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Supportive Danes will rally at the American embassy in Copenhagen as LGBT Americans gather in Washington, DC for the National Equality March. From their Facebook group page: Host: Brandon MayoType: Causes – RallyNetwork: GlobalDate: Sunday, October 11, 2009Time: 1:00pm – 3:00pmLocation: American EmbassyStreet: Dag Hammarskjölds Allé 24City/Town: Copenhagen, DenmarkEmail: [email protected] Mange tak, Denmark!

Here’s a cute clip from Broadway Impact urging your attendance at the National Equality March, in which openly gay Hair star Gavin Creel sings a song called Goin’ To DC. Go to Broadway Impact’s site to purchase a $20 NYC-DC roundtrip ticket on their Equality Buses. They also invite sponsors to make a tax-deductible $2400 donation to cover the bus …

WordPerfect creator Bruce Bastian has donated $100,000 to the National Equality March, half of the event’s projected cost. The Washington Blade did some porta-potty algebra and says that if NEM organizers are abiding by Park Service guidelines, the number of loos being ordered means they expect just over 100,000 attendees. NEM founder Cleve Jones has declined to make any attendance …

In what is the largest corporate endorsement of the National Equality March to date, media giant Viacom announced today that Logo, their cable channel for LGBT folks, will “go dark” for four hours as the March takes place in Washington DC on October 11th. Viewers tuning in will see a graphic directing them the Logo-run website 365gay.com for news from …

A rally protesting the treatment of staff and patrons during yesterday’s police raid at the Atlanta Eagle will take place tomorrow, Saturday, at the nightclub at 7:30PM. Facebook action page here.

Thunder Bay, Ontario gay-bashing victim Jake Raynard speaks through multiple broken facial bones to talk about the value of the lives of LGBT people. There will be a rally against gay-bashing tonight at 6PM in Thunder Bay’s Waverly Park.

“Are you really happy with the progress we have made over the last eight months with this Administration and Congress? Are you really happy with the progress we have made on the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)? Do you think that the leaders of our political parties have embraced marriage equality and our …

UPDATE: The Task Force writes to note that the below is actually their first official statement on the National Equality March and as such should not be considered a reversal of earlier positions. Reversing the position they gave me in a statement in early June, the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force has issued an endorsement of the National Equality …

The marriage equality repeal bill made it onto Maine’s ballot yesterday, as expected. Here’s the first official ad from No On 1/Protect Maine Equality. Simple, to the point. I like it.

The folks at No On 1/Protect Maine Equality invite you to consider a “volunteer vacation” this fall. During the month leading up to the election, the campaign will be hosting a team of highly motivated volunteers to serve as full-time, volunteer campaign staff. In Maine voters begin casting their ballots in October, so we’re planning the Volunteer Vacation to run …

Towleroad is reporting that organizers of the National Equality March have released a massive list of LGBT activists, personalities, media figures, and allies who have endorsed next month’s event. Among the 140 new endorsers of the march are activists, strategists, and leaders in the fight for LGBT equality: Diane Abbitt, Roberta Bennett, Ethan Geto, Neil Giuliano, Cleve Jones, David Mixner, …

Last week over over 100 gay men in the Chinese city of Guangzhou protested attempts by police to push them out of a city park where they gather to socialize. The protest was held Tuesday night in People’s Park, not far from the Guangzhou municipal government building, said Ah Qiang, a volunteer of a Guangzhou-based gay organization. “The park is …

The body of longtime LGBT activist and ACLU attorney Larry Frankel was found in a stream in Washington, DC’s Rock Creek Park on Friday. Lez Get Real reports: A Metro DC Police spokesman confirmed this morning that the body was indeed that of Frankel and said that homicide detectives are continuing to investigate his death, but would offer no cause …

I’ve reached out to noted LGBT leaders and activists, requesting their reactions to the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy. Below are some of the responses so far, presented in no particular order. Please return to this post later in the day as more messages come in. John Aravosis, activist and AmericaBlog founder: “I pretty much came out, politically, thanks to …

That’s the bare bones budget for the National Equality March. No circuit parties. No big name entertainment. No lavish VIP dinners. Just a stage, a sound system, a flotilla of porta-potties, and the labor to install and remove same. Right on. You can help wipe out the cost in advance and let this march, unlike the last one, end with …

“It’s time for these new, even risky approaches, and it’s time to ask for it all — now. That’s why I’m going to Washington for the National Equality March — called for by legendary activists David Mixner and Cleve Jones — even though, like others, I wasn’t initially down with the idea. It’s time the rest of us showed up …

Details Magazine has published a profile of Bash Back!, the “queer anarchists” who last November provided the right-wing with oceans of anti-gay ink when they invaded a Michigan church during services, shouted slogans, pulled the fire alarm, and threw leaflets at parishioners. In May, the Alliance Defense Fund filed a federal lawsuit against Bash Back. From Details: The group’s website …

– Openly gay Tony nominee Gavin Creel has been sidelined from his starring role in Hair due to an onstage ankle injury. – Spike Lee’s documentary of the Tony winning Passing Strange debuts tonight at NYC’s IFC Film Center. Next week the film will be available on demand via Sundance Network. – UGH: Disney is in negotiations to turn the …

If you donate to No On 1/Protect Maine Equality from now until tomorrow, an anonymous donor will match your gift dollar-for-dollar.

NAACP chairman Julian Bond has joined the list of high-profile endorsements of the National Equality March. Via press release: Most notably, recent endorsements for the NEM have come from allies representing organizations not usually thought of as part of the immediate LGBT community. US Representative, Danny K. Davis, of Chicago, Illinois; Michael Letwin, Co-Convener, New York City Labor Against the …