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WE MUST REMOVE TAX-EXEMPT STATUS FROM HOMOPHOBIC CHURCHES

2010-03-01
When a denomination contributes multi-millions of dollars to prevent acquisition of equal rights for Gay people, you and I are helping them do so! In 1940, in the case of Cantwell v. Connecticut, part of the US Supreme Court decision ...

A Gender Variance Who's Who: Keith Stern: Queers in History – a review

2010-03-09
Nor does he include the various gay and lesbian mayors of major cities: Paris, Berlin, Hamburg, Zurich, Houston etc. Many authors, musicians, painters etc. are included. One meaning of 'queer' is gays and trans who lack heterosexual privilege. ..... WOW 2009.... You shocked the heck out of me.. - There was no way I saw this coming. I started 2009 with same level of frustration and discomfort as any of my prior years since acknowledging and accepting... 3 months ago ...

LGBT News Headlines (T26T-5)

2010-03-04
Chorus brings LGBT drug use out of the dark Philadelphia Gay News Sandy Smith, vice president of marketing for PGMC, contacted LGBT health facility Mazzoni Center to enlist assistance in educating the chorus about the . ...

Taxes Are So Gay | Gay Rights | Change.org

2010-02-23
Congress and President Obama, in this decade, are obligated to pass a bill which will recognize the right of same-sex marriage so that when it comes to taxes, lesbian and gay couples can be treated fairly. Since states are at different stages of equality for LGBT people like Washington state with domestic partnerships and Connecticut with same-sex marriage it can unfortunately get complicated. Canada recognizes same-sex marriage federally but the U.S. has a way to go. ...

Huge LGBT Family Law Victory in PA « Feminist Law Professors

2010-01-27
Huge LGBT Family Law Victory in PA. When a lesbian or gay man ended a straight relationship in Pennsylvania, the case law regarding the award of custody of any children of the relationship had for decades been overtly hostile to the ... Ct. 1985), a panel of the Pennsylvania Superior Court held that, though homosexuality was not a per se basis for denying visitation or partial custody, it was always a relevant consideration in making custody and visitation decisions. ...