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Breaking News is Always Breaking – Update on Petition

If you are going to personally attack someone who is trying to do something right, please take the time to get to know that person by researching the breath of work they have done, and second, at least have the courage to let the world know who you are so we can properly introduce ourselves and correct you on your egregious slander.

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AIDS @ 30 – Owning Your Life

Putting one’s experiences on paper can bring a light that has not been considered before. This is just one of those moments. My editor-in-chief asked me to speak of a part of my life that has rarely been shared with anyone.

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Understanding Leadership

Many have claimed to be leaders and some have succeeded. It got me thinking…what is a leader really? As the dictionary points out, “It is to act as a guide; show the way.”

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Sharing Her Wife’s Name

Hi Ms Strong, I live in Louisiana where gay marriage is not  legal, but it is in New York, so my partner and I just flew to  New York to get married, and now I am having problems  getting her last name; is there any information you can give  me on this matter?  Thank You, [...]

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Reflection

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Reflection

I often think of just moving to the mountains, hanging in my trailer, my old dog and gal putting up with me in my sweats and being off the grid. No Facebook, Gmail or cell coverage. Sounds good, right?

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Gay Babies?

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Gay Babies?

My brother sent me this photo this morning and said, “I never made the connection”. I shot back “What happens when Gay parents have straight babies? What do we blame them for?”

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INTERVIEW: Colonel Grethe Cammermeyer – A President’s Promise and a Colonel’s Redemption

I wasted no time in asking Colonel Grethe Cammermeyer her thoughts about today’s announcement to end DADT on September 22, 2011. No longer will our Gay and Lesbian Soldiers be asked to serve in silence.

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Gay Gay Gay Gay Gay! Say it Again…GAY!!!!!

Isn’t this the state that has Al Franken as one of its senators? I’m confused. Honestly and in all sincerity, why is it that this state seems to be moving in reverse when states like California are adopting LGBT history as part of its curriculum in its education of it students?

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Charlene Strong on The Moth, Overcoming Pain and Living for Today

I was a mess. I was the last to speak that night and, as each person told their story, my stomach tightened a bit more and the sweating only got worse. This is where you stop and ask yourself, “Why did I agree to do it? I didn’t know it was going to be ‘that type of storytelling’”.

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Congratulations to the Class of 2011 – Lavender Scholars

The message I decided to share with the young adults was one of love and acceptance. Not acceptance by others, but of themselves.

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