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Bent Alaska: Where to Find GLBT Alaska - Organizations, Groups ...

2008-06-04
Alaskans Together - formed in 2007 to fight the anti-gay advisory vote, Alaskans Together is now a permanent statewide organization that advocates for LGBT equality in Alaska. ... Gay and Lesbian Alliance provides a supportive social network for GLBT people in Southeast Alaska. TLFMC - a non-profit social club that provides bears, leathermen, cowboys, their respective admirers, and other masculine Alaskan gay and bisexual men with the opportunity to meet socially. Groups: ...

Video: Stephen Colbert Visits Vancouver Olympics Pride House ...

2010-02-20
In my observations as a Canadian gay man living in Toronto, the vast majority of Canadian LGBT organization--from large to small, from national to neighbourhood--have used "queer" as the inclusive umbrella term of choice for at least the ... more in Canada to bring disparate groups together rather than constantly emphasizing the often exclusive distinctions that keep would-be social allies at arms length (or more) from each other: lesbians(L), gay men(G), the bisexual(B), ...

Will We Ever Be Able to Count On Obama as a Gay Marriage Ally ...

2010-02-17
Says Kors: "When he was running for office in Chicago and wanted strong support from the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community, he made it clear he supported full equality. Since he has continued to seek higher ...... This is OUR movement, the GLBT movement, that needs to lead the charge when it comes to OUR rights. JFK and Lyndon Johnson weren't the leaders of the African American civil rights movement, and we can't expect Obama to lead our movement. ...

New AIDS advisory panel sworn in at White House : DC Agenda

2010-02-08
Praveenh Basaviah, an LGBT youth advocate who worked as a program director at the National Centers on Sexuality in San Francisco and served as a Clinton School of Government fellow in India, where he worked on AIDS-related projects. ... Michael Horberg, physician and HIV and infectious disease specialist who serves as HIV/AIDS Director for Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, Calif., and former chair of the National Lesbian & Gay Medical Association. ...

Independent Gay Forum - On Vulgarity

2010-01-12
is a lonely little web site set up by a group self-described as @20 lgbt members whose goal is to go "beyond marriage." If you read about the group, you will find that they are annoyed with the gay community for supporting notions of commitment, ...... Meanwhile, we have the leadership of gay rights organizations arguing that sex with children is "common" among gay and lesbian people, gay and lesbian psychiatrists stating that it is an "educational experience" to dress up ...