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Grio's 100: Janet Mock, transgender advocate

Keosha Johnson
theGRIO's 100 - Born and raised Charles Mock, Janet Mock bucked societal norms early on...
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'Evolving' is no longer an option for Obama

Edward Wyckoff Williams
OPINION - By saying that his position on same-sex marriage is 'evolving,' Obama expects to please both sides...
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WATCH: Beaten gay youth takes on his attackers

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - Brandon White, who is openly gay, says he just wants the men who attacked him to be held accountable for their actions...
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GLAAD: Why CNN was right to suspend Roland Martin

Kimberley McLeod
OPINION - Roland Martin's tweets advocating violence against gay people were not an isolated incident. They are a part of a larger anti-gay pattern.
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President Obama still 'evolving' on gay marriage

Perry Bacon Jr.
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama is remaining on the sidelines in the gay marriage debate, even as a California federal appeals court on Tuesday declared the state's gay marriage debate unconstitutional...
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Uganda's anti-gay bill reintroduced in parliament

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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - The Ugandan parliamentarian who first introduced an anti-gay bill that carried the death penalty for some homosexual acts reintroduced the bill on Tuesday...
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Black NJ leaders: No public vote on civil rights

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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Two of New Jersey's most influential black leaders blasted Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday for proposing gay marriage be put to a popular vote in November...
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Who needs civil rights? We've got referendums

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theGRIO REPORT - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says the turmoil of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s could have been avoided, had states simply put African-Americans' rights and integration to a vote...
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How Coretta Scott King kept MLK's dream alive

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - They say behind every great man stands a great woman. Coretta Scott King, civil rights activist and widow of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was no exception...
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Cardinal George: LGBT movement could 'morph into KKK'

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Cardinal Francis George, the Archbishop of Chicago, this week told a Chicago news station that he agreed with a local Roman Catholic church's saying the Gay Pride Parade could "morph into the Ku Klux Klan."...
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