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GLAAD Link - your daily round-up of LGBT news, December 16, 2013
Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONALMother of dead gay man to sue US government over illegal deportation - LGBT...
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Associated Press speaks to GLAAD's Tiq Milan about transgender advocacy
The Associated Press spoke with several LGBT advocacy organizations, including GLAAD, about the work that needs to be done in transgender advocacy."We need to get more good images in the media, so...
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Rev. Schaefer's 30 days are nearly up. Will he recant?
Rev. Frank Schaefer was found "guilty" of performing his son's wedding to another man by the United Methodist Church on November 19. He was given a 30-day suspension, at the end of which he was given...
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Tell governors all over the US that "Our #OnlyWish" this holiday is equality
Marriage equality has yet to be reached in 34 states. This holiday season, GLAAD is launching "Our Only Wish" campaign, so you can tell those states' governors exactly what's on the top of your wish...
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Snapshots: Our Only Wish campaign, Bob Newhart's gig with Legatus, LGBT and...
Wonder what we’re up to at GLAAD?Be sure to check out GLAAD's Blog each week for updates about our latest work to build support for LGBT equality through news, entertainment and online media.Inspired...
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Deportation leads to death
A decision made by an officer, an ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) Judge, a Congressman and a President can lead to death. In the particular case covered by LGBT Weekly, Nelson Javier...
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What to Watch Tuesday 12/17: 'Awkward.' season finale
Tonight catch all new episodes of The Biggest Loser and Awkward.What to Watch: Tuesday, December 178:00pm: The Biggest Loser, NBC (1 hr) NEWSeason 15 continues with a new group beginning their weight...
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A transgender volunteer for the Salvation Army
GLAAD's board chair, Jennifer Finney Boylan, has written an op-ed for the New York Times, discussing volunteering to ring bells for the Salvation Army just after her transition. She describes her...
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GLAAD Link - your daily round-up of LGBT news, December 17, 2013
Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONALPope Francis removes anti-equal marriage cardinal from Vatican Committee -...
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How ABC Family is getting it right: 'The Fosters' and 'Pretty Little Liars'
A friend of mine recently started watching The Fosters on ABC Family, and commented, “I love it. It just comes across as very natural…The fact that [Stef and Lena] are together isn’t a big deal.” As...
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CNN gives Tony Perkins another chance to peddle his 'salacious propaganda'
He's not a lawyer or judge. He's not a marriage expert. From best we can tell, he has no firsthand experience with polygamy.He is a man who has said some truly jaw-dropping things about LGBT people....
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'FREE CECE' - Laverne Cox's documentary to free CeCe McDonald
Laverne Cox is working on documentary, FREE CECE, to bring African-American trans woman, CeCe McDonald's story to a larger audience and shed light on the culture of violence surrounding transphobia.In...
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An ambasador with guts--oh, and a husband
When James "Wally" Brewster arrived in Santo Domingo recently, he did so as a proud gay man, taking his new post as U.S. ambassador with his husband Bob Satawake beside him. Brewster and his husband...
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Obamas not going to the Olympics, sending gay athletes instead
The White House has announced the United States Olympic delegation, and it doesn't include the president or the first lady.But the delegation does include some openly gay people.For the Opening...
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Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson uses vile stereotypes to tell GQ his thoughts...
The Robertsons, the family whose duck hunting products have made them a fortune, are breakout stars featured in A&E’s Duck Dynasty. GQ Magazine’s profile of Phil Robertson included some of the...
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Cleveland rallies in the wake of murder of 2 transgender people
Cleveland lost two transgender women to murders that occurred within days of each other earlier this month. Now, advocates in Cleveland are rallying to advocate for their transgender neighbors.At 22...
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When a sports reporter uses the T-word on Twitter
NBC Sports' Michelle Beadle used the T-word in a tweet to describe an encounter she had with someone at a store. The tweet read, "A tr***y in a leopard coat just scolded me in the cheese section. It...
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Out Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Mary Lambert releases new EP and a...
Out singer-songwriter Mary Lambert is having a pretty good month. She was recently nominated for two Grammy Awards for her contributions to the Macklemore and Ryan Lewis marriage equality hit "Same...
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Award-winning documentary 'Bridegroom' in 44,000 Redbox kiosks across the...
Bridegroom, the award-winning documentary directed and produced by Linda Bloodsworth-Thomason (Designing Women), recounts the love story of Shane Bitney Crone and his partner Tom Bridegroom, and puts a...
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NOM celebrates the holidays by bashing LGBT families
Following the launch of GLAAD's 'Only Wish' holiday campaign, hundreds of LGBT families and their allies have contacted governors in the 34 states that don't yet recognize marriage equality,...
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