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On the growing visibility of black LGBT women

Ella Vincent, Clutch Magazine
OPINION - Imagine having two homes and not being welcomed in either one. That is undoubtedly how black LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered) women feel in American society...
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Sen. Richard Madaleno, D-Montgomery, center, celebrates onstage at an Election Night party in Baltimore, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, after voters passed a referendum approving same sex marriage in Maryland. Standing with Madaleno are Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, from left, Rep. Mary Washington, D-Baltimore City, and Rep. Luke Clippinger, D-Baltimore City. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Did Obama save marriage equality in Maryland?

Zerlina Maxwell
theGRIO REPORT - Exit polling shows that while not all Obama supporters also voted in favor of the marriage equality measure, about half did...
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People celebrate early election returns favoring Washington state Referendum 74, which would legalize gay marriage, during a large impromptu street gathering in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. The re-election of President Barack Obama and Referendum 74 drew the most supporters to the streets. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Gay marriage, marijuana backed in historic votes

David Crary, Associated Press
(AP) -Altering the course of U.S social policy, Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote...
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A supporter takes a photograph of U.S. President Barack Obama using an iPhone with an image of the president at a campaign rally at the Kissimmee Civic Center September 8, 2012 in Kissimmee, Florida. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Cell phones spammed with anti-gay, anti-Obama messages

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - Anti-Obama text messages from an anonymous source hit hundreds of voters' phones Tuesday night...
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign rally at Doolittle Park on October 24, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Obama is on a 48-hour campaign tour of battleground states, including Colorado, Florida and Iowa. (Photo by John Gurzinski/Getty Images)

Obama backs gay marriage initiatives in 3 states

David Crary, Associate Press National Writer
(AP) - President Barack Obama on Thursday threw his support behind ballot measures in Maine, Maryland and Washington state that would legalize same-sex marriage...
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Kelly Clarkson performs at the PNC Bank Arts Center on August 26, 2012 in Holmdel, New Jersey. (Photo by Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images)

'Republican at heart' Kelly Clarkson endorses Obama

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'American Idol' alum Kelly Clarkson describes herself a 'Republican at heart' and she supported Ron Paul's candidacy earlier this year, but she is voting for President Barack Obama this November...
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Rebecca Jones, of North Hampton, Mass., center, and Veronica Thoms, of Pelham, NY right, celebrate the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York State outside the Stonewall Inn on Christopher St, Friday, June 24, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Study: Black LGBT no longer invisible

Sharon Lettman-Hicks
OPINION - Black LGBT people are here and they’re here to stay. However, nothing is more important for full equality than being out, particularly if you’re Black and gay...
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Angela McCaskill, chief diversity officer at Gallaudet University, using sign language and speaking through an interpreter, addresses a news conference on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 in Annapolis, Md., about being put on leave from her job after signing a petition to put Maryland’s same-sex marriage law on the ballot for voters to decide. She is asking to be reinstated to her position. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)

Diversity officer who signed anti-gay marriage petition on hot seat

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - Gallaudet University has announced that it would like its chief diversity officer to return to her post, after she was put on leave for signing a petition to reverse Maryland's same-sex marriage law...
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Minnesota Lynx WNBA basketball star and Olympic gold medalist Seimone Augustus talks about her relationship and engagement to LaTaya Varner, left, during an interview with The Associated Press in Minneapolis. With a wedding scheduled for May and a crucial vote in November that threatens to ban gay marriage in Minnesota, the intensely private Augustus is speaking out. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

WNBA star fights anti-gay marriage amendment

John Krawczynski, Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Seimone Augustus has always preferred to stay out of the public eye even as her basketball career has taken her to the heights of an Olympic gold medal and a WNBA championship...
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In this March 8, 2012 file phoo, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia speaks at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn.  (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Scalia says abortion, 'homosexual sodomy' are easy cases

Mark Sherman, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Antonin Scalia says his method of interpreting the Constitution makes some of the most hotly disputed issues that come before the Supreme Court among the easiest to resolve...
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