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COMMENTARY: 150 years later, America’s gay Confederate and Union soldiers finally acknowledged
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The Rev. Irene Monroe - SDGLN Contributor
Queer Civil War buffs have been arguing for some time that the deafening silence around lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) Confederate and Union soldiers indicates proof of their very presence.
With this month commemorating the 150th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War, I went combing through Civil War annals to find our queer brethren -- and did! |
30. 04.2011 19:41 MET by gaynewsboard
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Frontline Investigates Church Sex Abuse in Alaska
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Frontline Investigates Church Sex Abuse in Alaska
Shanley clergy abuse recovered memory case
The Silence - Tuesday, April 19, 2011, at 9 P.M. ET on PBS
FRONTLINE reveals a little-known chapter of the Catholic Church sex abuse story: decades of abuse of Native Americans by priests and other church workers in Alaska. |
20. 04.2011 02:30 MET by Adrian
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California: No Exceptions to Equality
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Amicus Brief Opposes Writing Discrimination Into California Constitution
(New York, January 18, 2009) – Equality is a basic value underlying human rights standards and cannot be retracted at the whim of a simple majority, Human Rights Watch said in an amicus brief submitted to the California Supreme Court. Human Rights Watch called on the court to overturn Proposition 8, a referendum narrowly passed last November that withdrew the right to marry from lesbian and gay couples.
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19. 01.2009 00:47 MET by gaynewsboard
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Truth Wins Out Urges Skepticism of New 'Ex-Gay' Sham Study
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NEW YORK, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Truth Wins Out warned news organizations today to be highly skeptical of a biased "ex-gay" sham study that will be released by right wing therapists in Nashville this afternoon. |
15. 09.2007 13:27 MET by gaynewsboard
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US: Schwarzenegger Should Sign Marriage Bill
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California Governor’s Second Chance to Support All California Families
(New York, September 10, 2007) – Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger should ensure basic human rights to all Californians by signing The Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act, granting full marriage equality for same-sex couples, Human Rights Watch urged today in a letter to the governor. Schwarzenegger had vetoed a similar bill when passed by California’s legislature in 2005. |
11. 09.2007 15:36 MET by gaynewsboard
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