Month: February 2007

Pioneering activist dies of cancer

By Associated PressGittings helped organize first LGBT protests at White House and Independence Hall Barbara Gittings PHILADELPHIA Barbara Gittings, a gay rights activist since the late 1950s, died Sunday, Feb. 18. She was 75....

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New Jersey gay couples lining up for civil unions

By Geoff Mulvihill Associated PressCivil unions are “‘step forward,’ but not as good as marriage, activists say Daniel Gross, left, and his partner Steven Goldstein, show off their Civil Union certificate for...

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Air Force officer's trial for gay rape begins

By Melissa Nelson – Associated PressDefense says sex was consensual, accusers lying to avoid having their sexual orientation revealed to the military EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. Men who say they were drugged and raped by an...

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Row spices up forum for political candidates

By David Webb – The Rare ReporterStonewall Democrats member calls leader’s praise of 1 candidate “‘slap in face’ to others David Webb, The Rare Reporter Stonewall Democrats of Dallas’...

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Gay chamber registers AA as 1st "'Platinum Member'

By Staff Reports Sherry Briggs The North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce has recruited American Airlines as its first Platinum Corporate Member. “We are very pleased to have such a dynamic company return as a corporate...

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