LGBTQ & Friends Monday Lunches

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Philly transgender woman murdered on Monday, and her name was Stacey Blahnik Lee Stacey Blahnik Lee was found murdered in her Philadelphia home on Monday evening, discovered by her boyfriend returning home from work, states the police. What’s also been stated by the media is that Stacey is not really Stacey but “Stacey.”

Study Shows How to Build LGBT, Racial Justice Movements Together - COLORLINES ARC’s researchers explore the ties between two crucial movements that are too often seen as in combat.

Youth Suicides, Andrew Shirvell, and America’s Tolerance of Anti-LGBT Hate Yesterday, we found out about the fourth teen su***de this month after bullying and/or harassment by their school peers for being gay or perceived to be gay:

Amazed and horrified

Michigan's Gay-Bashing Assistant Attorney General Is An Unfathomable Idiot When Anderson Cooper is visibly unable to comprehend the absurdity of an interview subject, it is very fun to watch. Last night: Michigan's assistant attorney general and his obsessive, hate-filled attacks on the University of Michigan's gay student body president.

Meet Oklahoma's First Transgender Political Candidate There's a showdown unfolding in Oklahoma's House District 84, between Brittany Novotny, the state's first transgender political candidate, and Sally Kern, infamous for believing that LGBT Americans are more dangerous than terrorists. An interview with Novotny, after the jump.

Head over to YouTube and upload a video for this new project, It Gets Better. It's an online support system for LGBTQ youth.

It Gets Better — Feministe Billy Lucas, a 15-year-old student in Greensburg, Indiana, killed himself after years of homophobic bullying from his classmates. Dan Savage has launched the It Gets Better project as an online support system for LGBT youth. So if you’re le***an, gay, bisexual or transgender and you want to send ...

LGBTQ & Friends Lunches are Back!! But don't let our name mislead you: For Fall 2010, LGBTQ & Friends Lunches move to Wednesdays! Hang out with us in the Forum from 12 noon - 2 pm each Wednesday--just bring your lunch and your friends and look for our brightly-colored tablecloth.

Air Force Major, a Le***an, Challenges ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Maj. Margaret Witt was an officer in good standing for years, until a note arrived telling the Air Force she was a le***an.

Judge Strikes Down Military Ban on G**s Government lawyers argued that the lower court judge lacked the authority to issue a nationwide injunction.

Roman Catholic Church Holds U.K.'s Only "Gay Mass" A (brave?) church in London has started holding a special mass for homosexuals. Some are protesting, but Archbishop Vincent Nichols says those, "trying to cast judgment on people who come forward for communion really ought to hold their tongue." Word.

Why Women Suffer More Under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell The controversial Don't Ask Don't Tell policy has a much larger negative impact on female service members than male, and serves to maintain sexism found in every level of the armed forces.