OPINIONS

The lives of queer dreamers hang in the balance.

Last week, 127 LGBT organizations and allied groups, including ours, demanded that Congress pass a clean Dream Act before the end of this year. The lives and livelihoods of an estimated 800,000 people, including over 36,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, depend on Congress acting now. Read the full article HERE.  

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Mayors come together to fight discrimination in their cities.

This week marks a key hearing in a U.S. Supreme Court case that could have drastic implications for our LGBTQ residents. The case, which concerns a Colorado bakery that refused to serve a same-sex couple, threatens the very freedoms on which this country was founded… Read the full article HERE.  

OPINIONS

The Supreme Court wedding cake case shows it’s time to redefine free speech.

In 2012, a gay couple in Colorado asked a baker to make them a wedding cake. The baker refused, saying that to do so would mean going against his religious beliefs. The Colorado government sided with the gay couple, arguing that the baker’s decision violated state anti-discrimination laws. Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

OPINIONS

It’s always been about discrimination for LGBT people.

As a gay person, I grew up knowing I was different. Hearing other kids call anyone who deviated from traditional gender expectations a “fag.” Getting called a “lesbo” at age 11. I hadn’t come out to anyone and didn’t even really understand what it meant… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

ENTERTAINMENT

Americans are ‘living in bubbles with thicker and thicker walls,’ former NPR Chief says.

Ken Stern, former NPR CEO, spent a year going to NASCAR races, pig hunts and evangelical churches to witness a side of the United States he thinks liberals know little about. That divide, he says, is reflected in where people live, who they associate with and the media they consume. Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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The media has created this year’s Starbucks holiday cup ‘gay agenda’ controversy.

People are freaking out over a Starbucks boycott that has essentially been invented by the media. Last week, BuzzFeed News published an article with the headline “Is Starbucks’ New Holiday Cup Totally Gay?” The article was based on an ad campaign that came out… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality

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Men with muscles and money are more attractive to straight women and gay men.

Muscles and money are qualities that straight women and gay men typically find attractive in men, according to an analysis of Tube Crush—a website where people post unsolicited pictures of men seen on the London Underground. The study at… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality