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On AlterNet: lgbt

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "lgbt"

Family Research Council Objects to Assistance for LGBT Senior Citizens

Family Research Council Objects to Assistance for LGBT Senior Citizens

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. October 28, 2009.
Could they get any lower?

Hate Crimes Legislation Headed to President Obama's Desk

Hate Crimes Legislation Headed to President Obama's Desk

Adam Bink, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. October 23, 2009.
A special congratulations to Judy Shepard, who has been fighting this long, long fight since 1998.

No, Not All Bi Women Love Threesomes: Silly Myths About Women and Bisexuality

No, Not All Bi Women Love Threesomes: Silly Myths About Women and Bisexuality

Saucy Sarah, SeXis Magazine. October 1, 2009.
Being bisexual means that you are attracted to members of both sexes, even if you’re not sleeping with them. Here are some things bisexuality doesn’t mean.

Unbelievable: As a Lesbian Mother, I Have to Pay More For Health Care

Unbelievable: As a Lesbian Mother, I Have to Pay More For Health Care

Elizabeth G. Hines, Women's Media Center. September 16, 2009.
Gays and lesbians remain separate and utterly unequal in the eyes of the law when it comes to obtaining health insurance for their families.

"I'm Sorry, But We'll Need to See Your Genitals": Transgender People Face Shocking Violations of Their Rights

Laurie Toby Edison, Feministe AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. August 18, 2009.
Kate Lynn Blatt's employer requested a photograph of her genitalia as a condition of continued employment.

Obama Justice Department Files New DOMA Brief, Calling the Law 'Discriminatory' and in Need of Repeal

Obama Justice Department Files New DOMA Brief, Calling the Law 'Discriminatory' and in Need of Repeal

Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. August 17, 2009.
Should we be hopeful?

Fact Check: Are Gay-Friendly Churches in Decline?

Fact Check: Are Gay-Friendly Churches in Decline?

Dan Schultz, Religion Dispatches AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. July 19, 2009.
A recent US News & World Report post claims that gay-friendly churches are shrinking fastest. Is that true?

Michael Savage Feels Oppressed

Michael Savage Feels Oppressed

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. June 18, 2009.
The shock jock is worried that the "Christian heterosexual married male" is under attack.

Christian Group to Burn Children's Book at the Stake

Christian Group to Burn Children's Book at the Stake

Mustang Bobby, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. June 16, 2009.
These folks have a lot to learn about civil liberties, not to mention a lot about Christianity, too.

Is Obama Failing in His Promise to Be a

Is Obama Failing in His Promise to Be a "Fierce Advocate" for All LGBT People?

Petulant, Shakesville AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. May 28, 2009.
Obama seems to have a new found silence about LGBT issues.

Facebook Hates Lesbian Threesomes

Facebook Hates Lesbian Threesomes

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. April 27, 2009.
The social networking site rejected an ad for a lesbian film.

Even More AmazonFAIL: 'It was the French! Seriously!' How Not to Handle a Social Media Rampage

Even More AmazonFAIL: 'It was the French! Seriously!' How Not to Handle a Social Media Rampage

Deanna Zandt, DeannaZandt.com AlterNet: Media and Technology. April 14, 2009.
Amazon is blaming their PR nightmare on their French brethren.

More on AmazonFAIL: Hackers, Misogyny, Homophobia and You

More on AmazonFAIL: Hackers, Misogyny, Homophobia and You

Deanna Zandt, DeannaZandt.com AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. April 13, 2009.
This is the kind of story that sends me down the rabbit hole of musing for days.

Amazon.com Provokes Online Firestorm Over

Amazon.com Provokes Online Firestorm Over "Banned" Books

Deanna Zandt, The Women's Media Center AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. April 13, 2009.
Using blogs, Facebook and Twitter, angry authors and readers go on attack for apparent censorship -- company claims "glitch."

Why Is Amazon Delisting LGBT Books for Being Too 'Adult'?

Why Is Amazon Delisting LGBT Books for Being Too 'Adult'?

Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: Media and Technology. April 13, 2009.
Yesterday, author Mark R. Probst noticed that Amazon has been pulling the sales rank numbers from many LGBT books.

Fred Phelps to Picket Gay Penguins

Fred Phelps to Picket Gay Penguins

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. March 24, 2009.
Fred Phelps is taking his show to London to protest a school that has the gall to teach kids to treat everyone with respect.

Purging the Religious Right's Sexual Demons

Purging the Religious Right's Sexual Demons

Lara Riscol, RH Reality Check. February 10, 2009.
We've spend years being bludgeoned by zealots wielding sex as a weapon to divide America. Is it time for a new sexual revolution?

Why California's Discriminatory Proposition 8 Might Not Stand

Why California's Discriminatory Proposition 8 Might Not Stand

Karen Ocamb, AlterNet. January 29, 2009.
New legal actions from businesses like Google to civil rights organizations are threatening to get Prop. 8 off the books.

A Human Rights Agenda for Obama

A Human Rights Agenda for Obama

Peter Tatchell, AlterNet. January 20, 2009.
Here are ways Obama can defend human rights worldwide -- including the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people.

The Best Movies About Gays

The Best Movies About Gays

John Farr, Huffington Post. January 5, 2009.
Here are some outstanding gay-themed films beyond the more evident mainstream titles.

LGBT People Have Much To Be Grateful for This Thanksgiving

LGBT People Have Much To Be Grateful for This Thanksgiving

Deb Price, AlterNet. November 24, 2008.
Despite recent heartbreaking setbacks, things are better for gay Americans now than at any other time in the nation's history.

Why the Prop 8 Gay Marriage Ban Won

Why the Prop 8 Gay Marriage Ban Won

Richard Kim, The Nation. November 6, 2008.
The Christian right outmaneuvered gay rights activists when it came to reaching out to California's huge minority populations.

Equality Riders Arrested in Mississippi

Equality Riders Arrested in Mississippi

Staff, Soulforce AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. October 20, 2008.
Members of brave LGBT group arrested for "trespassing" on a college campus.

Iraqi LGBT Leader Gunned Down in Baghdad

Iraqi LGBT Leader Gunned Down in Baghdad

Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. September 29, 2008.
A terrible end for a heroic organizer.

House to Hold First-Ever Hearing on Transgender Rights

House to Hold First-Ever Hearing on Transgender Rights

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. June 25, 2008.
Hopefully the hearing will build the foundation for federal laws that protect transgender people from discrimination.