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Less than 48 hours ago, Eagle Scout Zach Wahls, founder of Scouts for Equality,launched a campaign on Change.org supported by GLAAD and signed by more than 30,000 Americans urging Intel to pull funding from the Boy Scouts of America after an American Independent report revealed that the company gave nearly $700,000 to the Boy Scouts in 2010.

Actor-director LeVar Burton has joined the NOH8 Campaign, which raises awareness and funds for gay rights causes, including ending California’s 2008 voter-approved gay marriage ban, Proposition 8.   Burton first came to prominence playing Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries Roots. He is best known for his portrayal of Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge on

Marriage Equality USA (MEUSA) is excited to announce an important new resource that voters can use now and over the next four years. Today MEUSA published the first streamlined, side-by-side comparison of the new political platforms just adopted by the major parties regarding marriage equality and related LGBT issues. MEUSA now offers a 1-page comparison

Could Chick-fil-A be turning over a new leaf? A Chicago-based lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocacy group reports that the restaurant chain — which was at the epicenter of a media firestorm this summer after its president confirmed his company’s anti-gay stance — has agreed to cease donations to right-wing groups that oppose same-sex

You can help AFER win part of a $5 million grant to achieve marriage equality. All you have to do is vote in the 2012 Chase Giving Program. Hundreds of non-profits across the country are competing and the top vote-getters will share the prize. Everyone gets at least two votes and voting ends Wednesday, September

A campaign contribution of $142,000 to a committee battling 2008’s Proposition 8 – the state’s same sex marriage ban – by La Jolla billionaire homeowner Ron Burkle plays a featured role in a stipulated agreement made public today between the “No on 8” campaign and the California Fair Political Practices Committee. Due to be voted

Marriage Equality USA has announced The Campaign for 20 Million More a coalition to win the freedom to marry & defeat anti equality ballot initiatives in election 2012. Brian Silva, MEUSA Executive Director stated, “This fall, over 20 million Americans will be affected by decisions surrounding marriage equality. We can all recall the joy &

Since the national ascendancy of Barack Obama, many commentators have tried to make hay out of an alleged rift between gay and black communities in the United States – from conservative groups or commentators hoping to drive a wedge between two typically-Democratic voting blocs, to well-intentioned activists across the spectrum citing racism in gay culture

I have been a wedding officiant in Massachusetts for nearly nine years. It has been an incredible pleasure and honor to have served over 525 couples – same-gender, transgender, and opposite gender from this region, all over the country and other countries as well. Many weddings stand out for me in unique ways. Friendships have