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Celebrities

Jane Lynch Joins Powerful, High-Profile Lesbians In New Lesbian Super PAC

by David Badash ● 11:54 AM July 11, 2012
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Jane Lynch and other high-profile lesbians are joining to endorse LPAC, a super PAC focused on lesbian and women’s rights, co-founded by the Cubs’ Laura Ricketts.

News

Paula Ettelbrick: A Friend Remembers

by Guest Author ● 1:38 PM October 14, 2011
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Paula Ettelbrick, 56, an attorney who brought an uncompromisingly feminist perspective to policy and social justice advocacy died of cancer October 7.

Civil Rights

Paula Ettelbrick, Lesbian Feminist and LGBT Activist, Dies at 56

by Tanya Domi ● 9:00 AM October 8, 2011
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Paula Ettelbrick, a heralded LGBT activist and director of several organizations, passed away Friday at the age of 56, after a battle with aggressive ovarian cancer.

culture

LGBT TV: “Out In America” Premieres Tonight On PBS!

by David Badash ● 6:33 PM June 8, 2011
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PBS premieres a film in honor of National Gay & Lesbian Pride Month. Out In America is a collection of unique stories, inspiring personal narratives.

Analysis

Wisconsin Union Uprising: Why This Is The LGBT Community’s Moment

by Tanya Domi ● 3:27 PM March 7, 2011
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From Madison to Tripoli, the political order has been upended. Why is this moment critical to the future of the progressive LGBT political agenda?

Civil Rights

Lesbian Army Captain Remembers Those Who Fought Against Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

by Tanya Domi ● 2:44 PM December 18, 2010

The moment of justice came quickly–so quickly–that it felt like it had crept up and caught me by surprise. My feelings belie the long struggle we have fought for equality and dignity for lesbians and gay men in the military, most spent from the shadows of American life. The path has been cleared in the [...]

Civil Rights

Pride

by David Badash ● 1:31 PM June 27, 2009
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Our Nation’s Fine Heritage Of Protest Politics



LGBT Pride events celebrate the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which occurred in June 1969 at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, New York City. In the Stonewall Riots, a group of queers, including a lot of transgender persons and street persons, fought back against an otherwise routine police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a queer bar [...]

Civil Rights

Why “The New Civil Rights”?

by David Badash ● 12:14 PM May 25, 2009
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Stonewall, Mattachine, World War II: Where We Came From     Editor’s note: I am honored to announce a new addition to The New Civil Rights Movement. Author and editor Dr. William B. Turner, known for his work on “Creating Change: Sexuality, Public Policy”, among other books, and a regular contributor to the Daily Kos, [...]