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发帖数: 19713 | 1 Open Letter to Pelosi on ENDA
By Advocate.com Editors
NANCY PELOSI 201005 x390 (getty) | ADVOCATE.COM
Eight LGBT groups including GetEqual, the Transgender Law Center, and the
National Center for Lesbian Rights have written an open letter to House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi demanding a floor vote on ENDA immediately.
Read the full letter here.
From San Francisco Pride at Work, One Struggle, One Fight, GetEqual, Harvey
Milk Democratic Club, Transgender Law Center, National Center for Lesbian
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发帖数: 145 | 2 "Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men
and lesbians for denial of a marriage license. Indeed, the evidence shows
Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California Constitution
the notion that opposite-sex couples are superior to same-sex couples.
Because California has no interest in discriminating against gay men and
lesbians, and because Proposition 8 prevents California from fulfilling its
constitutional obligation to provide marriages on an e |
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发帖数: 19713 | 4 U.S. Gives $13.3 Million for Gay Youth
By Advocate.com Editors
LA GAY AND LESBIAN CENTER X390 | ADVOCATE.COM
The Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center was awarded a $13.3 million grant by
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and said it is first
federal grant of its kind to focus on LGBT youth.
The center received the grant, to be disbursed over five years, to develop a
model foster services program, according to a statement obtained by The
Advocate on Thursday. The center’s grant is the |
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发帖数: 703 | 5 Following the defeat of a vote in the US Senate to debate ending the US army
's Don't ask, Don't tell' policy, the British army claims that allowing gay
and lesbians to openly served has improved the armed forces.
Last week, primarily Republican US senators voted to block a debate into gay
and lesbian people being able to serve openly in the military. A minimum of
60 senators were required to be in favour of overturning a filibuster of
the 'defence authorisation bill' which includes the repeal o |
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发帖数: 19713 | 6 Arnold Signs Bill Aiding Gay Youths
By Andrew Harmon
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER 200909 X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
In a move hailed by advocates for its impact on the lives of vulnerable gay
youths, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Thursday signed a bill
allowing minors ages 12 to 17 to access mental health services without
parental consent.
Authored by state senator Mark Leno, the Mental Health Services for At-Risk
Youth Act allows youths to consent to treatment without parental
notificatio... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 703 | 7 【 以下文字转载自 Rainbow 讨论区 】
发信人: wps9988 (zhzhu), 信区: Rainbow
标 题: 15%US men (age:50-59) had oral sex from other men
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Oct 4 18:43:42 2010, 美东)
American research suggests that eight per cent of men and seven per cent of
women describe themselves as gay, lesbian or bisexual.
The results come from Indiana University's Center of Sexual Health Promotion
, which surveyed almost 6,000 adults.
Last month, a British study of 450,000 adults claimed that just 1.5 per cent
were lesbian, gay... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 8 Posted on Advocate.com November 09, 2010
SCOTUS Rejects Fugitive Mom's Custody Case
By Michelle Garcia
LISA MILLER JANET JENKINS X390 (FAIR USE) | ADVOCATE.COM
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case regarding a woman
attempting to retain full custody of her biological daughter after several
state courts granted custody to her former lesbian partner.
Janet Jenkins has been granted custody of 8-year-old Isabella Miller-Jenkins
by the Vermont family court, Vermont supreme court, as well... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 9 A new survey of more than 7,000 trans people in the US says that 41 per cent
have tried to kill themselves.
The research, carried out by the National Center for Transgender Equality
and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, also found than 19 per cent had
been refused medical care because of their trans status.
Twenty-eight per cent said they had experience harassment in hospitals or
doctors’ surgeries, while two per cent said they had been violently
assaulted in medical settings.
Half of tho... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 10 By Andrew Harmon
JOE BIDEN BARACK OBAMA DADT SIGNING x390 (getty) | advocate.com
Not only is President Barack Obama “evolving” on his marriage equality
position. Now the second-in-command admits that embracing marriage rights
for gay and lesbian couples is inevitable.
“I think there is an inevitability for a national consensus on gay marriage
," Vice President Joe Biden said during a Friday appearance on ABC's Good
Morning America, though he indicated the White House's policy in suppor of
full c... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 11 Posted on Advocate.com January 13, 2011
Civil Union Talks Resume in Hawaii
By Michelle Garcia
BLAKE OSHIRO X390 | ADVOCATE.COM
Under the leadership of a new governor who supports gays and lesbians,
Hawaiian lawmakers are looking to resubmit a bill to legalize civil unions
after the legislature reconvenes in Honolulu next week.
Rep. Blake Oshiro (pictured), who is gay, told KITV that he wants to push
the bill through early in the legislative term so that lawmakers can focus
more time on "the eco... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 12 http://www.chinadevelopmentbrief.org.cn/qikanarticleview.php?id
浮出水面
女同性恋，又称“女同志”，英文为“Lesbian”——由此自称为“拉拉”，指女性对
女性的性欲望或性行为。尽管这种欲望和行为古已有之，但是直至20世纪90年代，绝大
多数中国人没有听过或者见到过公开的女同性恋者。1995年第四届世界妇女大会在北京
举行，有一位中国志愿者在女同性恋代表的帐篷值勤，外国代表问她是否认识中国的女
同性恋者，她回答：中国不存在这种现象。
那时候，以“同性恋”为名的聚会，是受到关注和禁止的，因此组织者必须最大限度地
运用自己的智慧，尽可能地聚集、团结同性恋人群，使大家能够认同自己的身份，互相
鼓励。就在当时，一些住在北京的女同性恋者已经开始自发聚会。1994年，一个叫做
Susie的英国女双性恋，开始在自己家举办派对，邀请她所知道的中外男女同性恋者参
加。同时，她开始和男同积极分子吴春生一起组织酒吧聚会。
女艺术家石头，当时住在圆明园“画家村”。有一个女孩子常来找她，她们同吃同住，
从未在言语和行动上逾越朋友的界限，但是她感觉... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 13 A report by the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law at UCLA (
University of California, Los Angeles) has found significant homophobia and
discrimination in the state of Utah, home to the Mormon Church.
The study of 939 LGBT Utahans found that sixty seven per cent of
transgendered and forty four percent of lesbian, gay and bisexual Utahans
say they have either been sacked or have been denied a job or promotion as a
result of their LGBT status.
In contrast to research in the UK, Gay men e... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 14 HRC applauds 'The Kids are All Right' for 2011 Oscar nominations
News release from Human Rights Campaign (HRC):
Movie Depicting LGBT Family Earns Four Nominations
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender civil rights organization, applauds the critically
acclaimed film “The Kids are All Right” for earning four Oscar
Nominations. The movie, which is about a family headed by a same-sex couple
(Annette Bening and Julianne Moore), was nomi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 15 According to research from Montreal’s Concordia University, people who had
suffered homophobia had higher levels of stress hormone cortisol in their
brains.
Normally, cortisol levels fluctuate throughout the day and are highest in
the morning and lowest in the evening.
But those who suffered homophobia had higher levels of the hormone all day.
Cortisol disruption can lead to higher blood pressure, a reduced immunity to
infections, bone density depletion and memory loss.
It has also been linked t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 16 Posted on Advocate.com February 05, 2011
Marriage Equality Ads to Hit Australia
By Advocate.com Editors
Marriage equality advocates plan to launch television ads on Valentine’s
Day that will run throughout the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
celebration, which ends in March.
The campaign is sponsored by the groups GetUp! and Australian Marriage
Equality, according to the Sydney Morning Herald, which talked to AME
spokesperson Alex Greenwich.
“The television campaign, ‘Marriage Matters,' which ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 17 Frequently Asked Questions
Pedersen et al. v. Office of Personnel Management et al.
On November 9, 2010, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) filed
Pedersen et al. v. Office of Personnel Management et al. in Federal District
Court in Connecticut, a new challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage
Act and its mandated non-recognition of marriages of same-sex couples. This
new case involves 5 couples and one widower from the states of CT, VT and NH.
1. What is this lawsuit about?
This la... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 18 Posted on Advocate.com February 12, 2011
Barbara Walters “Outed” On The View
By Advocate.com Editors
Barbara Walters isn’t one to shy away from complimenting a female guest on
her looks. On Thursday, the talk show host complimented Jennifer Aniston on
her physique, saying, “the body’s gorgeous.”
Joy Behar then followed it up with, “we always tease her that she’s a big
lesbian. Doesn’t know it.”
Walters responded: “Not true! Bisexual, whatever!”
Aniston then got in on the fun, telling Walters, “Y... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 19 Posted on Advocate.com February 17, 2011
Facebook Adds Civil Unions
By Advocate.com Editors
Setting aside "it’s complicated," the choices of "married," "engaged," "
divorced," "separated," "widowed," and "single" don’t cover all the bases,
especially for LGBTs. In response to the hodgepodge of relationship legal
statuses that exists in America and around the world, Facebook has added two
options to describe users’ relationships. Now users can also choose “in a
civil union" and "in a domestic par... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 20 Posted on Advocate.com March 08, 2011
DOMA's Continued Consequences
By Andrew Harmon
Rodrigo Martinez (left) with husband Edwin Echegoyen
Stop the Deportations - The DOMA Project In a deportation case that tests
the uncertain legal terrain following the Obama administration’s
announcement that it would no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act, a
gay man who recently married his partner in Washington, D.C. will likely
surrender on Wednesday morning to immigration officials.
Rodrigo Martinez, ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 21 Lesbian DA to Run for San Diego Mayor
By Advocate.com Editors
BONNIE DUMANIS X390
Bonnie Dumanis, the San Diego County district attorney, plans to run for
mayor next year.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Dumanis, 59, made the announcement
Thursday in an e-mail to friends. A Republican elected in 2002, she is the
first openly gay district attorney in the United States and a former
superior court judge.
“Dumanis promised to end the rancor that has gripped City Hall over pension
issues, taxatio... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1665 | 22 Merging into the straight world has always been quite a challenge for Ts.
Many Ts were fired from their jobs and given notice ot quit their homes
because of their living as lesbians. That's why some of Ts went to great
lengths to disguise themselves.
A well-know example, a girl in the army was under threat of being thrown out
of the military. Six-footer with short dark hair and trousers, a masculine
face and hands,she was too easily to be picked on for being a lesbian, even
in a venue encouragin... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 22013 | 23 马来西亚电台删掉Lady Gaga《生来如此》的同性恋歌词
女神卡卡歌詞太露骨？ 馬國電台刪
【聯合報╱記者祁玲／即時報導】 2011.03.17 10:25 pm
「女神卡卡」在馬來西亞踢到鐵板，她的主打歌「天生如此」因歌詞裡面鼓勵同志
大方表達感情，必須修改後才能在電台播放。
據「美聯社」報導，馬來西亞私營的第一大電台AMP Radio Networks 對於「天生
如此」的部分歌詞會模糊帶過，主因是馬來西亞有很多人信奉伊斯蘭教，政府不希
望某些歌曲的內容冒犯他人。【2011/03/17 聯合報】
http://udn.com/NEWS/ENTERTAINMENT/BREAKINGNEWS8/6218062.shtml
No matter gay, straight, or bi
Lesbian, transgendered life!
I'm on the right track baby
I was born to survive
马来西亚电台删掉Lady Gaga《生来如此》的同性恋歌词
爱白网 2011-03-17
美国流行歌手Lady Gaga近日推出了她的新歌《生来如此... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 657 | 24 lesbian story.
For some reason, they don't hate lesbians as much as they do gays lol. |
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发帖数: 4174 | 25 Posted on Advocate.com
Civil Unions Pass Initial Colorado Sen. Vote
By Advocate.com Editors
PAT STEADMAN X390 (FAIR) | ADVOCATE.COM
In an initial voice-vote, the Colorado State Senate approved a bill that
would establish civil unions on Monday. Senate Bill 172, introduced by
openly gay Sen. Pat Steadman (pictured), would create civil unions which
offer most of the rights and benefits given to married Colorado couples. The
bill will face a final vote in the Senate later this week, after which it
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发帖数: 4174 | 26 On Friday, an article in The Daily Beast revealed that two United States
Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) District Offices have both
confirmed that that alien relative petitions and green card applications
filed by married same-sex couples will not be denied.
Stop The Deportations explains the historical significance of these actions:
"Instead, final decisions on these applications will be held in abeyance, i
.e. put on hold. This historic first seems to be directly linked to the
Ob... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 27 Posted on Advocate.com April 04, 2011
5 Arrested for Marriage Protest
By Advocate.com Editors
Five members of the activist group Queer Rising were arrested Monday for
blocking traffic in a demonstration against the state's inability to pass
marriage equality legislation.
The protesters gathered in front of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's midtown Manhattan
office during the evening rush hour. The five arrested for blocking traffic
were Natasha Dillon (26, lesbian activist); Kevin Donohue (51, gay Jewish
acti... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 28 HRC's release:
Top Official at National Organization for Marriage Defects, Supports
Civil Marriage Equality
Onetime virulently anti-gay Louis Marinelli switches course on LGBT
issues
WASHINGTON- Louis Marinelli, a key strategist in developing the
grassroots and online messaging strategy of the National Organization for
Marriage, has undergone what he calls a “transition” from being an ardent
opponent of the LGBT community and marriage equality specifically to
supporting civil marriag... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 29 Study: Gay Men in CA Linked To More Cancer
By Advocate.com Editors
CA CANCER STUDY X390 (THINKSTOCK) | ADVOCATE.COM
While very few cancer studies gather data on the sexual orientation of its
subjects, new research published in the online medial journal Cancer reports
that homosexual males in California are “nearly twice as likely to report
a cancer diagnosis as straight men in the state.”
The study, which was based on a large health survey conducted by the state
of California, sought to explore ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 30 Last update: April 04, 2006 – 10:38 PM
Bachmann, stepsister hold opposing views
The lesbian stepsister of Minnesota's leading champion of the marriage
amendment begs to
differ.
Dane Smith, Star Tribune
Seated just a few feet away from state Sen. Michele Bachmann as she
testified for the same-sex marriage amendment
Tuesday was Bachmann's stepsister, Helen LaFave.
But she was not there as an ally. LaFave is a lesbian who marked the
occasion by coming out publicly for the first time
with a statemen... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 31 Rapper Says Gay Fans Don't Mind His Homophobic Language
By Advocate.com Editors
TYLER THE CREATOR X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Rapper Tyler, the Creator, has responded to claims of homophobia, saying
that his gay fans aren't offended by his frequent use of the word "faggot,"
reports MTV.
The rapper, who leads a Los Angeles–based hip hop collective called Odd
Future, uses the word "faggot" 204 times on his recent album Goblin. Other
musicians, including Sara Quin, who is lesbian, and the Gay and L... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1822 | 32 Society needs changing
"Many parents take their kids to the doctors out of love. They need
better
knowledge, especially from authoritative figures such as educators and
experts," she said. When her son came out 12 years ago, it didn't take
Wu
long to accept reality. "I don't really care what other people think,"
she
said. "Being gay is natural."
Sociologist Li Yinhe's 2008 survey of public attitudes toward
homosexuality
found that most people are ambivalent, voicing neither strong support
nor
ou... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1822 | 33 Gay tolerance teaching mandatory in Toronto schools
By Kris Sims, Parliamentary Bureau
Christian parents wanting to opt-out of the Toronto Public School Board
's curriculum-wide inclusion of gay, lesbian, transgender and queer issues
are being told to like it or lump it.
“We cannot accommodate discrimination,” said Ken Jeffers, coordinator
of gender-based violence prevention with the board. “If a parent says 'We
don't like gays and lesbians and we don't want our child to learn any... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 34 NEW YORK – Treading carefully, President Barack Obama praised New York
state lawmakers who were debating landmark legislation Thursday to legalize
gay marriage, saying that's what democracy's all about. But as expected, the
president stopped short of embracing same-sex marriage himself, instead
asking gay and lesbian donors for patience.
"I believe that gay couples deserve the same legal rights as every other
couple in this country," the president said at a Manhattan fundraiser, his
first geared... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 35 Bank of America Grants S.F. Gay Orgs $130K
By Neal Broverman
Local entertainer Donna Sachet (left) and Bank of America’s
senior vice president Patrick D. Strieck (second from left)
award $130,000 to nine local LGBT nonprofit organizations.
Bank of America, the sponsor of San Francisco's Pride celebration for the
eighth year, earlier this week presented nine Bay Area LGBT organizations
with a check for $130,000.
The gift from Bank of America will benefit the Lavender Youth Recreation and
Informat... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 311 | 36 这位liangzi，你是否有职业心理医师执照？ 你对最新的心理学治疗懂得多少？ 以下
我摘录权威的美国心理学会APA的问答 （http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/sexual-
orientation.aspx）：
Can therapy change sexual orientation?
No; even though most homosexuals live successful, happy lives, some
homosexual or bisexual people may seek to change their sexual
orientation through therapy, often coerced by family members or
religious groups to try and do so. The reality is that homosexuality is
not an illness. It does not require treatment and is not changeable.
Howeve... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4666 | 37 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex-gay_movement
The ex-gay movement consists of people and organizations that support people
who are conflicted over their same-sex attraction or activities in their
attempts to refrain from pursuing same-sex relationships, to eliminate
homosexual desires, to develop heterosexual desires, or to enter into a
heterosexual relationship. "Ex-gay" is a term used to describe persons who
were once considered to be gay, lesbian or bisexual, but who no longer
assert that iden... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 38 Justice Dept.: Strike Down DOMA
By Trudy Ring
KAREN GOLINSKI X390 (Jim Wilson/The New York Times) | ADVOCATE.COM
The Department of Justice Friday gave pro–marriage equality activists a
pleasant surprise by arguing strongly against the Defense of Marriage Act in
a brief filed in federal court that acknowledges the history of
discrimination against gays and lesbians.
The brief urged a U.S. appeals court in San Francisco not to dismiss federal
employee Karen Golinski’s (pictured, right) lawsuit aga... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 39 When Tim Pawlenty said the science was "in dispute” about whether being gay
is genetic, that sure came as surprise to molecular biologist Dean Hamer.
By Dr. Dean Hamer, op-ed contributor
In a recent interview, Tim Pawlenty was asked “Is being gay a choice?” The
presidential hopeful replied that “the science in that regard is in
dispute.”
As a working molecular biologist, that was certainly a surprise to me.
In fact, the scientific community has long regarded sexual orientation –
whether gay, str... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1822 | 40 Jul 15, 2011
In Hong Kong, a quiet advance for gay rights
By Kent Ewing
HONG KONG - While gay activists in this conservative city of 7.1 million
people have for years struggled, mostly in vain, to win equal rights and
legal protections for homosexuals, immigration officials have been quietly
handing out special "relationship visas" for partners of gay professionals
coming from overseas.
The stark contradiction has, of course, met with protests of a double
standard among the local gay comm... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1822 | 41 FORMATIVE DISTORTION:
" DOES GOD REALLY HATE THE GAYS ?"
Written by Christopher Donaldson
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Who decides what’s right or wrong?
We all know the Bible appraises self-worth according to strict sets of
laws and hierarchies: Go to Hell if you covet the neighbor’s house, kill
the neighbor, or take off with the neighbor’s wife.
It runs moral meanings smooth over broken fine lines that fall
somewhere between fact and fiction and good and evil. God still hates figs
and shrimp... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 42 Posted on Advocate.com August 04, 2011 02:50:00 PM ET
American Psychological Association Supports Marriage Equality
By Julie Bolcer
In a move that holds potential to influence the ongoing legal and public
policy debate, the American Psychological Association unanimously approved a
resolution in support of full marriage equality.
The policy-making body of the APA voted 157 to 0 in favor of the resolution
Wednesday, on the eve of the professional organization’s annual conference
in Washington, D.C... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 161 | 43 CNN) -- The American Psychological Association is calling on state and
federal officials to stop anti-gay legal measures and to legalize same-sex
marriage.
The scientific and professional organization's guiding body voted
unanimously at its annual meeting this week in Washington to declare its
support for "full marriage equality for same-sex couples."
The resolution "clarifies the Association's support for same-sex marriage"
in light of new research, the group said. A similar resolution in 2004
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发帖数: 2153 | 44 http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/08/12/61-per-cent-of-scots-suppo
A large majority of Scottish people now support marriage equality.
According to the 2010 Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, published yesterday,
61 per cent of people believe gays and lesbians should have the right to
marry.
Respondents were asked whether “gay or lesbian couples should have the
right to marry one another if they want to”.
Just 19 per cent said they disagreed, while 18 per cent said they neither
agreed nor disagreed.
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发帖数: 1963 | 45 【 以下文字转载自 Rainbow 讨论区 】
发信人: pipipipipi (pipipipipipipipipipipipipipipipipipipip), 信区: Rainbow
标 题: Maine approves same-sex marriage ballot question
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Aug 18 12:54:41 2011, 美东)
Can we win this time??
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s Secretary of State approved language Wednesday
for a citizen’s initiative that would ask Mainers once again if they want
to allow same-sex couples to marry.
A coalition of same-sex marriage advocates is set to begin gathering
signatures as early as this we... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 46 Some Deportations Halted for Gay Immigrants
By Trudy Ring
panda girls
From left: Violeta and Sujey Pando StopTheDeporations.Blogspot.com
Some binational same-sex couples received good news about pending
deportation orders this week, thanks partly to the Obama administration’s
new policy making certain deportations low priority.
Denver immigration judge Mimi Tsankov Friday halted the deportation of Sujey
Pando and scheduled a new hearing in January based on her marriage to U.S.
citizen Violeta Pa... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1822 | 47 They successfully launched a small non-governmental campaign to enhance
college-aged MSMs' HIV/AIDS prevention awareness in several northeastern
universities in 2007.
Despite these and other NGOs' efforts in the fight against HIV/AIDS,
homosexual rights NGOs continue to struggle into existence.
To date, no homosexual rights NGO has registered with China's civil affairs
authorities, due to their unique and unprecedented nature. Their ambiguous
status poses difficulties in raising funds and holdin... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 48 Anti-gay bullying is a serious problem in Northern Ireland schools, a new
report says.
The Rainbow Project report, Left out of the Equation, says gay, lesbian and
bisexual pupils suffer severe inequality.
Problems include bullying, teachers failing to tackle homophobic abuse, poor
sexual health information and schools’ failure to teach about stable and
fulfilling relationships.
Young LGB people are left to “suffer in silence” because they fear coming
out, the charity says.
The report says: “LGB ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 22013 | 49 LGBT应该参与占领华尔街的16个理由：
1. Gay men bring a certain verve to any gathering.
2. We are in the middle of our movement, still battling for our civil rights
, so some of us are ready to demonstrate at the drop of a tweet.
3. Our experienced protesters can advise others on being arrested with
maximum exposure and minimum pain.
4. LGBT anthems might be inspiring. I’m thinking of “I Will Survive,”
not “It’s Raining Men.”
5. During the considerable down time — many of the protests involve camping
out — we ... 阅读全帖 |
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g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 50 Posted on Advocate.com December 09, 2011 11:11:11 AM ET
One of America’s preeminent LGBT rights attorneys gives us a spirited run-
down on Prop 8 supporters' feckless arguments at yesterday's Ninth Circuit
hearing.
By Kate Kendell, op-ed contributor
If you are not a lawyer doing LGBT legal advocacy or a queer activist paying
attention to every detail of every LGBT development, you may have missed
the goings on in a Ninth Circuit federal courtroom in San Francisco
yesterday. The issues involved t... 阅读全帖 |
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