Being a news and facebook junkie sometimes pays off.  Found this incredibly powerful article from Rolling Stone.  A rare occurence when you find information on spirituality, LGBT youth, and politics.  Bullying and suicides by LGBT youth have been in mainstream discussion for over a year now and still occur on ...

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New Hampshire state legislature is currently considering a bill that will allow marriage equality discrimination. The language does not specifically single out LGBT couples and thus would allow businesses to pick and choose who they provide services to and legally be able to decline provision of  services to couples based ...

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CORRECTION TO ORIGINAL REPORT ON SUPPOSED DISSOLVING OF FOREIGN SAME-SEX MARRIAGES IN CANADA

LAMDA LEGAL AND OTHER NATIONAL LGBT ORGANIZATION'S JOINT STATEMENT:

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Recently I had the opportunity to speak with Stacy Fogarty, Program Manager at CompeerCorps. Our conversation focused on the services offered by the Veterans Outreach Center and CompeerCorps to veterans, as well as intentional friendship services CompeerCorps offers to the general youth and adult population here in Rochester, NY. Within ...

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"Out in Scripture", according to a recent Twitter recommendation, is a thorough resource for Christians to study issues of faith and the LGBT community from an affirming perspective. The resource is three years worth of weekly scripture readings and conversations created by 11 different faith leaders. The scriptures are organized ...

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According to its website The Gay and Lesbian Vaishnava Association, Inc. describes itself as:

"An international organization dedicated to the teachings of Lord Caitanya, the importance of all-inclusiveness within His mission, and the Vedic concept of a natural third gender. Its purpose is to educate Vaishnavas, Hindus and the public ...

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Today Reverend Alicia Heath-Toby will share with us an excerpt from her essay "What Would Jesus Do?: The Care of the LGBTIQ Communities in the Face of HIV/AIDS." Rev. Alicia Heath-Toby, hails from New York City. For the last 18 years, she and her wife, Saundra "Ms. Honei" Toby- ...

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So when it comes to webcomics I'm a mixed feelings kind of lady. Sometimes I love them and other times well...I'm more "take it or leave it." Despite my ambivalence about webcomics in general, I decided to check out www.jesusloveslesbians.com because it was getting rave ...

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Today The Advocate published an article about the tension that exists between institutions of higher education and pro-LGBT organizations on college campuses.

The issue was highlighted because of ongoing tension between four Tufts University students and the Tufts Christian Fellowship group. The four students approached the university's judicial committee ...

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Last weekend as part of the Better Health, Better You series (a partnership between AIDS Care, Rainbow SAGE, and the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley) I presented on stress, including stress during the holidays. Since everyone, not just older adults, can experience stress during the holidays I figured I ...

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