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Stories by Deb Price

Deb Price of The Detroit News writes the first nationally syndicated column on gay issues.

From California to Maine, Straight Allies Stand Up

Straight allies across the nation are taking the all-important step of going from privately opposing discrimination against LGBT people to actively speaking out against it.
Posted on Sep 24, 2007, Source: Creators Syndicate

Congress Needs to Stop School Bullies

Bullying has dangerous ripple effects: the twisted killers in the Virginia Tech and Columbine High School tragedies were bullied before turning violent themselves.
Posted on Sep 17, 2007, Source: Creators Syndicate

Lessons From the Sen. Craig Calamity

Longtime gay activist Michael Rogers said, "It was simply no longer acceptable for me to sit there and watch a political party filled with so many closeted gay men beat up on gay Americans."
Posted on Sep 10, 2007, Source: Creators Syndicate

"New Management" Team on Capitol Hill Needs to Protect Gay Workers

With few legislative workdays left before lawmakers become obsessed with the 2008 campaigns, now is the time for Democrats to produce results.
Posted on Aug 27, 2007, Source: Creators Syndicate

Federal Ruling Protects Kids of Gay Parents

Should the legal ties between parents and their adopted child unravel if the family leaves the state where the adoption decree was handed down?
Posted on Aug 20, 2007, Source: Creators Syndicate

Pentagon Opposition to Lifting Gay Ban May Be Melting

With a volunteer military stretched to the breaking point, it defies logic to turn away and kick out gay Americans simply because they don't want to live lives of celibacy and deceit.
Posted on Aug 6, 2007, Source: Creators Syndicate

Giving Up the Debt Lifestyle

Financially free at last, my spouse and I don't need a newer car or a house in a ritzier neighborhood. We've matured faster than our savings bonds.
Posted on Jul 30, 2007, Source: King Features Syndicate

Gay Fans Go All Out for Baseball

If you want another ball team to host a "Night Out," follow Cornelius Baker's delightful example: Make a strong pitch.
Posted on Jul 23, 2007, Source: Creators Syndicate

Supreme Court Posts Warning Signs

A red-hot warning poured out from the court this term to gay Americans -- "Tread closer at your own peril."
Posted on Jul 16, 2007, Source: Creators Syndicate

Americans Continue Love Affair With Marriage

Marriage will keep winning popularity contests because adaptability is one of its most enduring traits.
Posted on Jul 9, 2007, Source: Creators Syndicate

Far Right GOPers Are Taking their Party Down a Scary Path

Primping to be the choice of the most out-of-the-mainstream Republicans is going to make the sales job for the eventual nominee much tougher in the general election.
Posted on Jul 2, 2007, Source: Creators Syndicate

June Shows Gay Marriage Is Winning Friends

Support for gay marriage is inching toward a majority -- to 46 percent in the national Gallup Poll released May 26. Support is overwhelming -- 62 percent -- among voters under 35.
Posted on Jun 26, 2007, Source: Creators Syndicate

Past of Surgeon General Nominee Paints Confusing Pictures

Has President Bush nominated a Dr. Jeykll and Mr. Homophobe to be America's Surgeon General?
Posted on Jun 18, 2007, Source: Creators Syndicate

Colorado Becomes a National Symbol of Progress

From hate state to great state? Colorado's transformation over the past few weeks is nothing short of amazing.
Posted on Jun 5, 2007, Source: Creators Syndicate

Jerry Falwell Accidentally Sparked Some Gay Rights Advances

Ironically, Falwell was the unintentional godfather of some very creative gay-rights projects.
Posted on May 21, 2007, Source: Creators Syndicate

Evangelical Preacher Rejects Hell, Spreads Gospel of Inclusion

How an Evangelical preacher stopped believing in hell and started embracing the gay community.
Posted on May 14, 2007, Source: Creators Syndicate

Departing Leader in Fight to End 'Don't Ask' Leaves Powerful Legacy

A salute to Dixon Osburn, who helped popularize the fight to end the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy.
Posted on May 7, 2007, Source: Creators Syndicate

Breakthrough Gay Advances in Past Three Weeks

The United States has seen a series of astonishing gay advances in the past three weeks.
Posted on Apr 30, 2007, Source: Creators Syndicate

Report Underscores Need for Comprehensive Sex Ed

A congressionally mandated study that tracked 2,057 kids for several years found that most (51 percent) started having sex regardless of whether they'd been taught "abstinence only."
Posted on Apr 23, 2007, Source: Creators Syndicate

For Gay Americans, There's Strength in Numbers

Gay people have always sensed that we're everywhere but, until now, have lacked the numbers to prove it.
Posted on Apr 2, 2007, Source: Creators Syndicate

Top General's 'Immoral' Assessment of Gays Leads to Positive Fallout

Ignorance is the true reason uniformed gays continue to be forced to stay closeted, celibate and fearful of being hounded out of the military. But as more people become educated, the number of homophobes is decreasing.
Posted on Mar 19, 2007, Source: Creators Syndicate

Becoming Susan Shouldn't Cost Steve His Job

Job discrimination against transgender Americans usually goes unnoticed. But Congress will soon have the opportunity to outlaw most of it by passing the Employment Nondiscrimination Act.
Posted on Mar 12, 2007, Source: Creators Syndicate

Newly Out Gay Vet Urges Americans to End Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Eric Alva was the focus of a media blitz because of his war injuries. Now he's back in the spotlight -- for a different reason.
Posted on Mar 5, 2007, Source: Creators Syndicate

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