric—turns out to be gay. (Warning! Plot...
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VIDEO: Are there gay players on the PGA Tour? Brandt Snedeker says odds are yes
Although several athletes from different disciplines have public come out in the past year, not one professional golfer made such announcement. Brandt Snedeker, a professional golfer performing on the...
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What to Watch Tuesday 3/18: 'Glee' celebrates its 100th episode, 'Pretty...
Tonight catch all new episodes of Glee, The Voice, Pretty Little Liars, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Chicago Fire.What to Watch: Tuesday, March 188:00pm: Glee, Fox (1 hr) NEWNew Directions alumni return to...
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GLAAD Link - your daily round-up of LGBT news, March 18, 2014
Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONALScottish Catholic adoption agency given green light to continue discriminating...
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Oregon AG changes title of 'license to discriminate' bill to reflect what it...
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is supporting those against a ballot measure that would legally protect individuals and businesses who refuse to provide commercial services to LGBT weddings if...
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Gay teen possibly deported to Ethiopia: “Back in his country, it will be like...
Immigration officials in Boston are threatening to deport a 19 year old gay student back to his home country of Ethiopia. Ethiopia is a nation where LGBT relationships are illegal. According to Amnesty...
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Spanish-language media networks cover St. Patrick's Day LGBTQ exclusion
All the major Spanish-language media networks covered the exclusion of LGBTQ people in the New York and Boston St. Patrick's Day parade. Univision mentioned the parade and the controversy during its...
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New photo book from Pier Kids director will highlight Ballroom scene
Elegance Bratton, director of Pier Kids:The Life, a documentary that takes an in-depth look at the intersectionality of family estrangement, homelessness, gentrification, and the criminalization of...
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