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104 military leaders request end of don't ask don't tell

"More than 100 retired U.S. military leaders -- including the former head of the Naval Academy -- have signed a statement... more

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Foster Care Emancipation

Chris is 17 and has lived in foster care since his mother's boyfriend beat her to death when Chris was 12. Growing up in the... more

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Gay Marriage Protests

People from around the country joined over the weekend in protest of California's controversial Proposition 8. The... more

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Fat Activism goes BIG

By bridging performance and academia these Bay Area activists are bringing attention to fat bodies and then asking, so? But their... more

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Prop 8 Protest Seattle style

Seattle had over 6000 people in attendance for their protest against proposition 8 on November 15, 2008. It was an overwhelming... more

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San Francisco Prop 8 Protest

On friday November 07 2008, thousands of people gathered in downtown San Francisco, during rush hour, in order to protest against... more

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Gay haters and the like have been beguiled by organized religion.
I used to be one of your kind. I too fell into the group of being someone that was self elevated and bigoted. In time I became educated to the reality of what it means to be gay.

I watched someone dear to me deal with the fact they were gay. They lived in the heart of a racist and bigoted land. You know I am speaking of Utah when I say this.

From an early age, this boy knew he was attracted to people of the same sex. He listened to his father and stepmother make jokes with his friends about all of those "gay bastards."

He decided he was going to make himself not gay. He tried everything he could think of to entice himself with things from the opposite sex. Relentlessly for two years he pursued this endeavor with no avail.

He sought out advice from counselors and numerous friends as to what he should and could do. He found nothing that could resolve his issue of being gay. He chose not to be gay but it wouldn't go away.

Facing great fear of condemnation and bodily harm from the Mormon masses and others he often contemplated suicide. For a period of about two years he toiled with the battle of whether or not he was worthy of living or if he should end it all by killing himself.

Having observed his intense struggle, I came to the conclusion that being gay was not his choice, but rather being something he was born with. Since this observation I have become an advocate for gay rights.

Hopefully you will witness someone near and dear to you go through this same struggle. I do not mean that I wish this experience on anyone that is gay.

However, if you are fortunate enough to have someone you care about that is gay, you will come to understand as I have. It will literally change your life and perspective if you have any dignity what so ever as you watch them try to deal with it.

Being gay is not a choice!

Is this really the cross they must bear? The things written in the bible as to this subject were written by people such as you. They neither could understand it nor could they accept it. Thus they invoked God and condemned it. Since, how many have been tortured by the likes of you?Gay haters and the like have been beguiled by organized religion. I used to be one of your kind. I too fell into the group of... more