Blake High School Gay-Straight Alliance sends tolerance message around the world
Students at James Hubert Blake High Schoo l launched a new kind of diplomacy this year to spread a message of tolerance for gays and lesbians : Call it rainbow diplomacy. The school’s Gay-Straight Alliance created a rainbow-colored paper doll and sent her around the world. “Allie the Ally” can be printed out and photographed anywhere and with anyone who wants to show support for gay youth . Read ...
Lesbian seeking marriage documents arrested in NC
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A lesbian and her heterosexual ally are facing charges because they wouldn't leave a North Carolina marriage license office after being rejected under a state law that bans gay marriage.
Angry amendment opponents call for moving DNC from Charlotte
North Carolina voters have spoken. Now it’s other people’s turn. And, around the country, many of them are so mad at Tuesday’s results on Amendment One that they’re calling for the Democratic National Convention to be yanked out of Charlotte. By 1:15 p.m., nearly 20,000 people had signed a “move the convention” petition that was launched on change.org by the New York-based Gay Marriage USA. And ...
Move convention? Despite anger over marriage amendment, it won’t happen
North Carolina voters have spoken. Now it’s other people’s turn. And many are calling for the Democratic National Convention to be yanked out of Charlotte. N.C. primary results, maps
No scrolling required at new dating sites
While the Web does broaden the dating pool, it has also disappointed scores of people (a fact that does not surprise social psychologists who recently reported that dating site algorithms are hardly scientific). Sitting home at night scrolling through online profiles can sometimes feel like the 21st-century equivalent of sitting in a bar alone, hoping to score.
Angry opponents of N.C. amendment call for moving Democratic convention from Charlotte
North Carolina voters have spoken. Now it’s other people’s turn. And, around the country, many of them are so mad at Tuesday’s results on the marriage amendment that they’re calling for the Democratic National Convention to be yanked out of Charlotte.
The 25 web TV shows you need to see
With everyone from Joss Whedon to Seth MacFarlane involved, internet TV is attracting huge stars, big bucks and small-screen spin-offs. Here are the best streams to point your browser at The Conversation Celebrity interviews are often prosaic or, worse still, completely saccharine affairs where both interviewer and interviewee become lost in a mutual haze of self-promotion. The Conversation cuts ...
Support groups in the Manatee-Sarasota area
These support groups meet in Manatee and Sarasota counties.