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Boy Scouts Vote Result: Will Allow Openly Gay Members

Boy Scouts Vote Result: Will Allow Openly Gay Members

Maxime Fischer-Zernin in Gay Rights 2 hours ago

The Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to overturn a 22 year-old ban on openly gay members.

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Boy Scouts Gay Ban Vote: Will the Scouts Finally Join the Modern World?

Boy Scouts Gay Ban Vote: Will the Scouts Finally Join the Modern World?

Gabriel Rodriguez in Gay Rights 4 hours ago

Over 1,400 delegates are gathered in Grapevine, Texas to decide if gay scouts will be able to join. The ban could be fully lifted as soon as next year if the vote goes through.

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Do Even Liberal Gay Couples Want to Raise Their Kids in the Country?

Do Even Liberal Gay Couples Want to Raise Their Kids in the Country?

Rebecca Gibson in Gay Rights 6 hours ago

Is there something about the country that attracts same-sex couples bent on child rearing? The Williams Institute's study seems to suggest there is, but...

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Gay Boy Scout Ban: GOP Congressman Claims Supporting Overturning It Makes You a "Bully"

Gay Boy Scout Ban: GOP Congressman Claims Supporting Overturning It Makes You a "Bully"

Andrea Ayres-Deets in Gay Rights 6 hours ago

Opponents of overturning the ban on gay Boy Scouts are spewing hypocrisy, hypocrisy, everywhere but not an ounce of sense.

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Did 'Will and Grace' Win the Gay Rights Wars?

Did 'Will and Grace' Win the Gay Rights Wars?

Christopher Records in Gay Rights 9 hours ago

One view that Joe Biden and Rick Santorum share: the belief that a rich, white, gay fictional character was more important to gay rights than Stonewall, Harvey Milk, and actual gay marriages.

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Obama Morehouse Commencement: What Can the LGBT Movement Learn From the Civil Rights Movement?

Obama Morehouse Commencement: What Can the LGBT Movement Learn From the Civil Rights Movement?

William Yang in Gay Rights 11 hours ago

In his commencement speech at Morehouse College, the president links the African-American and LGBT struggles for freedom and civil rights.

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Tony Perkins Thinks Military Sexual Assaults Are On the Rise Because Of Gay Soldiers

Tony Perkins Thinks Military Sexual Assaults Are On the Rise Because Of Gay Soldiers

Ben Rimland in Gay Rights 14 hours ago

There is little doubt that Tony Perkins is an anachronism. But publicly lambasting him only adds fuel to the fire.

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Anti-Gay Hate Crimes Are Up 70% in New York

Anti-Gay Hate Crimes Are Up 70% in New York

Kate Dowd in Gay Rights 1 day ago

Three gay men were all attacked in anti-gay hate crimes the same night a rally took place to honor the life of a victim of a anti-gay hate crime.

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