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What’s Next for Marriage Equality?

Anxious to find out what the outcomes of the Supreme Court arguments on Prop. 8 and DOMA a few weeks ago will be? Take a look at some of the ‘more likely’ outcomes developed by the Human Rights Campaign below.

Created by the Human Rights Campaign

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The More You Know: Make your money red too

Money… (Photo credit: jah~)

We vote with our wallets. We affirm organizational missions and business practices over and over again based on where we spend our money. This creeps up suddenly, and while we think we know the image and corporate and social responsibility efforts of a particular company, we can often be [...]

FYI Street Harassment is not Smile Inducing

If there is one thing that annoys me pretty much more than anything it’s being told to smile. Just to be clear I am in fact a human and not a robot. Thus I have been endowed with the ability to think and feel on my own. So if I feel like smiling [...]

Valentines for VAWA

This Tuesday the senate finally passed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization. The bill passed with a vote of 78-22. It’s worth noting that all of those opposed to its passage were Republican men, including Marco Rubio (R- FL), the now infamous water guzzler from Tuesday night, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell [...]

Transgender rights takes center stage… sort of

Vice President Joe Biden made waves at a campaign event in Sarasota, Fl. when he called transgender discrimination “the civil rights issue of our time.”

According to reports, this statement was made to Sarasota resident Linda Carragher Bourne. She told the Biden that her daughter was Miss Trans New England and asked if he [...]

What’s Next for Marriage Equality?

The More You Know: Make your money red too

FYI Street Harassment is not Smile Inducing

Valentines for VAWA

Transgender rights takes center stage… sort of

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