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Pro-LGBT church destroyed by fire in Minnesota

Walker Community United Methodist Church burns in Minneapolis (KSTP)

A historic Minneapolis church known for supporting LGBT rights and other progressive causes burned to the ground on Sunday night. According to the StarTribune, the Walker Community United Methodist Church caught fire around 8:20 p.m. Five of the firefighters who battled the blaze for hours were taken to the hospital,…

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Barney Frank: I’m not inviting Obama to my wedding

Barney Frank discussing same sex marriage

Wednesday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow welcomed Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank (D), who came out to the Boston Globe in 1987, thus becoming the first openly LGBT person to serve in the U.S. Congress. Frank and Maddow welcomed the president’s announcement yesterday afternoon that he supports…

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Preacher supporting same sex marriage ban encourages violent punishment of LGBT kids

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North Carolina evangelical preacher Sean Harris, in a ranting, fuming sermon, told parents in his congregation to use violence to punish children for showing any perceived signs of LGBT inclinations or urges on Sunday, according to LGBT rights blog “Good As You.” “Dads,” Harris urged, in a sermon that was…

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FCKH8 to homophobes: It doesn’t get better

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The California-based group FCKH8 released a video on Tuesday to let those opposed to LGBT rights know that “it doesn’t get better.” “With all the ‘It gets better‘ videos that have been made, we wanted to speak out about the forgotten victims,” the brightly dressed narrators say. “People who hate…

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Ohio school district sued for banning ‘Jesus Is Not a Homophobe’ shirt

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A high school in Ohio threatened to suspend a student for wearing a shirt that said “Jesus Is Not a Homophobe,” according to Lambda Legal, who filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the school district on his behalf. Maverick Couch, an openly gay junior at Waynesville High School, wore the…

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Please pass me the crown and sceptre as I ascend to the throne as ‘her haughty Carolina highness’

A little laugh for your AM. Mr. Homo-Toms is back for more after my gentle spanking of him for his last essay a few weeks ago (“Kaufman at Huff Post: misguided race-based rant on LGBT rights — and ‘Homo-Toms’“). David Kaufman is the multi-racial proprietor of Transracial.net, and for some…

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The National LGBT Blogger and Citizen Journalist Initiative

I’m in DC for the National LGBT Blogger and Citizen Journalist Initiative this weekend, an event put together by Mike Rogers of Blogactive and PageOneQ. The goal is to bring together LGBT bloggers, many from outside of the Beltway, to network with, educate and strategize with some of our advocacy…

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2008 Dem platform: lite on the LGBT, hold the mayo

If you’re looking for a committed, hard-hitting, strong-spined party platform on LGBT rights, you may want to hold off on thumbing through the 2008 Democratic Party platform. In fact, for those of you who want to get an idea of how the Dems are selling themselves on the major issues…

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