LGBT rights in the United States

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in the United States of America vary by jurisdiction. ^[1]

Abigail Whelan

Abigail Whelan (born January 13, 1988) is an American politician from Minnesota and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.

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African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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After the Ball (book)

After the Ball: How America Will Conquer its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90s is a 1989 book about LGBT rights in the United States by the neuropsychologist Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen.

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Allyson Robinson

Allyson Robinson is an American human rights activist, specializing in LGBT rights in the United States.

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American Civil Liberties Union

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonprofit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." Officially nonpartisan, the organization has been supported and criticized by liberal and conservative organizations alike.

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American Foundation for Equal Rights

The American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) is a nonprofit organization established in 2009 to support the plaintiffs in Hollingsworth v. Perry (formerly Perry v. Brown or Perry v. Schwarzenegger), a federal lawsuit challenging California's Proposition 8 under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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American Jews

American Jews, or Jewish Americans, are Americans who are Jews, whether by religion, ethnicity or nationality.

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And the Band Played On (film)

And the Band Played On is a 1993 American television film docudrama directed by Roger Spottiswoode.

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Andersen v. King County

Andersen v. King County, 138 P.3d 963 (Wash. 2006), formerly Andersen v. Sims, is a Washington Supreme Court case in which eight lesbian and gay couples sued King County and the state of Washington for denying them marriage licenses under the state's 1998 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defined marriage as between a man and a woman.

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Anita Bryant

Anita Jane Bryant (born March 25, 1940) is an American singer and political activist.

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Anne Braden

Anne McCarty Braden (July 28, 1924 – March 6, 2006) was an American civil rights activist, journalist, and educator dedicated to the cause of racial equality.

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Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect

The Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect is a nonprofit organization with a focus on civil and human rights activism in the United States.

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Anthony D. Romero

Anthony D. Romero is the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union.

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Anthony Kennedy

Anthony McLeod Kennedy (born July 23, 1936) is the senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger and LGBT rights

Arnold Schwarzenegger is a well known supporter of LGBT rights, including during his Governorship of California.

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Asylum in the United States

The United States recognizes the right of asylum for individuals as specified by international and federal law.

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Atlanta Black Pride

Atlanta Black Pride Weekend (ABPW) started in 1996 and is the only officially recognized festival for the African American LGBT community.

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017.

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Barry Goldwater

Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician, businessman, and author who was a five-term United States Senator from Arizona (1953–65, 1969–87) and the Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States in 1964.

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Behind Enemy Lines (band)

Behind Enemy Lines was an American crust punk band, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Bergen County, New Jersey

Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Berkeley Carroll School

The Berkeley Carroll School is a coed independent college prep school in New York City.

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Bernie Sanders

Bernard Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is an American politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Vermont since 2007.

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Bet Mishpachah

Bet Mishpachah (Hebrew: בית משפחה) is a Jewish egalitarian worshiping community in the Dupont Circle area of Washington, D.C. It is one of a number of national and international Jewish communities of "LGBT affirming congregations" that specifically welcome and "embrace" the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) community, along with all others who "wish to participate in an inclusive, egalitarian, and mutually supportive community." Membership is open to all singles, couples, and families, regardless of religious affiliation, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

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Betty Binns Fletcher

Betty Binns Fletcher (March 29, 1923 – October 22, 2012) was an American lawyer and judge.

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Bill Kraus

William James "Bill" Kraus (June 26, 1947 – January 11, 1986) was an American gay-rights and AIDS activist as well as a congressional aide who served as liaison between the San Francisco gay community and its two successive US Representatives in the early 1980s.

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Bill Robinson (fashion designer)

Bill Robinson (died: 16 December 1993, New York City) was an American fashion designer.

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Bob Kohler

Robert Andrew "Bob" Kohler (17 May 1926 – 5 December 2007) was a gay rights pioneer.

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Brad Sherman

Bradley James Sherman (born October 24, 1954) is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997.

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Brian Bond (activist)

Brian Bond (born October 14, 1961) is an American LGBT rights activist who was the first openly gay deputy director in the White House Office of Public Engagement.

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Brianna Wu

Brianna Wu is an American video game developer and computer programmer.

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Caitlyn Jenner

Caitlyn Marie Jenner (born William Bruce Jenner on October 28, 1949) is an American television personality and retired Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete.

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Californians Against Hate

Californians Against Hate (CAH) is an American non-profit organization public-benefit corporation which works as a political watchdog organization.

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Chad Griffin

Chad Hunter Griffin (born July 16, 1973) is an American political strategist best known for his work advocating for LGBT rights in the United States.

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Charleston Pride Festival

Charleston Pride Festival, also known as Charleston Pride or Charleston Gay Pride, is a week-long festival that takes place annually in Charleston, South Carolina.

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Charlotte Pence

Charlotte Rose Pence (born June 25, 1993) is an American writer who is the middle daughter of the 48th Vice President of the United States Mike Pence and author of children's book Marlon Bundo's A Day in the Life of the Vice President.

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Chick-fil-A same-sex marriage controversy

The Chick-fil-A same-sex marriage controversy was a controversial topic focused around the American fast food restaurant Chick-fil-A following a series of public comments made in June 2012 by chief operating officer Dan T. Cathy opposing same-sex marriage.

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Citizens for Fairness Hands Off Washington

Washington Citizens for Fairness | Hands off Washington (H.O.W.) was created in 1993 to defeat Washington State ballot initiatives 608 and 610, which threatened the civil rights of state and local public employees based on their actual or perceived sexual orientation.

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Civil Rights Uniformity Act of 2017

House Resolution 2796 (HR 2796, The Civil Rights Uniformity Act of 2017) is a bill in the United States House of Representatives that was introduced on June 7, 2017 by Representative Pete Olson and originally cosponsored by Reps.

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Claire Buffie

Claire Buffie (born May 15, 1986), is an American photographer.

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Communist Party USA

The Communist Party USA (CPUSA) is a communist political party in the United States established in 1919 after a split in the Socialist Party of America.

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Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals

The Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals which was founded as the National Consortium of Directors of LGBT Resources in Higher Education originated in 1997 at the San Diego NGLTF Creating Change Conference.

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Contact improvisation

Contact improvisation is a form of improvised dancing that has been developing internationally since 1972.

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Corey Johnson (politician)

Corey Johnson (born April 28, 1982) is the Speaker of the New York City Council and a City Council member for the 3rd District.

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Courtney Love

Courtney Michelle Love (née Harrison; born July 9, 1964) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and visual artist.

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Cracker Barrel

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. is an American chain of combined restaurant and gift stores with a Southern country theme.

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Culture war

The culture war or culture conflict adopts different meanings depending on the time and place where it is used (as it relates to conflicts relevant to a specific area and era).

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Cyndi Lauper

Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist.

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Cynthia Nixon

Cynthia Ellen Nixon (born April 9, 1966) is an American actress, activist, and gubernatorial candidate in the State of New York.

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Cynthia Wade

Cynthia Wade is an American television, commercial and film director, producer and cinematographer based in New York City.

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Dale Carpenter

Dale Carpenter (born December 27, 1966) is an American legal commentator and Professor of Law at the SMU Dedman School of Law.

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Dallas Principles

The Dallas Principles is a set of eight guiding principles to achieve full LGBT equality.

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Daniel S. Loeb

Daniel Seth Loeb (born December 18, 1961) is an American investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist.

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Danny K. Davis

Daniel K. Davis (born September 6, 1941) is an American politician who is the U.S. Representative from, elected in 1996.

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David Bohnett

David C. Bohnett (born April 2, 1956) is an American philanthropist and technology entrepreneur.

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David Bohnett Foundation

The David Bohnett Foundation is a global private foundation that gives grants to organizations that focus on its core giving areas – primarily Los Angeles area programs and LGBT rights in the United States, as well as leadership initiatives and voter education, gun violence prevention, and animal language research.

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David Koch

David Hamilton Koch (born May 3, 1940) is an American businessman, philanthropist, political activist, and chemical engineer.

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David Nelson (Utah activist)

David Keith Nelson (born April 7, 1962) is an American activist for the protection of equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.

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Debra Kolodny

Debra Kolodny is a bisexual rights activist, congregational rabbi and Executive Director of Nehirim.

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Defense of Marriage Act

The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) (and) was a United States federal law that, prior to being ruled unconstitutional, defined marriage for federal purposes as the union of one man and one woman, and allowed states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages granted under the laws of other states.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Dennis Hastert

John Dennis Hastert (born January 2, 1942) is a former American congressman who served as the 51st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007, representing from 1987 to 2007.

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Domestic partnership in the United States

In the United States, domestic partnership is a city-, county-, state-, or employer-recognized status that may be available to same-sex couples and, sometimes, opposite-sex couples.

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Don Kilhefner

Dr.

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Drag queen

A drag queen is a person who usually dresses in hyper-feminized or gender non-conforming clothing, and often acts with exaggerated femininity and in feminine gender roles for the purpose of entertainment.

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Dupont Circle

Dupont Circle is a traffic circle, park, neighborhood, and historic district in Northwest Washington, D.C. The traffic circle is located at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue NW, Connecticut Avenue NW, New Hampshire Avenue NW, P Street NW, and 19th Street NW.

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Edith Windsor

Edith "Edie" Windsor (née Schlain; June 20, 1929 – September 12, 2017) was an American LGBT rights activist and a technology manager at IBM.

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Ellen Tauscher

Ellen O'Kane Tauscher (born November 15, 1951) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who was the U.S. Representative for California's 10th congressional district from 1997 until her resignation in 2009 upon joining the State Department, where she served as the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs until February 2012.

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Episcopal Church (United States)

The Episcopal Church is the United States-based member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

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Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist, San Francisco

The Episcopal Church of St.

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Equality Federation

Equality Federation is a social justice, advocacy and capacity building organization serving and supporting state-based lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocacy organizations in the United States.

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Equality Mississippi

Equality Mississippi (originally known as Mississippi Gay Lobby) is a statewide LGBT civil rights organization founded March 2000 in Mississippi.

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Equality Pennsylvania

Equality Pennsylvania is an organization which advocates throughout the state of Pennsylvania for LGBT rights.

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Fag bomb

The "fag bomb" was a U.S. military fighter-mounted bomb (a GBU-31 JDAM), photographed aboard the aircraft carrier USS ''Enterprise'' in October 2001 during the United States' invasion of Afghanistan while in the Arabian Sea.

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Fine by Me (organization)

Fine By Me was an organization in the United States, and now a project of Atticus Circle, with a mission to give voice to friends and supporters of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.

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FiveThirtyEight

FiveThirtyEight, sometimes referred to as 538, is a website that focuses on opinion poll analysis, politics, economics, and sports blogging.

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Frank Kameny

Franklin Edward "Frank" Kameny (May 21, 1925 – October 11, 2011) was an American gay rights activist.

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Fred Karger

Fred S. Karger (born January 31, 1950) is an American political consultant, gay rights activist and watchdog, former actor, and politician.

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Freedom to Marry

Freedom to Marry was the national bipartisan organization dedicated to winning marriage for same-sex couples in the United States.

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From Disgust to Humanity

From Disgust to Humanity: Sexual Orientation and Constitutional Law is a 2010 book about LGBT rights in the United States by the philosopher Martha Nussbaum.

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Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado

The Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado, a program of the Gill Foundation, provides financial support to nonprofit organizations in Colorado.

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Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance

The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA) of Washington, D.C. is a United States not-for-profit organization that works to secure legal rights for gays and lesbians in the District of Columbia.

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Gay bashing

Gay bashing and gay bullying is verbal or physical abuse against a person who is perceived by the aggressor to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, including persons who are actually heterosexual.

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GenderPAC

GenderPAC (the Gender Public Advocacy Coalition) was a LGBT rights organization based in Washington, DC working to ensure that classrooms, communities, and workplaces were safe places for every person to learn, grow, and succeed, whether or not they conform to expectations for masculinity or femininity.

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George Moscone

George Richard Moscone (November 24, 1929 – November 27, 1978) was an American attorney and Democratic politician.

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GetEQUAL

GetEQUAL is an American non-profit organization and advocacy group which advocates for LGBT social and political equality through confrontational but non-violent direct action.

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GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders

GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) is a non-profit legal rights organization in the United States.

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GLIFAA

GLIFAA (formerly Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies) is the officially recognized organization representing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender etc.

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GLSEN

GLSEN (formerly the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) is a United States-based education organization working to create safe and inclusive K-12 schools.

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Gray Panthers

The Gray Panthers are a series of multi-generational local advocacy networks in the United States which confront ageism and many other social justice issues.

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Green Party of the United States

The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is a green federation of political parties in the United States.

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Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village often referred to by locals as simply "the Village", is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan, New York City.

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GRIN Campaign

GRIN Campaign, Global Respect in Education, is a transatlantic non-profit organisation and advocacy group which campaigns primarily for lesbian gay bisexual transgender and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) people's social and political equality in education.

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GSA Network

GSA Network is a nonprofit organization that assists students with starting gay–straight alliances (GSA) to fight homophobia and transphobia in schools.

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Harvey Milk

Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was an American politician and the first openly gay elected official in the history of California, where he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

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Henry D. Messer

Henry Davis Messer (September 22, 1927 – February 18, 2014) was an American LGBT rights activist and neurosurgeon.

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Henry Rollins

Henry Lawrence Garfield (born February 13, 1961), better known by his stage name Henry Rollins, is an American musician, actor, writer, television and radio host, and comedian.

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History of gay men in the United States

This article is about the history of gay men in the United States. For lesbians, please see History of lesbianism in the United States.

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History of lesbianism

Lesbianism is the sexual and romantic desire between females.

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History of the Episcopal Church (United States)

The history of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America has its origins in the Church of England, a church which stresses its continuity with the ancient Western church and claims to maintain apostolic succession.

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History of the LGBT community in Seattle

Recorded History of the LGBT community in Seattle begins with the Washington Sodomy Law of 1893.

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History of violence against LGBT people in the United States

The history of violence against LGBT people in the United States is made up of assaults on gay men, lesbians, bisexual, transgender, and intersex individuals (LGBTQI), legal responses to such violence, and hate crime statistics in the United States of America.

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Holmes v. California National Guard

Andrew Holmes v. California National Guard, 124 F.3d 1126 (9th Cir. 1998) was a federal court case heard by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, that upheld the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that restricted service by gays and lesbians in the California National Guard of the United States.

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Human Rights Campaign

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is the largest LGBT civil rights advocacy group and political lobbying organization in the United States.

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I Am Equal

I Am Equal is a photo documentary created by Jason Beckett and fashion photographer Matt Spencer in late 2009.

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Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (H.R. 2580), also known as the Hart–Celler Act, changed the way quotas were allocated by ending the National Origins Formula that had been in place in the United States since the Emergency Quota Act of 1921.

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Intersex rights in the United States

Intersex people in the United States have some of the same rights as other people, but with significant gaps, particularly in protection from non-consensual cosmetic medical interventions and violence, and protection from discrimination.

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It Gets Better (book)

It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living is a non-fiction compilation book, edited by Dan Savage and his husband, Terry Miller.

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James Stoll

James Lewis Stoll (January 18, 1936 – December 8, 1994) was a Unitarian Universalist minister who became the first ordained minister of an established denomination in the United States or Canada to come out as gay.

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Jared Leto

Jared Joseph Leto (born December 26, 1971) is an American actor, singer, songwriter, and director.

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Jason Collins

Jason Paul Collins (born December 2, 1978) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Jean Dubofsky

Jean Dubofsky (born 1942) is the first woman to become a Colorado Supreme Court Justice and a former Deputy Attorney General for Colorado.

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Jean O'Leary

Jean O'Leary (March 4, 1948 – June 4, 2005) was an American lesbian and gay rights activist.

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Jeremy Novy

Jeremy Novy is a California based street and stencil artist best known for his stencils of koi fish and efforts in support of gay activism.

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Jesse Helms

Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. (October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008) was an American politician and a leader in the conservative movement.

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Jim Foster (activist)

James M. Foster (November 19, 1934 – October 31, 1990) was an American LGBT rights and Democratic activist.

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Joe Donnelly

Joseph Simon Donnelly Sr. (born September 29, 1955) is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Indiana, a seat he was first elected to in 2012.

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Join the Impact

Join the Impact was an American LGBT political organization started in reaction to the passage of Proposition 8 in California which rapidly developed into a national coalition of local LGBT rights groups.

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Joseph P. McFadden

Joseph Patrick McFadden (May 22, 1947 – May 2, 2013) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Julie Newmar

Julie Newmar (born Julia Chalene Newmeyer, August 16, 1933) is an American actress, dancer, and singer, known for a variety of stage, screen, and television roles as well as a writer, lingerie inventor, and real estate mogul.

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Kansas Equality Coalition

The Kansas Equality Coalition is a statewide LGBT rights organization whose mission is to end discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression.

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Katy Perry

Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television judge.

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Kenneth Anger

Kenneth Anger (born Kenneth Wilbur Anglemyer; February 3, 1927) is an American underground experimental filmmaker, actor and author.

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Kentucky Equality Federation

Kentucky Equality Federation is an umbrella organization for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender civil rights in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, consisting of Federation for Kentucky Equality, Inc., Kentucky Equality Coalition, Inc., and Kentucky Equality PAC.

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Kentucky Fairness Alliance

The Kentucky Fairness Alliance (KFA) was an American gay rights organization formed in 1993 and based in Kentucky.

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Kerry Washington

Kerry Marisa Washington (born January 31, 1977 Sidebar: (County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health). Gives Kerry Washington birth date. from the original on May 2, 2016.Note: FilmReference.com states "Born January 5, 1977 (some sources cite 1975)…." at) is an American actress.

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Kimberly Kane

Kimberly Kane (born August 28, 1983) is an American pornographic actress and director.

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Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants

The Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group Inc. is a San Francisco, California, based hotel and restaurant brand owned by the Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG).

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Lambda Legal

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, better known as Lambda Legal.

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Lavender Menace

The Lavender Menace was an informal group of lesbian radical feminists formed to protest the exclusion of lesbians and lesbian issues from the feminist movement at the Second Congress to Unite Women in New York City on May 1, 1970.

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Law of adoption

Law of adoption may refer to.

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Lawrence v. Texas

Lawrence v. Texas,.

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Lee Brewster

Lee Greer Brewster (April 27, 1943 – May 19, 2000) was an American drag queen, transvestite activist, and retailer.

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Leo Martello

Leo Martello (September 26, 1931 – June 29, 2000) was an American Wiccan priest, gay rights activist, and author.

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Leslie Cagan

Leslie Cagan (born 1947) is an American activist, writer, and socialist organizer involved with the peace and social justice movements.

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LGBT adoption

LGBT adoption is the adoption of children by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.

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LGBT Aging Project

The LGBT Aging Project is a Boston-based non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender older adults have equal access to life-prolonging benefits, protection, services and institutions as heterosexual adults.

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LGBT culture in New York City

New York City has one of the largest LGBT populations in the world and the most prominent.

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LGBT culture in San Francisco

The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in San Francisco is one of the largest and most prominent LGBT communities in the world, and is one of the most important in the history of LGBT rights and activism.

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LGBT movements in the United States

LGBT movements in the United States comprise an interwoven history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and allied movements in the United States of America, beginning in the early 20th century and influential in achieving social progress for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and transsexual people.

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LGBT rights in Alabama

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Alabama may face legal challenges and discrimination not experienced by non-LGBT residents.

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LGBT rights in Alaska

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in the U.S. state of Alaska face some legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT Alaskans.

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LGBT rights in American Samoa

LGBT people in the United States territory of American Samoa face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents.

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LGBT rights in Colorado

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in the U.S. state of Colorado live in one of the more socially liberal US states with wider protections for LGBT people.

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LGBT rights in Delaware

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in the U.S. state of Delaware enjoy the same legal protections as heterosexuals.

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LGBT rights in Florida

LGBT people in the U.S. state of Florida face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents.

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LGBT rights in Indiana

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in the U.S. state of Indiana face some legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents.

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LGBT rights in Louisiana

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in the U.S. state of Louisiana face some legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents.

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LGBT rights in Mexico

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Mexico have expanded in recent years, in keeping with worldwide legal trends.

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LGBT rights in Michigan

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in the U.S. state of Michigan may face legal challenges not faced by non-LGBT residents.

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LGBT rights in Minnesota

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in the U.S. state of Minnesota have the same rights and responsibilities as non-LGBT people.

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LGBT rights in Mississippi

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in the U.S. state of Mississippi face legal challenges and discrimination not experienced by non-LGBT residents.

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LGBT rights in Nebraska

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in the U.S. state of Nebraska may face some legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents.

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LGBT rights in Nevada

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in the U.S. state of Nevada are protected by anti-discrimination laws.

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LGBT rights in New Hampshire

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in the U.S. state of New Hampshire have nearly all the same legal rights as non-LGBT residents, however these were only recently acquired.

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LGBT rights in New Jersey

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in New Jersey have the same rights and responsibilities as heterosexuals.

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LGBT rights in Ohio

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in the U.S. state of Ohio face some legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents.

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LGBT rights in Pennsylvania

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania face some legal challenges and discrimination not experienced by non-LGBT residents.

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LGBT rights in Puerto Rico

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) persons in Puerto Rico have almost the same protections and rights as heterosexual individuals.

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LGBT rights in Texas

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Texas may face legal challenges and discrimination not faced by other people.

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LGBT rights in the Northern Mariana Islands

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the Northern Mariana Islands may face legal challenges and discrimination not faced by other people.

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LGBT rights in the United States Virgin Islands

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the U.S. Virgin Islands face legal challenges and discrimination not faced by other people.

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LGBT rights in Utah

Rights for Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Utah have become increasingly enacted since 2014, despite the state's reputation as socially conservative and highly religious.

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LGBT rights in Vermont

The establishment of LGBT rights in the U.S. state of Vermont is a recent occurrence, with the majority of progress having taken place in the late 20th century and the early 21st century.

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LGBT rights in Washington (state)

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in the U.S. state of Washington have evolved significantly since the late 20th century.

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LGBT rights in West Virginia

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the U.S. state of West Virginia face legal challenges even though homosexual activity and same-sex marriages are legal in West Virginia.

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LGBT student movement

The origin of the LGBT student movement can be linked to other activist movements from the mid-20th century in the United States.

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Libertarian Party (United States)

The Libertarian Party (LP) is a libertarian political party in the United States that promotes civil liberties, non-interventionism, laissez-faire capitalism and shrinking the size and scope of government.

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List of Asian Americans

This page is a list of notable Asian Americans.

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List of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver episodes

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is an American late-night talk show created and hosted by John Oliver for HBO.

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List of LGBT Catholics

There have been a number of gay Catholics throughout history.

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List of LGBT rights articles by region

List of LGBT rights by region, including countries, commonwealths, disputed territories, and other regions.

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List of U.S. ballot initiatives to repeal LGBT anti-discrimination laws

Ballot initiatives to repeal LGBT anti-discrimination laws are anti-LGBT initiatives used to target and repeal LGBT anti-discrimination laws.

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List of U.S. state laws on same-sex unions

---- This article is intended as a resource for current legal status of same-sex unions.

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Lists of United States Supreme Court cases

This page serves as an index of lists of United States Supreme Court cases.

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Lois Galgay Reckitt

Lois Galgay Reckitt (born December 31, 1944) is an American feminist, human rights activist, LGBT rights activist, and domestic violence advocate.

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Louis Edward Gelineau

Louis Edward Gélineau (born May 3, 1928) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan, also known as Downtown Manhattan or Downtown New York, is the southernmost part of Manhattan, the central borough for business, culture, and government in the City of New York, which itself originated at the southern tip of Manhattan Island in 1624, at a point which now constitutes the present-day Financial District.

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LPAC

LPAC is a Super PAC founded in 2012 to represent the interests of lesbians in the United States, and to campaign on LGBT and women's rights issues.

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Luis Gutiérrez

Luis Vicente Gutiérrez (born December 10, 1953) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for since 1993.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, and its historical birthplace.

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Manhattan Neighborhood Network

Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN), the country’s largest community media center, is a non-profit organization that broadcasts programming on five public-access television cable TV stations in Manhattan, New York City.

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March 4

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Margaret Cho

Margaret Moran Cho (born December 5, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, fashion designer, author, and singer-songwriter.

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Marriage Equality California

Marriage Equality California (Marriage Equality CA, or MECA) is the now defunct California chapter of Marriage Equality USA.

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Marriage Equality USA

Marriage Equality USA is an organization working for the legal recognition of same-sex marriage in the United States.

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Marriage of Billie Ert and Antonio Molina

The marriage of Billie Ert and Antonio Molina took place on October 5, 1972, in Houston, Texas, United States.

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Marriage Protection Act

The Marriage Protection Act (MPA) was a bill introduced in the United States Congress in 2003 to amend the federal judicial code to deny federal courts jurisdiction to hear or decide any question pertaining to the interpretation of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) or the MPA itself.

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Marsha P. Johnson

Marsha P. Johnson (August 24, 1945 – July 6, 1992) was an American gay liberationI've been involved in gay liberation ever since it first started in 1969, 15:20 into the interview, she is quoted as saying this.

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Martinez v. County of Monroe

Martinez v. County of Monroe (50 A.D.3d 189; 850 N.Y.S.2d 740) is a decision of the Appellate Court (4th Department) of the State of New York on February 1, 2008, that established that a same-sex marriage performed in another jurisdiction must be recognized by the state of New York.

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Mary Kay Henry

Mary Kay Henry (born 1958) is an American labor union activist who was elected International President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) on May 8, 2010.

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MassResistance

MassResistance is a Waltham, Massachusetts-based group that promotes socially conservative positions on issues relating to homosexuality, abortion, anti-bullying, gun control, transgender people and same-sex marriage.

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Mattachine Society

The Mattachine Society, founded in 1950, was one of the earliest LGBT (gay rights) organizations in the United States, probably second only to Chicago's Society for Human Rights.

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Maxine Wolfe

Maxine Wolfe (born April, 1941) is an American activist for AIDS, civil rights, lesbian rights, reproductive rights as well as many related areas.

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May 20

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Michael Pocalyko

Michael Nicholas Pocalyko (Михайло Микола Поцілуйко) (born December 24, 1954) is an American businessman and writer.

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Michael Rogers (publisher)

Michael Rogers (born November 12, 1963) is a partner, Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Raw Story Media, Inc.

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Michele Bachmann

Michele Marie Bachmann (née Amble; April 6, 1956) is an American politician.

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Midge Costanza

Margaret "Midge" Costanza (November 28, 1932 – March 23, 2010) was an American Presidential advisor, social and political activist.

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Mike Manning (actor)

Michael Christopher "Mike" Manning (born April 12, 1987) is an American actor, producer, television personality and activist.

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Mikhaela Reid

Mikhaela Blake Reid (born June 1, 1980 in Lowell, Massachusetts) is an editorial cartoonist whose work has appeared in various alternative newspapers and magazines, including The Boston Phoenix, Bay Windows, Metro Times, and In These Times, and was also reprinted in Los Angeles Times.

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Minority rights

Minority rights are the normal individual rights as applied to members of racial, ethnic, class, religious, linguistic or gender and sexual minorities; and also the collective rights accorded to minority groups.

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Miss America

Miss America is a competition that is held annually and is open to women from the United States between the ages of 17 and 25.

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Modern liberalism in the United States

Modern American liberalism is the dominant version of liberalism in the United States.

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Monica Jones (activist)

Monica Jones is an American trans woman and sex work activist.

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National Black Justice Coalition

The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) is American civil rights organization serving primarily lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.

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National Coming Out Day

National Coming Out Day (NCOD) is an annual LGBTQ awareness day observed on October 11 and October 12 in some parts of the world.

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National Equality March

The National Equality March was a national political rally that occurred October 11, 2009 in Washington, D.C. It called for equal protection for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in all matters governed by civil law in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

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National LGBTQ Task Force

The National LGBTQ Task Force is an American social justice advocacy non-profit organizing the grassroots power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community.

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National Organization for Marriage

The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) is an American non-profit political organization established in 2007 to work against the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States.

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National Youth Advocacy Coalition

The National Youth Advocacy Coalition, or NYAC, which ceased to operate on May 12, 2011, was an organization which sought to fight discrimination against and promote the leadership and wellness for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LBGTQ) youth.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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No promo homo laws

No promo homo laws are a series of laws approved by various U.S. states that prohibit or limit the mention or discussion of homosexuality and transgenderism in public schools.

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NOH8 Campaign

The NOH8 Campaign (NOH8 meaning "No Hate") is a charitable organization whose mission is to promote LGBT marriage, gender and human equality through education, advocacy, social media, and visual protest.

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Obergefell v. Hodges

Obergefell v. Hodges,, is a landmark civil rights case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in a 5–4 decision that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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One Day at a Time (2017 TV series)

One Day at a Time is an American comedy web television series based on Norman Lear’s 1975-1984 sitcom of the same name.

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ONE, Inc.

One, Inc. was a gay rights organization established in the United States in 1952.

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One, Inc. v. Olesen

One, Inc.

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Oregon gubernatorial election, 2002

The 2002 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 2002.

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Oreste Pucciani

Oreste Francesco Pucciani (April 7, 1916 – April 28, 1999) was a pioneer teacher of Jean-Paul Sartre's philosophy at UCLA.

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Out & Equal

Out & Equal Workplace Advocates (commonly known as "Out & Equal") is a United States lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) workplace equality non-profit organization headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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Outing

Outing is the act of disclosing an LGBT person's sexual orientation or gender identity without that person's consent.

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Outline of the United States

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the United States of America.

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Paul Singer (businessman)

Paul Elliott Singer (born August 22, 1944) is an American billionaire hedge fund manager, activist investor, and philanthropist.

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Political positions of Barack Obama

Barack Obama has declared his position on many political issues through his public comments and legislative records.

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Political positions of Mitt Romney

The political positions of Mitt Romney have been recorded from his 1994 U.S. senatorial campaign, the 2002 gubernatorial election, during his 2003–2007 governorship, during his 2008 U.S. presidential campaign, in his 2010 book No Apology: The Case for American Greatness, and during his 2012 U.S. presidential campaign.

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Political positions of Paul Ryan

The political positions of Paul Ryan, the U.S. Representative from Wisconsin's 1st congressional district since 1999 and currently the 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, are generally conservative, with a focus on fiscal policy.

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Political positions of Ron Paul

The political positions of Ron Paul (L-TX), United States presidential candidate in 1988, 2008, and 2012, are generally described as libertarian, but have also been labeled conservative and constitutionalist.

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Political positions of the Democratic Party

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Politics of North Carolina

Like most U.S. states, North Carolina is politically dominated by the Democratic and Republican political parties.

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Politics of Vermont

The politics of Vermont encompass the acts of the elected legislative bodies of Vermont, the actions of its governors, as overseen by the Vermont courts, and the acts of the political parties that vie for elective power within the state.

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Pray the Gay Away?

"Pray the Gay Away?" is a 2011 episode of the American television series Our America with Lisa Ling.

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Pride at Work

Pride at Work (PAW) is a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender group (LGBT) of labor union activists affiliated with the AFL-CIO.

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Pride Foundation

The Pride Foundation is an LGBT philanthropic foundation in the Pacific Northwest.

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Progressive talk radio

Progressive talk radio is a talk radio format devoted to expressing left-leaning, liberal or progressive viewpoints of news and issues as opposed to conservative talk radio.

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Public opinion of same-sex marriage in the United States

Public opinion of same-sex marriage in the United States has shifted rapidly since polling on the issue first began on an occasional basis in the 1980s and a regular basis in the 1990s, with support having consistently risen while opposition has continually fallen.

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Queer Liberaction

Queer Liberaction (QL) is a Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas-based grassroots organization advocating for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights.

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Ray Hill (activist)

Ray Hill (born 1940) is an activist from Houston, Texas.

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Recognition of same-sex unions in the Americas

Recognition of same-sex unions is widespread in the Americas, with a majority of people in both North America and South America living in jurisdictions providing marriage rights to LGBT citizens.

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Refuse Fascism

Refuse Fascism is an American organization opposed to the presidency of Donald Trump.

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Renee C. Hanover

Renee C. Hanover (born Marcus, April 18, 1926 - January 5, 2011) was an American lawyer and civil rights advocate who practiced in Chicago.

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RESYST

RESYST (Resources for Youth, Students, and Trainers) is an organization that was started in the San Francisco Bay Area by Amy Sonnie and yk hong in 2000 in conjunction with the release of Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology edited by Amy Sonnie (Alyson: 2000).

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Rob Portman

Robert Jones Portman (born December 19, 1955) is an American attorney, serving as the junior United States Senator for Ohio, and a member of the Republican Party.

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Robert Ford (politician)

Robert Ford (born December 26, 1948) is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate since 1993, representing District 42, which is located in Charleston.

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Robert Sirico

Robert Alan Sirico (born June 23, 1951) is an American Roman Catholic priest, and the founder of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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Roberts Court

The Roberts Court is the time since 2005 during which the Supreme Court of the United States has been led by Chief Justice John Roberts.

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Romer v. Evans

Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620 (1996),.

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Ross Perot

Henry Ross Perot (born June 27, 1930) is an American business magnate and former politician.

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Saint Patrick's Day

Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Lá Fhéile Pádraig, "the Day of the Festival of Patrick"), is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick (AD 385–461), the foremost patron saint of Ireland.

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Sam Arora

Sam Arora (born January 9, 1981) is an American businessman and politician from Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Same Love

"Same Love" is a song by American hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, released as the third single from their 2012 debut studio album, The Heist.

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Same-sex marriage in the United States

Same-sex marriage in the United States was initially established on a state-by-state basis, expanding from 1 state in 2004 to 36 states in 2015, when, on June 26, 2015, same-sex marriage was established in all 50 states as a result of the ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States in the landmark civil rights case of Obergefell v. Hodges, in which it was held that the right of same-sex couples to marry on the same terms and conditions as opposite-sex couples, with all the accompanying rights and responsibilities, is guaranteed by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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Same-sex relationship

A same-sex relationship is a relationship between persons of the same sex and can take many forms, from romantic and sexual, to non-romantic homosocially-close relationships.

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Same-sex unions in the United States

Same-sex unions in the United States are available in various forms in all states and territories, except American Samoa.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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Scott Bloch

Scott Bloch (born c. 1959) is an American attorney and former political appointee of President George W. Bush.

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Scott Randolph

Scott Randolph (born October 17, 1973) is a Democratic politician who has served as the Orange County Tax Collector since 2013.

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Second inauguration of Barack Obama

The second inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States, marked the commencement of the second term of Barack Obama as President and Joe Biden as Vice President.

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Section 377A of the Penal Code (Singapore)

Section 377A of the Penal Code of Singapore is the main remaining piece of legislation which criminalises sex between mutually consenting adult men.

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Secular movement

The secular movement refers to a social and political trend in the United States, beginning in the early years of the 21st century, with the founding of the American Association for the Advancement of Atheism in 1925 and the American Humanist Association in 1941, in which atheists, agnostics, secular humanists, freethinkers, and other nonreligious and nontheistic Americans have grown in both numbers and visibility.

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Sexual orientation change efforts

Sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE) are methods used in attempts to change the sexual orientation of homosexual and bisexual people to heterosexuality.

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Shelley Moore Capito

Shelley Wellons Moore Capito (born November 26, 1953) is an American politician serving as the junior United States Senator from West Virginia since 2015.

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Social policy of the Barack Obama administration

The Almanac of American Politics (2008) rated Barack Obama's overall social policies in 2006 as more conservative than 21% of the Senate, and more liberal than 77% of the Senate (18% and 77%, respectively, in 2005).

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Socialist Workers Party of the District of Columbia

The Socialist Workers Party of the District of Columbia is a minor political party in Washington, D.C. The party advocates for statehood for the District of Columbia and ending Congressional control over the District's laws and finances.

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Sodomy laws in the United States

Sodomy laws in the United States, which outlawed a variety of sexual acts, were inherited from British criminal laws with roots in the Christian religion of Late antiquity.

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Songify the News

Songify the News (known as Auto-tune the News for the first thirteen episodes) is an American web series popularized by Brooklyn musician Michael Gregory, and later his band The Gregory Brothers.

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Southerners On New Ground

Southerners on New Ground (SONG) is a social justice, advocacy and capacity building organization serving and supporting queer and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, uniquely focusing its work in the southern United States through community organizing for economic and racial justice.

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Spectrum Center (community center)

The Spectrum Center is an office at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor that is dedicated to providing education, outreach, and advocacy for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and allied (LGBTQA) community.

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St. Thomas' Parish (Washington, D.C.)

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Staceyann Chin

Staceyann Chin (born December 25, 1972) is a spoken-word poet, performing artist and LGBT rights political activist.

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State v. Limon

State v. Limon, 280 Kan.

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Stephen Snyder-Hill

Stephen Snyder-Hill (born October 21, 1970) is an American soldier, author, lecturer and LGBT rights activist who served under the United States Army's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy and fought against the Defense of Marriage Act in collaboration with Freedom to Marry and the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network.

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Steven Sametz

Steven Sametz (born 1954, Westport, Connecticut) is active as both conductor and composer.

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Stonewall Inn

The Stonewall Inn, often shortened to Stonewall, is a gay bar and recreational tavern in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City, and the site of the Stonewall riots of 1969, which is widely considered to be the single most important event leading to the gay liberation movement and the modern fight for gay and lesbian rights in the United States.

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Stonewall National Monument

Stonewall National Monument is a U.S. National Monument in the West Village neighborhood of Greenwich Village in Lower Manhattan, New York City.

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Stonewall riots

The Stonewall riots (also referred to as the Stonewall uprising or the Stonewall rebellion) were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBT) communityAt the time, the term "gay" was commonly used to refer to all LGBT people.

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Stonewall Shooting Sports of Utah

Stonewall Shooting Sports of Utah is a group of gun rights advocates in Utah.

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Straight ally

A straight ally or heterosexual ally is a heterosexual and cisgender person who supports equal civil rights, gender equality, LGBT social movements, and challenges homophobia, biphobia and transphobia.

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Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries

Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) was a gay, gender non-conforming and transgender street activist organization founded in 1970 by Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, subculturally-famous New York City drag queens of color.

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Susan Stryker

Susan O'Neal Stryker is an American professor, author, filmmaker, and theorist whose work focuses on gender and human sexuality.

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Sylvia Rivera Law Project

The Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) is a legal aid organization based in New York City at the that serves low-income or people of color who are transgender, intersex and/or gender non-conforming.

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Ten Percent Society

The Ten Percent Society is the name of the first gay rights organization in North Dakota created by students and faculty at the University of North Dakota in 1982.

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The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family

The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family is a non-fiction book by Dan Savage.

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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz is a sports talk radio show hosted by Dan Le Batard and Jon "Stugotz" Weiner and broadcast on WAXY AM 790 "The Ticket" in Miami, Florida, and on many ESPN Radio affiliates nationwide.

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The Homosexualization of America

The Homosexualization of America, The Americanization of the Homosexual is a 1982 book about LGBT rights in the United States by the gay rights activist Dennis Altman.

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The Playboy Club

The Playboy Club is an American historical crime drama television series that aired on NBC from September 19 to October 3, 2011.

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The Real World: D.C.

The Real World: D.C., (occasionally known as The Real World: Washington D.C.), is the twenty-third season of MTV's reality television series The Real World, which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships.

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Timeline of LGBT history

The following is a timeline of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) history.

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Timeline of LGBT history in the United States

This is a timeline of notable events in the history of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community in the United States.

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Trans Student Educational Resources

Trans Student Educational Resources (TSER) is a United States-based organization that seeks to promote the wellbeing of transgender youth.

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Transgender representation in hip hop music

Transgender representation in hip hop music has been historically low.

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Transgender rights in the United States

Transgender rights in the United States vary considerably by jurisdiction.

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Tulane Journal of Law & Sexuality

The Tulane Journal of Law & Sexuality is a student-edited law review published by Tulane University Law School.

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Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington

Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington (UUCA), historically known as the Unitarian Church of Arlington, is a Unitarian Universalist church located at 4444 Arlington Boulevard (U.S. 50) in Arlington County, Virginia.

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United States v. Windsor

United States v. Windsor, (Docket No.), is a landmark civil rights case in which the United States Supreme Court held that restricting U.S. federal interpretation of "marriage" and "spouse" to apply only to opposite-sex unions, by Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), is unconstitutional under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.

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Urvashi Vaid

Urvashi Vaid (born 8 October 1958) is an Indian-American LGBT rights activist.

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Violence against LGBT people

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people can face violence motivated by hateful attitudes towards their sexuality or gender identity.

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Virtual Equality

Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation is a 1995 book about gay rights by lawyer and civil rights activist Urvashi Vaid, in which the author argued that LGBT movements in the United States had been only partially successful in achieving their goals, and that gay and lesbian Americans continued to suffer from discrimination and other problems.

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Virtually Normal

Virtually Normal: An Argument About Homosexuality (1995; second edition 1996) is a book about the politics of homosexuality by the political commentator Andrew Sullivan, in which the author criticizes four different perspectives on gay rights in American society, which he calls the "Prohibitionist", "Liberationist", "Conservative", and "Liberal" views, seeking to expose internal inconsistencies within each of them.

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Washington Families Standing Together

Washington Families Standing Together (WAFST) was founded in 2009 to preserve domestic partnerships in Washington State by urging voters to approve Referendum 71.

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Whicker's World

Whicker's World is a British television documentary series that ran from 1958 to 1994, presented by journalist and broadcaster Alan Whicker.

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White Night riots

The White Night riots were a series of violent events sparked by an announcement of the lenient sentencing of Dan White for the assassinations of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and of Harvey Milk, a member of the city's Board of Supervisors who was among the first openly gay elected officials in the United States.

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William B. Kelley (activist)

William B. Kelley was a gay activist and lawyer from Chicago, Illinois.

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X-Men

The X-Men is a team of fictional superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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1972 Democratic National Convention

The 1972 Democratic National Convention was the presidential nominating convention of the Democratic Party for the 1972 presidential election.

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2017 in LGBT rights

This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 2017.

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2018 in LGBT rights

This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 2018.

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