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Marketing Effort Will Help Educate and Enroll the LGBT Community in Affordable Quality Health Care
Covered California today highlighted advertising aimed at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community on billboards and print advertising throughout the state.
“Covered California offers affordable, quality health care coverage, and we are working hard to get the word out and encourage enrollment,” said Covered California Executive Director Peter… Read the rest

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“Other New York State landlords should take note: Same-sex spouses must be treated equally under the laws of New York.”
Today, Lambda Legal announced that Weinreb Management, a New York City-based management company, has added lesbian tenant Dava Weinstein’s spouse, Dorothy Calvani, to her rent-stabilized lease, in compliance with state and city law, and agreed to pay $20,000 to the couple to settle the matter.… Read the rest

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State’s largest trade association for technology businesses to advocate for LGBT equality in Phoenix
Today the Arizona Technology Council, the state’s largest trade association for technology businesses and a longtime leader of the technology community, announced it would add issues of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality to its lobbying platform agenda.  The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, praised… Read the rest

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State’s largest trade association for technology businesses to advocate for LGBT equality in Phoenix
Today the Arizona Technology Council, the state’s largest trade association for technology businesses and a longtime leader of the technology community, announced it would add issues of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality to its lobbying platform agenda.  The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, praised… Read the rest

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State’s largest trade association for technology businesses to advocate for LGBT equality in Phoenix
Today the Arizona Technology Council, the state’s largest trade association for technology businesses and a longtime leader of the technology community, announced it would add issues of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality to its lobbying platform agenda.  The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, praised… Read the rest

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(GayWebSource.com – Gay Media & Press Network) – Posted by Michael Lamb – Echelon Magazine

Ex-rugby international hopes many take inspiration from Olympian’s honesty and future success
“Hopefully this will give other kids and adults the strength to be honest and take a lot of inspiration from his story,” says ex-Wales rugby international, Gareth Thomas, who announced he is gay in 2009, becoming one of the first openly homosexual male athletes in any major sports team.
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Ex-rugby international hopes many take inspiration from Olympian’s honesty and future success
“Hopefully this will give other kids and adults the strength to be honest and take a lot of inspiration from his story,” says ex-Wales rugby international, Gareth Thomas, who announced he is gay in 2009, becoming one of the first openly homosexual male athletes in any major sports team.
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(GayWebSource.com – Gay Media & Press Network) – Posted by Michael Lamb – Echelon Magazine

Ex-rugby international hopes many take inspiration from Olympian’s honesty and future success
“Hopefully this will give other kids and adults the strength to be honest and take a lot of inspiration from his story,” says ex-Wales rugby international, Gareth Thomas, who announced he is gay in 2009, becoming one of the first openly homosexual male athletes in any major sports team.
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December 2, 2013 – UNITE Business Magazine, the premier print publication in LGBT business media and Echelon Magazine, a leader in LGBT business information, are pleased to announce a unique and unprecedented collaboration targeted towards bridging the gap between the LGBT business sector and corporate America. These companies have joined forces to provide diversified Fortune 500 companies with a multi-media program that will expand their… Read the rest

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LGBT Confex’s 4th International LGBT Business Expo will return to its birthplace in 2014 as the sister destinations of Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit host the latest edition of what has quickly become the leading expo for business interested in targeting the gay and lesbian consumer, an estimated 6% Latin America market share.
The three day conference has rapidly grown from 20 exhibitors and… Read the rest

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The original online gay dating site launches mobile app during spectacular New York City bash.
Gay.com, the world’s original and most recognized LGBT social networking site, launched its new mobile app available for Apple devices at a New York City bash held at the Atlas Social Club. Consistent with the features and functions of the website, the app extends the networking experience developed for gay… Read the rest

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National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce to Recognize Capital One, Wyndham Worldwide, and More for Outstanding Dedication to LGBT Business Community
The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) will honor MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts with the NGLCC/American Airlines ExtrAA Mile Award for his longstanding commitment to promoting equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people at the sold out NGLCC National… Read the rest

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Even in the Reddest of States, America’s Cities are Leading the Way in the Fight for LGBT Equality,
Across the country, municipalities extend vital protections to LGBT citizens
From coast to coast, America’s cities are demonstrating a commitment to treating lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people with dignity and respect by passing laws and implementing policies that treat all people equally.  That’s according to… Read the rest

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In the midst of significant LGBTQ progress on both local and national levels, Las Vegas will play host to the inaugural Trans Pride Week – five days of events and activities designed to bring awareness and pride to the local transgender community between Nov. 20 – 24.
Spearheaded by The Center, Gender Justice Nevada, Mary Magdalene Friends UCC, Northwest Community Church and Get EQUAL Nevada,… Read the rest

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Attorney Scott Squillace Discusses The Legal and Tax Issues Faced
By Gay And Lesbian Couples In New Book, WHETHER TO WED
For same-sex couples, the decision to marry is not as simple as saying, “I do.”  Complex issues due to recent court and legislative actions, which affect couples in some states differently than those in other states, have created a complex web of legal and… Read the rest

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Businesses that have underestimated the size of this group may want to revisit their marketing, targeting strategies.
By putting facts and figures about the buying power of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community all in one infographic, CreditDonkey.com has highlighted the growing proportion of this consumer group’s spending power.
Infographic: http://www.creditdonkey.com/lgbt.html
In “Pink Money Talk: The Rise of the LGBT Consumer,” CreditDonkey.com, a… Read the rest

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LACK PROTECTIONS AGAINST ONGOING EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
Nearly 70 percent of workforce left uncovered by patchwork of inconsistent local ordinances.
Pennsylvania’s 174,000 LGBT workers are vulnerable to employment discrimination absent state or federal legal protections, according to a new report authored by Christy Mallory, former Reid Rasmussen Fellow of Law and Policy and Amira Hasenbush, Jim Kepner Law and Policy Fellow, at the UCLA School of… Read the rest

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73 percent of workforce not covered by inconsistent patchwork of local ordinances
160,000 LGBT adults in Missouri would benefit from an expanded state non-discrimination law that includes sexual orientation and gender identity, according to a new Williams Institute study co-authored by Amira Hasenbush, Jim Kepner Law and Policy Fellow, at the UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute, Sarah Liebowitz, Research Associate, and former Reid Rasmussen… Read the rest

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House Speaker John Boehner again today offered a false and factually inaccurate explanation for why he won’t support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) – which passed the Senate one week ago with bipartisan support from 10 Republicans. Boehner re-iterated his opposition to the legislation that would simply protect hardworking lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans from workplace discrimination, saying it would lead to frivolous… Read the rest

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