Marriage Equality Takes Effect in Hawaii

• Released Date: 02-Dec-2013

Same-sex weddings began at midnight today in Hawaii after the recently passed marriage equality law took full effect.

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Remembering Harvey Milk on 35th Anniversary of His Death

• Released Date: 27-Nov-2013

Today HRC honors Harvey Milk, LGBT civil rights hero and one of the first openly gay men elected to public office.

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Vietnam Blazes Trail for Gay Rights in Southeast Asia

• Released Date: 26-Nov-2013

Vietnam may be regarded as the most repressive Southeast Asian nation in its bid to muzzle dissenting voices and gag public freedoms, but the one-party Communist state is becoming a surprise torchbearer for gay rights in the region.

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Waitress Turns Anti-LGBT Discrimination into Something Awesome

• Released Date: 22-Nov-2013

When Dayna Morales, an ex-Marine and now server at the Gallop Asian Bistro in Bridgewater, New Jersey, went to pick up the $93.55 bill from a family she had been serving that night, she was affronted to find a note scribbled on the receipt saying she

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Waiting for the Wind: A Short Film Depicting the Lives of Gay Men in Vietnam

• Released Date: 21-Nov-2013

Waiting for the Wind is a short film directed by Hieu Tran, founder of Friends Make Film in Vietnam.  The film depicts the lives of two young gay men living in Ho Chi Minh City, showcasing poignant messages about love, sex, HIV, and the challeng

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Celebrating the Resilience of our Trans* Brothers and Sisters on TDOR

• Released Date: 20-Nov-2013

The following post comes from Cecilia Chung, Senior Strategist of the Transgender Law Center, a National Advisory Board member of UCSF Center of Excellence for Transgender Health and the current Chair of the U.S. People Living with HIV Caucus. Appoin

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Asifa Lahore, UK Drag Queen, Launches ’Tum Hi Ho LGBT’ Campaign

• Released Date: 19-Nov-2013

Asifa Lahore is a prominent United Kingdom-based drag queen and DJ with a South Asian background and British upbringing. Seen as a global pioneering figure of the Gayasian community and a highly visible individual among the new generation of London d

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Uganda: Police arrest leading LGBT rights activist Sam Ganafa

• Released Date: 13-Nov-2013

Ugandan police have arrested and detained leading LGBT rights activist Sam Ganafa, along with two other guests staying at his home.

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LGBT eyes political clout for 2014

• Released Date: 12-Nov-2013

Identity politics is nothing new. It has helped drive the civil rights movements of women, African-Americans, Asian & Pacific Islanders (API) and Latinos.The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community in California, fresh off of achievin

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Same-sex weddings officially permitted in Vietnam

• Released Date: 12-Nov-2013

In 2012, two weddings of a gay and a lesbian couple were held in the southern provinces of Kien Giang and Ca Mau. The local authorities intervened and imposed a fine on them, given that the weddings were contrary to the habits and customs of Vietnam

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Hawaii to become 15th state to grant gay marriage — leapfrogging Illinois

• Released Date: 12-Nov-2013

Hawaii’s Senate on Tuesday passed same-sex marriage legislation in an historic ballot in the state where gays and lesbians couples first sought the right to wed more than 20 years ago.

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PepsiCo’s Commitment to Diversity Has Its LGBT Employees Singing Its Praises

• Released Date: 11-Nov-2013

Today in an op-ed on The Huffington Post, PepsiCo Inc. North America Beverages’ Director of Operations Patrice Pluto reflects on her journey breaking down barriers at the beverage company, from working as the first woman in the New York manufacturing

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