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Via press release: The AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power (ACT UP) and other HIV activist organizations will converge to protest the neglect of the AIDS crisis by mainstream LGBT organizations at the annual self-congratulatory gala held at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City by Human Rights Campaign (HRC). HRC has been absent on HIV in major ways. Even as …

Irish drag legend and activist Panti Bliss grand-marshaled last year’s St. Pat’s For All Parade in Queens and she returns to New York City in June for two shows at the Irish Arts Center. Join Ireland’s High Queen, National Treasure, Performance Giant and Accidental Activist Panti in her smash hit comedy show, High Heels in Low Places. Panti Bliss landed …

Via Cahir O’Doherty at Irish Central: A number of top Irish LGBT equality and civil rights groups from Dublin have been holding high level meetings with influential and supportive community leaders in New York and Washington seeking their support, the Irish Voice has learned. Ireland heads to the polls in May to vote on civil marriage rights for same sex …

Philadelphia’s William Way LGBT Center has created a 50-year timeline of important moments in LGBT rights activism, starting with Philly’s Annual Reminder Day protests, which launched on July 4, 1965. The 50th anniversary of the Annual Reminder protests will be marked with a yearlong series of events that will include a major exhibit at Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center. Hit the …

Andy Towle provides some of the transcript: “Everyday I am jealous of straight people because that tiny intimate expression of affection has never once been mine…I am jealous of that because gay people do not get to hold hands in public without first considering the risk…We look around to see where are we, who’s around, what kind of place is …

Via the Independent: Gay rights activists in Uganda have risked detention by police, threats of violence and death threats to publish a new magazine sharing the stories of the country’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community. Campaigners in Kampala have launched Bombastic to “share the realities of being gay” in Uganda, where homosexuality activity is illegal, the mainstream …

Via press release: At 5 PM on December 10, the fifth day of the sit-in, the mayor requested a private conversation with the protesters. Consequently, a delegation consisting of six representatives from both LGBT activist groups and civil NGOs met with him. From the start, dialogue had been one of the protesters’ demands. During the private conversation, the mayor apologized …

Just two months ago Seoul Mayor Park Won-Soon earned international headlines when he expressed his hope that South Korea would be the first Asian nation to legalize same-sex marriage.  South Korea’s powerful Christian lobby screamed with outrage and Park soon recanted. Yesterday activists occupied Seoul City Hall after Park reportedly refused to allow LGBT rights to be added to the …

Via Pink News: Irish drag queen activist Panti Bliss has picked up a Person of the Year award. Drag artist Panti Bliss, played by Rory O’Neill, caused controversy in January this year when she labelled Catholic lobbying group the Iona Institute ‘homophobes’ on an Irish talk show, prompting state broadcaster RTE to award a payout of over €85,000 (£70,000) to …

From his press release: “Today’s outcome is one that many in our city did not want. Yet New York City owns a proud and powerful tradition of expressing ourselves through non-violent protest. We trust that those unhappy with today’s grand jury decision will make their views known in the same peaceful, constructive way. We all agree that demonstrations and free …

Via the Guardian: A lesbian and gay choir staged a mass singalong on Manchester’s tram network after homophobic thugs attacked two young gay men who were singing songs from the musical Wicked on a night out. The event – entitled Safe to Sing – started with about 80 singers boarding trams in the city centre on Monday evening to belt …

On December 3rd, Harlem Against Violence & Homophobia will hold a fundraising event for the Ali Forney Center in response to the continuing attacks on the LGBT community by crackpot Pastor James David Manning, whose church is on the same street as Ali Forney’s drop-in center for homeless LGBT youth. “We can’t sit back and ignore the hateful words on …

“God designed marriage to be a loving, dynamic relationship between a husband and wife for a lifetime. God loves marriage and it is supposed to be full of love, joy, fun and romance. Marriage is where romance belongs! Recently, Ben & Jessa received some criticism for posting a kissing picture. We are so grateful they waited to share their first …

A group from the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus performed today at a press conference to announce the city’s plan to celebrate the 50th anniversary of an annual LGBT rights event that launched in 1965. Via press release: With Independence Hall as the backdrop, plans were unveiled at a press conference for the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the LGBT civil rights …

Via Idaho’s Fox affiliate: Members of Idaho’s “Add the Four Words” used the Halloween holiday to take their message to Governor Butch Otter. Several gay and lesbian couples and their supporters dressed in full holiday apparel went to the Capitol to trick-or-treat with the Governor. They carried treat bags that read “another Idaho family who supports A.J. Baulkoff governor.” They …

Via press release: Tonight, outside a gathering of right-wing radicals seeking to overturn Houston’s Equal Rights Ordinance, local activists and organizers with GetEQUAL Texas will extend a message of love, welcome, and inclusion for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals. In response to the hateful and mean-spirited “I Stand Sunday” event taking place Sunday night, local LGBTQ and …

“It’s curious that virtually everything that comes out of Senator Cruz’s mouth is either an insult or a put-down. Today, it was Tim Cook, LGBT Americans and three of the GOP’s most revered leaders. Positivity training should be on his to-do list. Lighten up, Ted. Coming out is the most courageous and important thing that an LGBT person will do …

Noted activist and former Clinton White House aide David Mixner made a startling revelation during the premiere of his show here in New York City. Via the Daily Beast: It is the morning after. We are speaking about Mixner’s emotional on-stage confession—unelicited by anyone but himself—Monday night to the assisted suicides he oversaw of friends dying of AIDS in the …

Via Gay Star News: Six LGBTI rights activists have been charged with disturbing the peace because they kissed at an anti-gay protest in March. The public prosecutor’s office notified the six of the charges earlier this month. The three men and three women held a spontaneous, uncoordinated protest against an anti-gay group Sentinelle in Piedi, Standing Sentries, in Perugia, central …

Today is the 26th annual National Coming Out Day, which was launched in 1988 on the first anniversary of 1987 March On Washington. In the words of Dr. Seuss: “Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is you-er than you.” Is there anyone important in your life that doesn’t know about you? …