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CHILE: 50,000 March For LGBT Rights

Michael Lavers has the story at Washington Blade: An LGBT rights march in the Chilean capital on Saturday drew more than 50,000 people. Chilean folk singer Camila Moreno; presidential candidates Andrés Velasco, Tomás Jocelyn-Holt, Marco Enríquez-Ominami and Marcel Claude and Rafael Dochao, the European Union’s ambassador to Chile, took part in the Santiago event that also commemorated the International Day …

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TODAY: SiriusXM At 2:30PM

Today at 2:30pm I’ll be on Michelangelo Signorile’s SiriusXM show to talk about some of the latest LGBT-related news items. The gays are on channel 109 and you can listen live online if you sign up for a freebie account. What are your top five gay news items of the last week?

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Glenn Beck’s Company: $80M A Year

Fortune Magazine calculates that Glenn Beck’s media company is grossing $80M a year. TheBlaze is generating between $35 million and $45 million in revenue per year, according to information obtained by Fortune. Beck’s broader business empire, which also include his eponymous radio program and speaking tours, brings in more than $80 million annually. Beck launched TheBlaze as a news and …

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Editorial Of The Day

From the New York Times editorial board: Some conservative opponents of the act, known as ENDA, contend it would threaten religious freedom because its exemption for employers affiliated with religious organizations is too narrow. Actually, the proposed religious exemption is far too broad and needs to be scaled back. The American Civil Liberties Union and some gay rights groups rightly …

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Gender-Neutral Restrooms For Philly

Included in Philadelphia’s sweeping LGBT rights bill, which was signed into law last week by Mayor Michael Nutter, is a provision that requires gender-neutral restrooms in city-owned buildings. The legislation requires that new or renovated city-owned buildings include gender-neutral bathrooms in addition to traditional men’s and women’s restrooms. There is more to the bill than just a neutral place to …

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