Public Bathroom Policies Change in Philly: Gender-Neutral Restrooms Now Required

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The City of Brotherly Love just became friendlier to the LGBTQ community with a law that requires gender-neutral restrooms in new and renovated buildings as well as other reforms.

In Vitro Now Legal for Same-Sex Couples in Brazil

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Brazil’s high court is guaranteeing homosexual couples right to access assisted fertilization.

LGBTQ Mentoring Program Transforms Life for Chicago Students

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Lincoln Park High School is a pioneer for a new type of LGBTQ club that gives individuals the support they seek.

NFL Announces Discrimination Against Gay Players Not Acceptable

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Liam Day explains why we still need to care if an NFL player is gay or not.

“Since the BSA can expel gay people, it’s up to their allies who are harder to demote or expel to be that voice in the organization.”

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This is a comment by Ryan Hauck on the post “No Equality Badge For Boy Scouts Of America”.

After New Zealand Legalized Gay Marriage, Spectators Sang a Love Song for a Lesbian Lawmaker (Video)

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This will tug on your heart strings!

UPDATED: Everything You Need to Keep Up With the Supreme Court Hearings About Prop 8 & DOMA (Link Roundup)

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Want to keep up with the hearings and make sense of what you’re reading? Here are some ways to get started.

How Did Texas Residents React to a Lesbian Couple Being Verbally Attacked By a Waitress? (Video)

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This hidden camera footage will shock you.

Forgiving Those Who Take Forever To Come Out

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Orlando Soria tells his own story of coming out and how he learned to understand why others find it so difficult.

A Gay Mormon Recorded His Friends’ Reactions to Him Coming Out (Video)

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How did it go? Find out for yourself.

Parents and Allies Support LGBTQ Students at Santa Monica High School as Westbro Protests (VIDEO)

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Proof that shunning a hate group, instead of fighting back, really does work.

Do You Know These 6 Elements That Your Sexuality is Made Of? (Video)

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Hank Green explains the differences between sex, gender, romance, orientation and more.

This is What Happens When One Woman Gives Back to Her Mailman (Video)

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A heartwarming short film about an unexpected romance via a mailbox.

Israel from an American Lesbian Perspective

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The first in a two-part series, in which travel writer Sophie Needelman brings her identities as a West Coast American college student to the State of Israel, and begins to unpack.

Dear John: He’s Not Homophobic; He’s Boring-Phobic

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Dear John talks about a gay friend, a boyfriend who flees the bed after sex, and a gender-bending boy spending vacation with grandpa.

Heroic Men in 2012

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We pause to honor the men who loved, changed lives and saved them in 2012.