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<b>In a 6-3 ruling, Title VII protects LGBTQ workers against discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation.</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When you are marginalized, humiliated, harassed or threatened for being gay, lesbian, transgender or bisexual, know that it is NOT O.K. You must take a stand! Whether it be through education, reaching out to friends, allies or the authorities. You cannot & should not remain silent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In this turbulent & anti-LGBT environment, we need to work harder than ever by rising up & taking action. We must never back down for failure is NOT an option!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">On this 1 year anniversary while we take time to reflect back on this senseless & violent act towards our community, may we become stronger together & work towards ending the violence & hate against our community.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Consider donating to your favorite LGBT organization, volunteer at a Pride march, community center, contact a legislator regarding our rights or help a fellow LGBT brother/sister who's experiencing hard times.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">America's LGBT community is at a critical stage once again as hard fought rights we've gained are slowly being erased by extremist anti-LGBT forces under the djt regime out to try & turn back the clock on civil rights. We CANNOT let this happen & must work together with local, state, feds & organizations to demand our rights be protected.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As we near the end of President Obama's term, our community will forever remember a most special U.S. leader who rose above fear & intolerance to say, "enough is enough." A man who not only did so much for equality but who made history as the nation's most pro-LGBT president.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We the LGBT community will forever be in debt to your steadfast devotion to "all" American citizens life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As a dark & uncertain chapter is set to begin in American history with the soon swearing in of one of America's most disliked & controversial candidates (lost popular vote by 3 million) & extremist congress since before the American Civil War, We the LGBT community along with various other right's groups will fight to preserve the very rights so many other non minority groups have enjoyed & taken for granted because LGBT rights are NOT special rights.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As we work through our emotions of the recently devastating election results of President-elect DJT, let us find comfort & strength in each other & know that we, the LGBT community have moved mountains in our struggles for equality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We must not give up hope. Rather, we must channel our voices of anger into voices of change. Together, our voices will resonate the message through the halls of DC & America, "we are not going back!"</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Come out to a friend.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Contact your local or state elected officials.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Contact your U.S. Senators (<a href="http://www.senate.gov/" target="_blank">find your Senator here</a>). </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Volunteer at a local LGBT community center.</span></li>
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As you scour the internet, you will see some messages of
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">This shameful & hatred filled tactic (disguised as religious liberties protections) against a minority group that has had to endure intolerance & discrimination in jobs & housing all the while NEVER having 1 documented case of rape or violence against any cisgender woman or child in a woman's bathroom</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The majority ruled that preventing same-sex couples from the right to marry violated their Constitutional right under the 14th Amendment & that states were unable to put forth a compelling reason to deny same-sex couples that right.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love truly does make a family!</span></div>
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<b>After much pain & suffering & lack of support/understanding for her transgender identity (especially from that of her own mother who looked down upon her & tried to "cure" her through various Christian therapy sessions), 17 Year old Leelah Alcorn of Kings Mills, Ohio</b> <b>decided that she had had enough & on December 28th at around 2:30am took her life by walking out in front of a moving semi.</b><br />
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<b>The note she left read: "My death needs to mean something." "My death needs to be counted in the number of transgender people who commit suicide this year. I want someone to look at the number & say, that's fucked up & fix it. Fix society, please." Also, she made mention to her feeling like she was a girl trapped in a boy's body since the age of 4.</b><br />
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<b>This sad tragic loss of life should never have happened. Through love, understanding & guidance of adults around her, especially her mother, Leelah would have had the chance to blossom into the person she truly was. </b><br />
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<b>Our LGBT youth look to us adults for understanding & compassion & we must be there to help & or guide whenever we can.</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>There is help! Transgender Suicide Hotline - </b><b>877-565-8860</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Federal Court in Nevada Rules Against Marriage Equality</b></span><br />
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Election Day 2012 - A day that will go down in American history as numerous wins secured continued support for equality!</div>
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<li>Tammy Baldwin (D) becomes first out gay/lesbian elected to the U.S. Senate.</li>
<li>Maine voters stand for fairness by passing marriage equality.</li>
<li>Maryland voters stand for fairness by passing marriage equality.</li>
<li>Washington voters stand for fairness by passing marriage equality.</li>
<li>Minnesota voters reject writing discrimination/hate into state's constitution.</li>
<li>Openly gay New York Congressional candidate Sean Maloney (D) beats incumbent Nan Hayworth (R) for the 18th district.</li>
<li>Mark Takano (D) becomes the first openly gay Asian elected to Congress.</li>
<li>David Wiggins, judge who sided with Iowa marriage equality wins reelection.</li>
<li>Openly gay Colorado congressman Jared Polis (D) wins reelection.</li>
<li>Openly gay Rhode Island Congressman David Cicilline wins reelection.</li>
<li>Openly gay Wisconsin Congressional candidate Mark Pocan (D) wins election.</li>
<li>Openly gay Pennsylvania Congressional candidate Brian Sims (D) wins election.</li>
<li>Openly gay & black Georgia House Representative Simone Bell (D) wins reelection.</li>
<li>First openly gay North Dakota Congressional candidate Josh Boschee (D) wins election.</li>
<li>Openly gay Ohio Congressional candidate Tim Brown (R) wins election.</li>
<li>First openly gay West Virginia Congressional candidate Stephen Skinner (D) wins election.</li>
<li>Youngest openly gay Maine Congressional candidate Justin Chenette (D) wins election.</li>
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Thanks to the hard work & tireless dedication of those who fought for fairness & equality in making a difference we can all live with!<br />
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<i>Your no longer my son</i> - A response to a son coming out to his father. In the letter, you will notice the reference of the "Lord" & "unnatural lifestyle." </div>
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All this for what? For a gay son who decided he needed to be honest with himself & his family. A son looking for nothing more than love & understanding. Isn't that something taught in the same religious circles this religious father claims to be part of?</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">As I look back to that memorable day, I'll always remember the love, joy, hopes & visions of those beautiful couples who said "I do" in this great state of New York.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As we celebrate this Memorial Day, let us take a moment to reflect upon</span> those who serve & who's past military service gave us this great land & so many of the freedom's we take for granted.</div>
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That's what so many of our LGBT brothers & sister fought & continue fighting for alongside their heterosexual counterparts. Freedom. </div>
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As an LGBT rights advocate, along with the thousands of other advocates & rights groups, we will continue to work tirelessly to bring the much needed change & freedoms you expect & deserve upon returning home to this great land we call America.</div>
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With the recent push towards equality defeated at the ballot box in North Carolina, the rights of a minority group are once again heading to the ballot boxes. Up next, Maryland, Maine & Washington.</div>
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As the extremists, churches, religious groups & organizations fighting to "defend" traditional marriage have begun ramping up efforts to raise the funds to get out their message of; "The institution of marriage & family is under attack!" We, the LGBT community will once again pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off & begin the process of changing hearts & minds through education.</div>
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As divorce rates across the country haven't fallen among the heterosexual community, the sun continues to rise each day in the states of Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, New Hampshire, D.C. & Iowa.</div>
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So, as the Maggie Gallaghers, Bryan Fishchers, Charles Worleys, Paul Camerons & other anti-LGBT voices of the world ramp up their efforts to spew their messages of lies, intolerance, bigotry & hate in Maryland, Maine & Washington, we the LGBT community will continue the message of equality through tolerance, love & most of all, education.<br />
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