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AIDS Activist Peter Staley Is Ready to Get Arrested Fighting Trump: INTERVIEW

Tim Murphy December 15, 2016 Leave a Comment

Tim Murphy Peter Staley Trump

https://www.facebook.com/towleroad.page/videos/10157827181175507/   Peter Staley was one of the driving forces in ACT UP, the pioneering … [Read more...] about AIDS Activist Peter Staley Is Ready to Get Arrested Fighting Trump: INTERVIEW

Topics: Health, History More Posts About: aclu, ACT UP, activism, AIDS, Daily Resist, Donald Trump, Health Care, HIV/AIDS, Medicaid, Medicare, Peter Staley, protests

Martin Sheen, Moby, BD Wong, Debra Messing, and Other Celebs Call on Electoral College to Reject Trump: WATCH

Andy Towle December 15, 2016 Leave a Comment

celebs

Martin Sheen, Debra Messing, James Cromwell, BD Wong, Noah Wyle, Freda Payne, Bob Odenkirk, J. Smith Cameron, Michael Urie, Moby, Mike Farrell, … [Read more...] about Martin Sheen, Moby, BD Wong, Debra Messing, and Other Celebs Call on Electoral College to Reject Trump: WATCH

Topics: Books, History, Politics, towleroad More Posts About: 2016 Election, Electoral College, Nation

Watch This Shocking Report on How Gay Conversion Therapy Began – VIDEO

Michael Fitzgerald December 14, 2016 Leave a Comment

conversion therapy

With gay conversion 'therapy' fan Mike Pence as vice president-elect, Seeker has produced a timely history of the "ex-gay" movement. While Malta … [Read more...] about Watch This Shocking Report on How Gay Conversion Therapy Began – VIDEO

Topics: History, World More Posts About: Conversion Therapy, ex-gay therapy

At Stonewall Inn, Rachel Maddow Talks LGBTQ Rights and Trump with AG Loretta Lynch: WATCH

Andy Towle December 14, 2016 Leave a Comment

LGBTQ rights

Rachel Maddow sat down with Attorney General Loretta Lynch at the newly designated national historic landmark The Stonewall Inn to talk about the … [Read more...] about At Stonewall Inn, Rachel Maddow Talks LGBTQ Rights and Trump with AG Loretta Lynch: WATCH

Topics: History, LGBT Rights, Politics, towleroad More Posts About: 2016 Election, Donald Trump, Loretta Lynch, Nation, Rachel Maddow, Stonewall Inn

Vigil Held to Honor Pulse Victims on 6 Month Anniversary of Orlando Massacre – WATCH

Sean Mandell December 13, 2016 Leave a Comment

pulse 6 month

Monday marked the 6 month anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre that took the lives of 49 people. The Orlando mass shooting was the deadliest … [Read more...] about Vigil Held to Honor Pulse Victims on 6 Month Anniversary of Orlando Massacre – WATCH

Topics: History More Posts About: florida, Orlando, Orlando Massacre, Orlando Shooting, Pulse, Pulse Massacre, Pulse Nightclub

NOM’s Brian Brown Launches Global Anti-LGBT Hate Group ‘International Organization for the Family’

Andy Towle December 12, 2016 Leave a Comment

Brian Brown

National Organization for Marriage President Brian Brown has spearheaded the formation of a new global anti-LGBT group, launched over the weekend on … [Read more...] about NOM’s Brian Brown Launches Global Anti-LGBT Hate Group ‘International Organization for the Family’

Topics: History, Society More Posts About: Brian Brown, gay marriage, International LGBT Rights, World

Frank Ocean, Rudy Giuliani, Conor McGregor, Brazilian Squatters, John Barrowman, Roger Ailes: HOT LINKS

Sean Mandell December 9, 2016 Leave a Comment

IN TRUMP'S AMERICA. Second Tampa Bay, Florida church vandalized with swastikas, MAGA graffiti: "The Iglesia el Sembrador Wesleyano, a church in a … [Read more...] about Frank Ocean, Rudy Giuliani, Conor McGregor, Brazilian Squatters, John Barrowman, Roger Ailes: HOT LINKS

Topics: Coming Out, History

School in Mike Pence’s DC Neighborhood Takes Down Rainbow Flag Because It’s ‘Political’

Sean Mandell December 9, 2016 Leave a Comment

lafayette elementary school

A public school near where VP-elect Mike Pence is staying during the transition has removed a gay pride flag it was flying in solidarity with the LGBT … [Read more...] about School in Mike Pence’s DC Neighborhood Takes Down Rainbow Flag Because It’s ‘Political’

Topics: History, LGBT Rights, Pride More Posts About: Gay Pride Flag, Mike Pence, rainbow flag, Washington DC

John Glenn, Candace Cameron Bure, Terry McAuliffe’s Chicken, Pantone, Giraffes, Uganda: HOT LINKS

Sean Mandell December 8, 2016 Leave a Comment

RIP. Astronaut and US Senator John Glenn passes away at 95: "In just five hours on Feb. 20, 1962, Mr. Glenn joined a select roster of Americans whose … [Read more...] about John Glenn, Candace Cameron Bure, Terry McAuliffe’s Chicken, Pantone, Giraffes, Uganda: HOT LINKS

Topics: History, Nature/Climate More Posts About: Candace Cameron Bure, John Glenn, Kylie Minogue, Terry McAuliffe, Uganda

Can We Get Rid of the Electoral College?

Ari Ezra Waldman December 6, 2016 Leave a Comment

electoral college map

In the aftermath of the November presidential election, Towleroad is exploring several legal issues related to the result, the incoming … [Read more...] about Can We Get Rid of the Electoral College?

Topics: Actor, History More Posts About: Ari Ezra Waldman, constitution, constitutional amendment, Democrats, Electoral College, Law - Gay, LGBT, Republicans

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