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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 8:13pm EDT
  

• GLBT History Month - Jerome Robbins

  Jerome Robbins was a renowned choreographer and director. He won four Tonys, two Oscars and an Emmy. Read more.

  
  

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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 12:12pm EDT
  

• GLBT History Month - Robert Rauschenberg

  Robert Rauschenberg was an innovative and influential American artist whose work laid the foundation for the Pop Art movement. Read more.

  
  

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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 12:08pm EDT
  

• GLBT History Month - Christine Quinn

  
  Christine Quinn is the first woman and the first openly gay candidate elected speaker of the New York City Council. She is the city’s second most powerful elected official. Read more.

  
  

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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 1:49pm EDT
  

• Support Gay Marriage

  

  
  

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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 10:17pm EDT
  

• GLBT History Month - Suze Orman

  
  Suze Orman is a financial expert, author, motivational speaker and television host. She is the most celebrated personal finance advisor in America and has written six consecutive books on the New York Times best-seller list. Read more.

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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 1:51pm EDT
  

• GLBT History Month - Todd Oldham

  
  Best known for his clothing and interior designs, Todd Oldham is the quintessential designer. He is regarded for transforming his youthful aesthetic into affordable style. Read more.

  
  

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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 6:44pm EDT
  

• GLBT History Month - Joan Nestle

  
  Joan Nestle is an award-winning author of lesbian literature, both fiction and nonfiction. She is the cofounder of the Lesbian Herstory Archives. read more.

  
  

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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 1:42pm EDT
  

• GLBT History Month - Rev. Pauli Murray

  
  The Reverend Dr. Pauli Murray was a lifelong civil rights attorney and activist against racial and sexual discrimination. She was the first African-American female Episcopal priest. Read more.

  
  

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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 1:39pm EDT
  

• GLBT History Month - Paul Monette

  Paul Monette was an award-winning writer, best known for his novels and memoirs on same-sex relationships and HIV/AIDS. Read more.

  
  

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  Posted: October 18, 2009, 1:35pm EDT
  

• GLBT History Month - Deidre McCloskey

  
  Deirdre McCloskey is an internationally renowned economist and economic historian. She is the author of a memoir recounting her transition from male to female. Read more.

  
  

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  Posted: October 17, 2009, 1:31pm EDT
  

• GLBT History Month - Rachel Maddow

  
  Rachel Maddow is a television host, radio personality and political commentator. She is the first out lesbian to anchor a prime-time show. Read more.
  
  

  
  

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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 11:26am EDT
  

• GLBT History Month - K. D. Lang

  k.d. lang is a singer/songwriter known for her stunning voice, androgynous look and brilliant performances. She has been a recording artist for over 25 years, winning four Grammy Awards and countless accolades from critics and audiences worldwide. Read more.

  
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 1:24pm EDT
  

• GLBT History Month - Alfred Kinsey

  
  Alfred Kinsey is known as the father of sexology. His groundbreaking and controversial research on human sexuality profoundly influenced social and cultural values. Read more.

  
  

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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 2:22pm EDT
  

• GLBT History Month - Kate Kendell

  
  Kate Kendell is a civil rights attorney and executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR). Read More.

  
  

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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 10:17pm EDT
  

• GLBT History Month - Cherry Jones

  
  Cherry Jones is a theater, film and television actress best known for her role as president of the United States on the FOX series “24.” A Broadway veteran, Jones is considered one of America’s foremost stage actresses. She has received two Tony [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 1:14pm EDT
  

• GLBT History Month - Jasper Johns

  Jasper Johns is one of America’s most successful and influential contemporary artists. His paintings and prints, often incorporating objects and symbols from popular culture, inspired a new generation of artists and laid the groundwork for the Pop Art movement. Read more.

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  Posted: October 11, 2009, 1:12pm EDT
  

• GLBT History Month - Zora Neale Hurston

  American author and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston was a principal figure in the Harlem Renaissance. She is the author of “Their Eyes Were Watching God,” a book heralded as “one of the most poetic works of fiction by a black writer in the first half of [...]
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  Posted: October 10, 2009, 8:45pm EDT
  

• GLBT History Month - Magnus Hirschfeld

  
  
  Pioneering sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld devoted his life to the scientific validation and political liberation of homosexuals. He helped lay the groundwork for the modern GLBT civil rights movement. Read more.

  
  

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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 8:43pm EDT
  

• GLBT History Month - Harry Hay

  
  
  In 1950, Harry Hay founded the Mattachine Society, an underground network for homosexuals. It was one of the first American gay organizations. Read more.

  
  

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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 8:39pm EDT
  

• GLBT History Month - Michel Foucault

  Michel Foucault was a French philosopher, sociologist and educator who had a profound impact on academic thought. Foucault is best known for his critical studies of psychiatry, the prison system and human sexuality. Read more.

  
  

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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 8:37pm EDT
  

• GLBT History Month - Rainer Fassbinder

  
  
  Actor, director and screenwriter Rainer Fassbinder made over 40 films in his 15-year career. He is among the most important figures in New German Cinema.
  
  Born in the small Bavarian town of Bad Wörishofen, Fassbinder was raised by his mother. Her [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 4:17pm EDT
  

• GLBT History Month - Ruth Ellis

  
  
  Ruth Ellis, who lived to be 101, was credited with being the oldest known lesbian and GLBT civil rights activist.
  
  Ellis was born in Springfield, Illinois, at the end of the 19th century—the youngest of four children and the only [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 4:15pm EDT
  

• GLBT History Month - John Cage

  
  Twentieth century composer John Cage pushed the boundaries of traditional music, experimenting with sound, environment and audience perception. His avant-garde work influenced music, painting, dance, performance art and poetry. Read more.

  
  

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  Posted: October 04, 2009, 10:50am EDT
  

• GLBT History Month - Tammy Baldwin

  
  
  Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin is the first out lesbian elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. As of 2009, she is one of three openly gay members and the first openly gay non-incumbent elected to Congress. Read more.

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  Posted: October 03, 2009, 12:00am EDT
  

• GLBT History Month - John Amaechi

  
  
  John Amaechi is the first NBA player to speak publicly about being gay. In 2007, three years after retiring from pro basketball, he became one of only six male professional athletes in the four major U.S. sports to come out. Read [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 8:57pm EDT
  

• GLBT History Month - Alvin Ailey Jr.

  
  
  Alvin Ailey Jr. was an internationally acclaimed dancer and choreographer. He founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, a dance company hailed as an ambassador of American culture. Ailey formed a multiracial company and revolutionized dance, incorporating elements of ballet and jazz, [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 6:47pm EDT
  

• Celebrating Bisexuality Day!

  I made a post on Forward Kansas for Celebrating Bisexuality Day and forgot to put it here! I've been reading some good posts on Bisexuality on the GLAAD Blog, and you should check all of them out.
  
  It's amazing that the gay and [...]
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  Posted: September 23, 2009, 4:50pm EDT
  

• More couples report being married than have marriage licenses

  Even though same-sex couples still can't get legally married in most states (and Kansas, along with others, would rather run and hide in a hole in the ground), they're still reporting themselves as married. The Census Bureau reports about 50,000 more couples report being married than total official weddings, [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 3:52pm EDT
  

• Tiahrt opposes marriage equality

  Just got this E-mail from Mr. Tiahrt
  
  Dear Mr. xxxxxxxxx:
  
  Thank you for contacting me to express your support for the legalization of homosexual marriages. I appreciate hearing from you on this important matter.
  
  Unfortunately, I must respectfully disagree with you on this issue. The institution of [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 6:31pm EDT
  

• Shop Borders

  
  
  This was CLEARLY displayed on the front door of the West Wichita Borders today! [...]
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  Posted: September 06, 2009, 9:02pm EDT
  

• Tobias Wolff puts the Smack Down on NOM

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  Posted: August 23, 2009, 10:28am EDT
  

• Brownback Opposes ENDA

  I was "lucky" enough today to receive a letter from Sen. Sam Brownback (R) expressing his C Street christian belief in treating all people with fairness in employment. Everyone done laughing now? As expected, Brownback is opposed to ENDA. Here is his letter;
  
  August 6, 2009
  
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  Posted: August 15, 2009, 11:38am EDT
  

• 40 Years Of Change

  We have made enormous changes in 40 years. In 1969, there were sodomy laws in well over half of all states that made us criminals just for expressing our sexuality; now, after Lambda Legal's historic U.S. Supreme Court victory in Lawrence v. Texas, there are no state sodomy laws. In [...]
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  Posted: August 08, 2009, 6:15pm EDT
  

• We're Making Progress

  Number of people living in states with Marriage Equality:
  
  2000 : 0
  2009 : 14.9 million
  
  - Equality Magazine, Summer 2009 [...]
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  Posted: July 26, 2009, 2:55pm EDT
  

• The Dallas Principles

  
  
  
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  Posted: July 19, 2009, 4:09pm EDT
  

• Twitter

  
  You are following us on Twitter aren't you?' [...]
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  Posted: July 16, 2009, 2:04pm EDT
  

• No Gays in the Military . . . But Racist Skinheads are Alright

  I've reprinted an E-mail I received from the Southern Poverty Law Center. I've bolded the relevant text.
  
  July 10, 2009
  
  Dear Friend,
  
  We have uncovered new evidence that racial extremists are infiltrating the U.S. military and have asked Congress today to launch an immediate investigation to [...]
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  Posted: July 14, 2009, 9:04pm EDT
  

• Obama to extend benefits to gay federal workers

  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama plans to extend health care and other benefits to the gay and lesbian partners of federal employees. White House officials say Obama plans to announce decision on Wednesday in the Oval Office. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the president had not [...]
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  Posted: June 16, 2009, 8:11pm EDT
  

• The MAD Voter -- Of Pride and Politics

  (Originally published in the Liberty Press in June 2009)
  
  In case you haven’t noticed, this June issue of the Liberty Press celebrates Pride. We traditionally celebrate Pride the last Sunday in June to honor the Stonewall riots of 1969. The Stonewall riots changed the way gays and lesbians wanted [...]
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  Posted: June 16, 2009, 3:39pm EDT
  

• Welcome to the family Wesley Eure

  Wesley Eure - From the original Land of the Lost - has come out. You can read the interview at AfterElton.com [...]
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  Posted: June 07, 2009, 11:29am EDT
  

• Obama Declares June Gay Pride Month!

  THE WHITE HOUSE
  Office of the Press Secretary
  
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  For Immediate Release June 1, 2009
  
  LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH, 2009
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  BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  A PROCLAMATION
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  Posted: June 06, 2009, 9:20pm EDT
  

• Religious Right = Fascist? (Repost)

  This is a repost from 2007. It seems appropriate to post it again (slightly modified) given several events.
  
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  Religion Gone Bad The Hidden Dangers of the Christian Right.
  
  Let me say up front that I don't' [...]
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  Posted: June 05, 2009, 10:32am EDT
  

• The License

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  Posted: May 29, 2009, 8:44pm EDT
  

• Prop. 8 Response (redux)

  Some things are just worth looking at again.
  
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  Posted: May 27, 2009, 1:43pm EDT
  

• Prop. 8 Stands - We Won't Back Down

  The California Supreme Court has just declared that Prop. 8 stands. The battle is not over however.
  
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  Posted: May 26, 2009, 12:28pm EDT
  

• Prop 8 Update

  The California Supreme Court has announced that they will release their decision on the challenge to Prop 8 on Tuesday, May 26th. You can sign up here to receive an E-mail when the decision is announced. [...]
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  Posted: May 22, 2009, 2:54pm EDT
  

• Welcome to the Family - David Ogden Stiers

  M*A*S*H star David Ogden Stiers has come out as gay after years of fearing he would be denied roles because of his sexuality.
  
  The actor first tasted fame as Major Charles Winchester on the hit TV comedy before finding steady work as a voice actor in several Disney projects, [...]
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  Posted: May 16, 2009, 4:32pm EDT
  

• The MAD Voter -- Freedom to Marry

  (Originally published in the Liberty Press in May 2008)
  
  So much has happened in the month, I hardly know where to start. The Iowa Supreme Court ruled to uphold the August 2007 District Court ruling saying denying same-sex couples the right to marry was unconstitutional. Starting April 27, Iowa [...]
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  Posted: May 02, 2009, 10:54pm EDT
  

• NOM's ads misleading voters

  The National Organization for Marriage, a major backer of Prop 8, is working hard to stop same-sex marriage from spreading. Following Iowa's Supreme Court decision and Vermont's legislative decision that (*gasp* omg) denying same sex couples the right to marry was, perhaps, anti-American.
  
  Their first ad, "A Gathering Storm," [...]
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  Posted: May 01, 2009, 8:35pm EDT