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LGBT Weekly
Mayoral candidates: Do the right thing
LGBT Weekly
After 40 years of raising funds for almost every organization in town, it is only right that for one night these organizations attend this important milestone that few GLBT organizations achieve. The entire community is invited to attend Coronation XL ...

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VOLCANO ARTS: The Flat Win Co., "Dawn of 2012," "The Seafarer," "Play It Again ...
Weekly Volcano (blog)
By Volcano Staff Comments (0) At this point it goes without saying. If you're looking for coverage of local arts in Tacoma, Olympia, and all points in between, the Weekly Volcano is THE place to find it. Our goal is to consistently provide the best ...

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Jason Hunt and Cole Wakefield charged with embezzlement of funds from ...
Out & About
by O&AN Staff Reports A number of Nashville's GLBT community members were stunned when former Nashville Pride president Jason Hunt was arrested in Arkansas last month and charged with embezzlement from former employer Vanderbilt University.

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Tacoma welcomes the GLBT Book Club
Weekly Volcano
Anyone in the Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender community is in luck, as recently imported Tacoma resident Matt Lemanski has joined forces with King's Books to form its seventh active book club, the GLBT Book Club. Above all, Lemanski is a book lover.

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Saturday, Feb. 11: GLBT Book Club
Weekly Volcano
By Jenni Prange Boran on February 1, 2012 Imported Tacoma resident Matt Lemanski has joined forces with King's Books to form its seventh active book club, the GLBT Book Club. Lemanski wanted to create a book club that would celebrate either works about ...

Anoka-Hennepin teacher, opposed to schools' new sexual-orientation discussion ...
Pioneer Press
Fietek wants to correct any perceptions that he may be a "single-issue candidate" focusing on GLBT and student safety issues. He's been able to work with families on greater issues, he said. Fietek, who grew up in Anoka County, said he takes great ...

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Romantic Getaways
10 Thousand Couples
Each month we search for accessible, interesting and romantic GLBT friendly hot spots around the world. Sometimes they're exotic and sometimes they're just down the around the corner. Either way, we want you to have fun. by Jessica Arent, ...

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The Forecaster
Produced by the people: Mainers crowd-fund their creative endeavors
The Forecaster
Portland resident Emma Pope-Welch makes her pitch on Kickstarter for Shift Maine, her proposed GLBT news website. "Marriage comes up often, but it's not the be-all, end-all for the community," she said. "There are a lot of other issues that never make ...

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Columnist advocates to bring GLBT marriage to forefront
Temple News
A few weeks ago I attended a meeting of the minds among GLBT student leaders across the state, all of whom were dead-set on creating discussion and pushing progress in a state that, while advancing some issues, remains stagnant on others.

Blog: Family Research Council Complains about Same-Sex Relationships in Star ...
Gaming Bus
By Crystal Steltenpohl Here to bring you the WTF Moment of the Day is the Family Research Council, an ultra-conservative organization (sometimes described as a hate group) known for attempting to stop the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) ...

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Xtra.ca
Queer issues and the university classroom
Xtra.ca
Among her various pursuits, Stryker has co-edited the groundbreaking Transgender Studies Reader, directed the Emmy-winning documentary Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria, and served as the director of the GLBT Historical Society of San ...

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GLBT youth find a spiritual home in Knoxville
Out & About
by Steven Disney Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville offers members of the GLBTIQ community an opportunity to participate freely and openly in all aspects of their community. groups and services, even a conservative state such ...

HIV testing sites for couples prove difficult to find
Indiana Daily Student
“Gay men don't have access themselves to these services because of discrimination,” Bauder said. “People don't want to go to the health center.” This is why GLBT SSS has free HIV and hepatitis testing from 11 am to 2 pm every Thursday.

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San Diego Gay & Lesbian News
Editorial: Norman Must Protect Gay Rights
Oklahoma Daily
The rules also will prohibit lenders of Federal Housing Administration-insured mortgages from discriminating based on these factors, and they expand the definition of “family” to include GLBT families. These rules are a great step forward for GLBT ...
Feds: housing programs must accept transgender, homosexual applicantsLifesite

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Australia Day honours for GLBT community members
Gay News Network
Two trailblazers of Sydney's gay and lesbian community have been recognised for their services to the nation in this year's Australia Day Honours List, with High Court judge, Virginia Bell, and HIV/AIDS and public health expert, Bill Bowtell, ...

Dallas Voice
Mayor And GLBT Leaders Agree To Disagree
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
By Tammy Mutasa Tensions have calmed between Mayor Mike Rawlings and some members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community in Dallas. They met Saturday morning after the LGBT Community protested the Mayor's decision not to sign a ...
North Texas GLBT Chamber 'disappointed' by Rawlings' refusal to sign marriage ...Dallas Voice

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San Diego Gay & Lesbian News
San Diego Black Film Festival includes LGBT selections
San Diego Gay & Lesbian News
28, the director of the Black Film Festival, Karen Willis, will host a two and a half hour screening for the LGBT community called the GLBT Meet-Up, with five short films and one feature-length documentary. The festival ends on Sunday, Jan. 29.
San Diego Black Film FestivalKPBS

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Why do gays want the right to marry? Simple: freedom (Support the Mayors for ...
Scholars and Rogues
To have the media, family, co-workers and friends tell jokes and make hurtful remarks is the life of a GLBT person. Unless you are a person of color, you likely don't know what it is like to live a life of separation. As a GLBT person you are not ...

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Spirit Awards honor service to IU GLBT community
Indiana Daily Student
By Matthew Glowicki | IDS For the first time, the annual Spirit Awards will be given by the GLBT Student Support Services in conjunction with the celebration weekend. Since 1999, the awards have been given to those who embody the strength, ...

The Herald-Times (subscription)
GLBT alums will present new alumni award to Windmeyer
The Herald-Times (subscription)
Our GLBT alumni truly make this a festive weekend, one to both reflect back and look forward to the many wonderful memories and accomplishments made at our Hoosier home.” To purchase tickets and register for events, ...