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		<title>DADT battle rages on &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brooke Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is safe to say that our military is fighting a war on three fronts, as opposed to two. There is Iraq. There is Afghanistan. Then there are the frontlines of the &#8220;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8221; battle, which is really nothing more than a butcher-block of political ideology, and has little to do with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal suit filed in Wyoming challenges anti-gay marriage law</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brooke Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHEYENNE, Wyo. &#8212; A gay couple has filed a federal lawsuit in Cheyenne challenging the Wyoming law that defines marriage as existing only between a man and a woman. David Shupe-Roderick, 25, and Ryan W. Dupree, 21, who are representing themselves in court, although neither is a lawyer said the Laramie County Clerk&#8217;s Office refused [...]]]></description>
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		<title>College Applicants May Be Given More Options Regarding Gender, Sexual Orientation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brooke Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Common Application, a generic application aspiring college students can use to apply to multiple colleges at once, is considering adding voluntary questions about applicants&#8217; sexual orientation and gender identity. The application is used by hundreds of colleges and universities &#8212; including many of the most competitive. The current norm in higher education is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Target In a Chokehold, but Won&#8217;t Tap Out!</title>
		<link>http://speakequal.com/target-in-a-chokehold-but-wont-tap-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brooke Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone&#8217;s all abuzz about the Target flashmob that happened in a West Seattle ! Not gonna lie &#8230; it&#8217;s pretty friggin&#8217; epic! That aside, what&#8217;s even more epic is Target&#8217;s blaring mishandling of the situation. Their Public Affairs staff should be fired, hired, and then re-fired again for dramatic affect. Honestly. The organization, which has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gay Marriage Appeals Grinding Into Gear in California</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brooke Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you may have already figured out, we hear at Speak Equal took a bit of a blogging recess this past summer. Nothing horribly and dramatic happened, merely several of our teammates and moving parts had a summer chock full of classes, work, training, and travel. With that being said, it&#8217;s good to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SURPRISE! Children raised in lesbian families are just fine, in fact, they&#8217;re OUTSTANDING!</title>
		<link>http://speakequal.com/lgbt-children-families/</link>
		<comments>http://speakequal.com/lgbt-children-families/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brooke Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A nearly 20-year study following 78 lesbian parents through their pregnancy and into their children&#8217;s adolescent lives has found that their children are doing fine. That is, they&#8217;re doing fine socially, psychologically, and academically. In fact, they even show signs of being less prone to aggressive, rule-breaking behaviors. US News &#38; World Report states: &#8220;One [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching Tolerance NEEDS to hear from YOU!</title>
		<link>http://speakequal.com/teaching-tolerance-needs-to-hear-from-you/</link>
		<comments>http://speakequal.com/teaching-tolerance-needs-to-hear-from-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brooke Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teaching Tolerance’s new documentary, Bullied: A Student, a School and a Case that Made History, shows how one bullied student stood up to his tormentors. The Teaching Tolerance is a program run by the Southern Poverty Law Center, and works to foster school environments that are inclusive and nurturing – classrooms where equality and justice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Bill Lost in N.Y. Senate Committee</title>
		<link>http://speakequal.com/gender-expression-non-discrimination-bill-lost-in-n-y-senate-committee/</link>
		<comments>http://speakequal.com/gender-expression-non-discrimination-bill-lost-in-n-y-senate-committee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brooke Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite vote counts that indicated it could pass the full New York state senate this month, the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act, which would protect against discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression in areas like housing and employment, died Tuesday morning in the senate judiciary committee. The committee vote was 11-12, with all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY Life awards large grants to LGBT outreach organizations</title>
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		<comments>http://speakequal.com/ny-life-awards-large-grants-to-lgbt-outreach-organizations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brooke Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Life Foundation has announced grants totaling $150,000 to two organizations offering safe places to learn and grow and educational enhancement opportunities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people. The Foundation made a $50,000 grant to the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center and a grant of $100,000 to The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The fight continues for equal rights in D.C.-based healthcare facilities</title>
		<link>http://speakequal.com/the-fight-continues-for-equal-rights-in-d-c-based-healthcare-facilities/</link>
		<comments>http://speakequal.com/the-fight-continues-for-equal-rights-in-d-c-based-healthcare-facilities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brooke Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A prominent gay rights organization says eight of 17 Washington-area hospitals do not explicitly include a reference to sexual orientation in their patient nondiscrimination policies. The report released Monday by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation follows President Barack Obama&#8217;s mandate that all hospitals that receive Medicare or Medicaid funding, nearly every U.S. hospital, protect the [...]]]></description>
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