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Tel Aviv Schools Introduce Program to Thwart Sexual Orientation Stereotyping

Written on 30 Aug, 2010 at 13:11 in Family, Featured, LGBT Children, LGBT Rights, News, Special Reports, World | viewed times | 0 Comments

By Melanie Nathan; 8-30-10 The Education Committee of the Tel Aviv municipality is the first in Israel to require city schools to integrate learning content to change stereotypes about gays, lesbians and gender identity. The program will start next January. The Education... (Continue reading)

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Conservative UK Minister Crispin Blunt Comes Out

Written on 28 Aug, 2010 at 23:22 in Break Ups and Divorce, Coming Out, Commentary, Family, Family Life, Featured, Hot Topics, News, Relationships, Special Reports, World | viewed times | 0 Comments

Melanie Nathan 08-28-10 London:- Conservative Crispin Blunt, who is prisons minister in the coalition government has disclosed that he is gay and that he has separated from his wife. Blunt said he had “decided to come to terms with his homosexuality”. In... (Continue reading)

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Kate Kendell of NCLR on Choosing Children’s 25th Anniversary

Written on 26 Aug, 2010 at 14:24 in Adoption, Commentary, Couples Talk, Events, Family, Family Life, Featured, Film Festivals, LGBT Rights, News, Photo Posts | viewed times | 0 Comments

“Lets have kids  dear!” Posted by Melanie Nathan Choosing Children 08.26.10 A letter from Kate Kendell:- Twenty-five years ago, I was 25 years old and just starting law school at the University of Utah. I was parenting my daughter Emily, who was... (Continue reading)

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Exclusive First Interview -Wyoming Gay Couple File Federal Lawsuit

Written on 24 Aug, 2010 at 18:38 in Activism, Anti-Gay, Commentary, Family, Featured, Hot Topics, In The Courts, LGBT Rights, News, Op-Eds, Special Reports | viewed times | 0 Comments

Melanie Nathan, 8-24-10 A Wyoming gay couple is asking a federal judge to stop that state from enforcing any laws that prevent gays and lesbians from access to civil marriage. David Shupe-Roderick and Ryan W. Dupree of Cheyenne have filed a federal... (Continue reading)

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California Legislature Officially Endorses Repeal of DOMA

Written on 23 Aug, 2010 at 23:57 in Activism, Family, Family Equality, Featured, Hot Topics, News, Organizations, Politics, Special Reports | viewed times | 0 Comments

Melanie Nathan m- August 23, 2010 CA Legislature Officially Endorses Repeal of DOMA Equality California-sponsored resolution puts State of California on record supporting repeal of so-called “Defense of Marriage Act” Sacramento – Today, the California State Senate approved a joint... (Continue reading)

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Groundbreaking Film Exploring the First Generation of LGBT Parents Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Written on 23 Aug, 2010 at 17:23 in Activism, Commentary, Conception and Pregnancy, Couples Talk, Entertainment, Events, Family, Family & Children, Family Equality, Family Life, Featured, Featured Lezsites, Fundraiser/ Non-Profit, Hot Topics, Lesbian Shows, Movies, News, Op-Eds, Relationship Rights | viewed times | 0 Comments

Posted by Melanie Nathan; August 23, 2010 Film Showing and Reception Set for Sept. 14, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO-  Twenty-five years after its premier, the groundbreaking documentary “Choosing Children”—the first film to explore and chronicle the journey taken by lesbians and gay... (Continue reading)

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Contacting My Sperm Donor – I Am A Kid who is All Right!

Written on 23 Aug, 2010 at 2:54 in Columns, Commentary, Conception and Pregnancy, Editorials, Family, Family & Children, Featured, Guest Writers, News, Relationships, Relatives, Special Reports, Support | viewed times | 0 Comments

By -Emily McGranachan;  (Posted as Guest of Melanie Nathan)- August 22, 2010 - The media is buzzing about the new film “The Kids Are All Right”, which premiered earlier this month.  Its release was exciting for me because for the first... (Continue reading)

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Death Sentence Iran Style – Help Sakineh Sign Petition

Written on 17 Aug, 2010 at 3:43 in Family, Family Life, Featured, Mainstream Mix, News, Religion, Special Reports, Women's Rights, World | viewed times | 0 Comments

Tabriz City Hall Melanie Nathan; 08-16-10 Many of  our readers have asked that we spread the word.  I only wish there were more we could do, at a time when we must wonder if life means so little especially if a woman? Given... (Continue reading)

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ELizabeth Gilbert: to Lobby for Uniting American Families Act

Written on 14 Aug, 2010 at 12:13 in Activism, Binational Immigration, CAMPAIGN 2010, Celebrity Corner, Columns, Commentary, Family Life, Featured, Hot Topics, LGBT Rights, Movies, News, Op-Eds, Politics | viewed times | 7 Comments

Image via Wikipedia Melanie Nathan – August 14, 2010 Best-selling author Elizabeth Gilbert will join Immigration Equality in lobbying Congress for the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), reports  ON TOP Magazine. My question is – will it be for UAFA as a stand... (Continue reading)

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Senate Finally Passes Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act 2010

Written on 9 Aug, 2010 at 15:48 in Commentary, Family, Family & Children, Family Life, Featured, Food, Health, Lifestyle, Mainstream Mix, News, Politics, Special Reports | viewed times | 0 Comments

By Melanie Nathan,   8-09-10 The Long awaited Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act 2010 (SB 3307) has passed the Senate, after a push by the ADA membership and other advocates, urging Senators to get the job done!  The Act, which passed... (Continue reading)

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Angelina Jolie is Not Going to Force Shiloh to be Pretty Princess Because the Media Says So

Written on 6 Aug, 2010 at 9:16 in Adoption, Celebrities, Entertainment, Family, Family Life, Featured, LGBT Children | viewed times | 2 Comments

Image via Wikipedia 08/06/2010- by Natasia Langfelder Angelina Jolie is constantly criticized for “forcing” daughter Shiloh to “dress like a boy” and thus turning her into a disgusting manly lesbo. Angelina has defended Shiloh in the past and now the philanthropic lady is... (Continue reading)

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Survey Names Nations Most Gay Friendly Colleges

Written on 4 Aug, 2010 at 15:50 in Education, Featured, News, Organizations, People | viewed times | 2 Comments

8/4/10-by Paula Brooks Campus Pride, the only national nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization for student leaders and campus groups working to create a safer college environment for LGBT students, has issued their annual Campus Climate Index rating of over 200 colleges for their... (Continue reading)

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Generation to Generation – “you’re with girls now aren’t you?”

Written on 24 Jul, 2010 at 20:31 in A Gay Girl's View, Columns, Coming Out, Commentary, Family, Family Life, Featured, Lez-Talk with Rachel, News, Notable Quotes, Relatives | viewed times | 1 Comment

7-24-2010; Rachel Wahba; Without missing a beat, Granny took one look at me with my new lover and said “you’re with girls now aren’t you?” The question was rhetorical, and when I gave her a wildly happy “yes!” she reflexively said “don’t... (Continue reading)

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SCREAM: President Obama Act Now for Binational Same Sex Couples

Written on 20 Jul, 2010 at 20:20 in Binational Immigration, CAMPAIGN 2010, Columns, Commentary, Family, Featured, LGBT Rights, News, Pink $ Posts, Rants & Raves | viewed times | 14 Comments

Melanie Nathan  7-20-10 When it come to immigration reform,  the people who count first on this topic, to my way of thinking, are those who under current law are not treated equally, yet President Obama has seemingly provided the visual for... (Continue reading)

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Israel Woman Arrested for Holding Torah at Western Wall Concourse

Written on 19 Jul, 2010 at 12:08 in Activism, Events, Family Equality, Featured, Hot Topics, News, Protests and Rallies, Religion, Religion, Women's Rights, World | viewed times | 0 Comments

Melanie Nathan  – July 19, 2010 Growing up in the orthodox Jewish Tradition meant the sefer  Torah, in all its sacredness, could only be carried and read directly from  by Men, barring participation by women. This served as part of the... (Continue reading)

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