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New Yorkers Fight Back and Win!  »  WOW Report
Residents of Queens, NY made their opposition to Hiram Monserrate clear yesterday by electing Jose Peralta as their new state senator. Monserrate has a notorious reputation in New York. He was a major player in the political debacle last summer where Republicans attempted a senate coup with the help of Monserrate and Senator Pedro Espada. Monserrate then became tabloid fodder over an ugly episode of domestic violence which ended in his conviction for misdemeanor assault. He had been videotaped forcibly dragging his injured and bleeding girlfriend through an apartment lobby but was acquitted of felony charges for slashing ...
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Posted:  3/17 6:34pm
Item: Grant sets up resource center for LGBT seniors  »  lgbtQnews
    ::: A $900,000 grant announced today from the federal Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) will help a New York based LGBT advocacy group set up a national resource center on LGBT aging. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sibelius announced the grant today, according to Services & Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders (SAGE). The National Technical Assistance Resource Center for LGBT Elders will help communities across the country in their efforts to provide services and supports for older LGBT people, SAGE said in a statement. “SAGE is extremely gratified to be given this opportunity ...
Sudan's First LGBT Rights Organization?  »  LGBT Asylum News
Image via WikipediaSource: Global Voices - Jan 24 By SudaneseDrima Throughout 2009, the Sudanese blogosphere has been in slumber mode. However, many previously inactive bloggers are blogging again along with new ones that have arrived on the scene recently. But that's not all. Sudanese blogger, Kizzie wrote about the website launched by Freedom Sudan, The Sudanese LGBT Association. Freedom Sudan is the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) organization in Sudan. Our organization has been formed in December 2006. Our status is illegal. Homosexual behavior is illegal in Sudan and homosexuals facing the death penalty. That's why ...
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Posted:  2/2 2:07am
Poltergeist Actress and Early AIDS Activist Zelda Rubinstein Dies  »  Towleroad, a premium blog for modern gay men
I posted a link in the news round-up to a news item regarding the death of Zelda Rubinstein, best known for her role as Tangina Barrons, the psychic in Poltergeist.There's certainly more that she should be remembered for, however, than her search for Carol Anne.Via LGBT POV: “Zelda not only lent her support to the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center—before it was popular for celebrities to support AIDS and LGBT organizations–she volunteered to star in a groundbreaking HIV prevention campaign for us,” said Lorri L. Jean, CEO of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center.  “The image ...
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Posted:  1/28 4:34am
Building bridges with Dallas NAACP on HIV education and prevention  »  Mandrake Society
On last Tuesday, January 5th, Venton Jones, president of the DFW Pride Movement-an organization promoting health and education among Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people, was invited to speak at the Dallas NAACP membership meeting at the request of its president, Dr. Juanita Wallace, to discuss current HIV/AIDS statistics in Dallas and proactive solutions to educating more of the African-American community at large. For ten minutes, Mr. Jones shared statistics on the rate of new cases of HIV infection in Dallas County and the age groups being most affected.”Houston was once the number city for new cases of HIV infection ...
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Posted:  1/12 2:36am
Interview: Kip Williams, National Equality March Organizer  »  QueerToday.com
1. How did you get involved in planning the National Equality March? Tell us a little bit about what the experience was like for you. Right after David Mixner called for the march, I sent him a very simple email: "Dear David, Put me to work." He let me know that Cleve Jones would be leading the effort, so I reached out to Cleve. I really appreciated Cleve's focus on full federal equality. It was a confusing and exciting mess in the beginning - we had no structure, no plan, and no resources. Our friends at the Courage Campaign gave ...
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Posted:  11/13 4:00pm
News: Michael Jackson, Argentina, Jenny Durkan, Barbie, Coyotes  »  Towleroad, a premium blog for modern gay men
Rex Wockner: 8,000 volunteers working in Maine, and more needed... Mario tries to find the right shade.Joe Jackson on the King of Pop: "He's worth more dead than he was alive."Schwarzenegger says "fuck you" letter was a complete (8 billion to one) coincidence.Damn: Elton John is spry. Gay City News interviews Kirsten Gillibrand: "a new advocate emerges..."32 LGBT organizations issue joint statement on hate crimes passage: "This week, we call upon lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, families and allies to take this opportunity of increased ...
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Posted:  10/29 11:30pm
Organizational Spotlight: Bisexual Butterfly  »  Queers United
Bisexual Butterfly is a national charitable organization that operates within the UK which aims to provide information and support to bisexuals, members of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans) community, other LGBT organizations and anyone with an interest in bisexual issues. ...
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Posted:  9/30 1:00am
Health Care Should Be LGBT Community's Top Priority  »  QueerToday.com
Free and affordable, high quality health care is the thing our community most needs right now as our youth face homelessness, many of our transgender friends are without health care, many of our families are in deep debt due to health care costs, and things are only getting worse. More than marriage, more than DADT, certainly more than hate crimes legislation - we need health care and we need it now. It is telling that all of the major LGBT organizations are virtually silent on this issue, instead continuing to focus on single issue legislation organizing. Even the "National Equality March" people ...
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Posted:  9/27 6:15pm