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• Video | 'History Is Watching - Light To Justice'

  Posted to YouTube by GetEqual:

  Since the birth of our nation, people held down by prejudice and discrimination have always moved slowly but inevitably toward justice and equality.

  And throughout our history, the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States have been called upon to issue [...]

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• Kendall Coffey, Richard Milstein, Damian Pardo, Carla Silva to speak about DOMA Wednesday night

  News release from the ACLU of Florida:

  The ACLU of Florida, in partnership with SAVE Dade and the Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce are hosting a town hall on the upcoming Supreme Court case, U.S. v. Windsor, in which the ACLU is challenging the so-called [...]

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• Kendall Coffey, Richard Milstein, Damian Pardo, Carla Silva speak about DOMA (with photos)

  Click here to view photos from the town hall meeting. Photos by STEVE ROTHAUS / Miami Herald Staff.

  News release from the ACLU of Florida:

  The ACLU of Florida, in partnership with SAVE Dade and the Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce are [...]

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• PBSNewsHour video | What's behind the shift in public opinion over gay marriage?

  From PBSNewsHour:

  A new survey shows a majority of Americans support gay marriage. Support has also grown in the courts and among politicians, including former State Secretary Hillary Clinton and Sen. Rob Portman. Gwen Ifill examines the shift with Michael Dimock of the Pew Research [...]

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• LGBT-oriented events planned for Winter Music Conference weekend in South Florida

  Some gay-oriented events for Winter Music Conference from George Coronado:

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• Bay Harbor Islands council unanimously approves domestic-partner benefits, SAVE Dade says

  News release from SAVE Dade:

  VICTORY! Town of Bay Harbor Islands Unanimously Approves Domestic Partnership Ordinance

  Passage ensures Town employees cannot be denied benefits based on sexual orientation

  Bay Harbor Islands – SAVE Dade is pleased to announce a major victory in the Town of Bay [...]

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• Transgender people force debate on bathroom use

  BY CRISTINA SILVA, ASSOCIATED PRESS

  PHOENIX -- Arizona lawmakers want to prohibit anyone not associated with their birth gender from using public restrooms, showers and dressing rooms in the nation's latest tussle over equal rights for transgender people.

  The proposal comes less than a month after the city of Phoenix [...]

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• Obama: 'RT if you stand with same-sex couples around the country fighting for the right to marry who they love'

  Posted to Twitter by President Barack Obama:

  RT if you stand with same-sex couples around the country fighting for the right to marry who they love. twitter.com/BarackObama/st…

  — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 19, 2013

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• Singer Michelle Shocked makes anti-gay slur in San Francisco, several concerts are canceled

  ASSOCIATED PRESS

  SAN FRANCISCO -- Alternative folk and rock singer Michelle Shocked has had several shows canceled after making an anti-gay slur at a San Francisco concert.

  Yoshi's San Francisco Director of Marketing Lisa Bautista told The Associated Press that Shocked had just [...]

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• Free Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival screening of Audre Lorde documentary March 27 at MOCA

  From Charrise Alexander:

  WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2013 FILM AT MOCA / AUDRE LORDE: THE BERLIN YEARS PRESENTED BY MOCA’S WOTR! AND THE MIAMI GAY AND LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL 6-7 PM  WELCOME RECEPTION/REGISTRATION 7PM     FILM SCREENING 9PM     Q AND A “HAPPY HOUR” @ LUNA STAR CAFE

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