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CA Boy Scouts Grant Gay Scout Eagle Rank

(from Reuters via Qnotes) ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – A California chapter of the Boy Scouts of America is directly challenging the national organization’s ban on gays by formally recommending that an openly gay former Scout be awarded the top rank … Continue reading

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Membership – PFLAG Alamance

________________________________________________________ Dear Friends and Supporters of Pflag Alamance: At the close of another year, we are grateful for your help in supporting the many lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual people in Alamance County….particularly during our major effort AGAINST the Amendment … Continue reading

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HOW A YOUNG STRAIGHT GUY BECAME AN LGBT ALLY !

(from the website http://Soulforce.Org) I WOULD BE A DIFFERENT KIND OF LEADER IF NOT FOR SOULFORCE! We get asked why we do this work often. Sometimes, we think people wonder why we engage in such a Promethean task as endeavoring … Continue reading

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A FATHER’S JOURNEY

December 22, 2012, NEW YORK TIMES By FRANK BRUNI FOR a long while, my father’s way of coping was to walk quietly from the room. He doesn’t remember this. I do. I can still see it, still feel the pinch … Continue reading

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Will “Sequestration” Hurt Gays ?

Many of us wonder “What is “Sequestration”? It is the other side of tax increases; it is blunt unconsidered budget cuts. If budget negotiations fail and we “fall over the cliff”, taxes will go up for everybody and these major … Continue reading

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WHAT DOES IT MEAN ?? —SUPREME COURT WILL CONSIDER PROP 8 AND DOMA

SUPREME COURT TO CONSIDER PROP 8 AND DOMA by Marcia Coyle, National Law Journal Opening the door to a potentially historic step in the nation’s gay rights movement, the U.S. Supreme Court on December 7 agreed to decide two constitutional … Continue reading

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Gay Conversion-Therapy Faces Tests in Courts

In both New Jersey and California, gay conversion therapy (sometimes called “reparative therapy”) is facing its first tests in Courts….for full information, click on this link to a New York Times article, 11/28/2012: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/28/us/gay-conversion-therapy-faces-tests-in-courts.html In response, Pflag National has issued the following … Continue reading

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Moving Statement by Morgan Freeman

Copy and paste  this link to see and hear an advertisement Morgan Freeman recently made for the Human Rights Campaign:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrscFboMip8

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Transgender Awareness Videos

Here is the link to four personal stories from Transgender folk:   http://www.glaad.org/transawarenessweek. Watch these videos to understand and relate.

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Home for the Holidays with Family….

Going Home for the Holidays, Tips for LGBT Folk National PFLAG has compiled the following advice: Tips for a Happy Holiday for GLBT People The holidays can be a stressful time for GLBT people or families with GLBT members, but … Continue reading

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