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New LGBT Romance Books from LoveLight Press
LoveLight Press is a small publisher of LGBT romance books. They just sent out a newsletter with links to their newest books! Most are on sale for the weekend of Jan 9th.
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Hawaii Just Gave Two Veterans a Very Special Wedding | Care2 Causes
Late last month Hawaii's Visitors and Convention Bureau (HVCB) kicked off its bid to attract more same-gender couples to the islands by throwing a very special wedding for two young military veterans.
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Pinkwashed: Are young gays selling out to capitalism?
Doritos are gay, young Conservatives are twerking in the streets and Pride is sponsored by a bank – where did all the politics go?
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A Surprising Number of Straight Men Are Having Sex With Other Men, Says The CDC
Just 1.9% of men in the report identified as gay, while 2% said they were bisexual. And yet: 6.2% of men reported having had same-sex sexual encounters. So openly gay dudes actually made up the smallest group of men who've had gay sex among the respondents? Ooh, that's interesting.
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Indiana Took $60 Million Hit After Passing Antigay Law
Last year's so-called Religious Freedom Restoration Act severely damaged the state's convention and tourism business — and lawmakers are weighing passing an even more anti-LGBT measure this year.
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"TweetLikeAWhiteGay" Shows a Divided LGBT Community
The hashtag, #TweetLikeAWhiteGay, addresses how members of this demographic tackle issues like race, gender, and class. And the portrait is not flattering. The wide-ranging posts critique appropriation of African-American culture, transphobia, fanatical diva worship, racism in dating and hookup apps, and sartorial choices.
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A Conversation On Queer Sex and Wheelchairs
Exploring sex and wheelchairs is an opportunity to refuse the limited choices available for sexual narration.
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Nike cuts Pacquiao ties over 'abhorrent' remarks
Nike said in a statement that it found Manny Pacquiao's comments about same-sex couples "abhorrent" and that it has severed its endorsement ties with the eight-division titlist.
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What Happened When I Went Undercover at a Christian Gay-to-Straight Conversion Camp
My weekend was filled with crying, singing, and wrestling, as 30 men struggled to overcome their attraction to other men. It was also the first time I felt another man's erection.
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Colorado fight to end 'gay conversion therapy' could carry national weight
State will debate legislation this month that would ban the counseling on minors, a practice psychologists say can lead to depression and suicide
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Edward Carpenter
Edward Carpenter (29 August 1844 – 28 June 1929) was an English socialist poet, philosopher, anthologist, and early LGBT activist.
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Gay "Cures" Are Harmful And Don't Work, Says World's Largest Body Of Psychiatrists
Exclusive: The World Psychiatric Association has condemned so-called conversion therapy and called on governments around the world to decriminalise homosexuality.
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Backlash grows against N Carolina's discrimination law
Eighty businesses have joined a growing backlash against a new North Carolina law ending anti-discrimination protections across the state. Bank of America, based in Charlotte, has joined dozens of major firms publicly objecting to the law. It also means transgender people must use bathrooms according to the gender on their birth certificates. Republican Governor Pat McCrory said the law was protecting privacy and based on common sense.
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North Carolina Just Lost 400 Jobs Because Of Its Anti-LGBT Law
"As a company that is committed to the principle that everyone deserves to live without fear of discrimination simply for being who they are, becoming an employer in North Carolina, where members of our teams will not have equal rights under the law, is simply untenable. "
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Mississippi gov. signs law allowing service denial to gays
Mississippi's governor signed a law on Tuesday that allows public and private businesses to refuse service to gay couples based on the employers' religious beliefs. Gov. Phil Bryant signed House Bill 1523, despite opposition from gay-rights groups and some businesses who say it enables discrimination. Some conservative and religious groups support the bill.
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US Appeals Court Upholds Gay Marriage in Puerto Rico
A U.S. appeals court has ruled that Puerto Rico can't prohibit gay marriage. The court overruled a federal judge who said a U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing gay couples to marry anywhere in the United States does not apply on the island because it is a U.S. territory, and not a state. The appeals court said Thursday that the district court misconstrued the law and directly contradicted its mandate.
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North Carolina governor says he wants bathroom law partially changed after backlash
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) responded to a backlash against the state’s new law banning anti-discrimination protections for gay and transgender people by signing an executive order Tuesday aimed at calming the firestorm, even as he left the most controversial provisions intact. McCrory said he was expanding protections for state employees, which would prevent these workers from being fired for being gay or transgender.
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Louisiana governor signs order protecting LGBT rights
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed an anti-discrimination order on Wednesday protecting the rights of gay and transgender people, aligning his state on the liberal side of a political divide playing out across the U.S. South. The Democrat's executive order also protects state employees against discrimination based on other criteria including race, religion, disability or age. It bans state agencies from discrimination, while offering an exemption for churches and religious organizations.
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NBC’s Chuck Todd Destroys Pat McCrory’s Defense Of North Carolina Anti-LGBT Law
McCrory boasted that while the business community has criticized him, people at "an African American buffet restaurant" in the small city of Hamlet, NC had thanked him protecting them.
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The Worst Person in Tennessee: Jeremy Durham | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS
Meet the Tennessee lawmaker who will protect women in bathrooms from transgendered "predators" and then ask them for pics of their boobs.
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