Mom No Longer 'Dumb' About Gay Son
OutLoud, a new StoryCorps project, records and amplifies the voices of the LGBTQ community. Ninety-year-old Rita Fischer remembers the phone call she got when her son Jay Fischer told her he is gay. It was the 1980s, and she says she had no idea.

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What the Nunn Campaign Memos Confirm About Money in Politics
Linda Killian: The Nunn campaign documents are worth studying if only to confirm most voters’ worst fears about our cynical, money-driven political system.

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California Will Have An Openly Gay Governor – For About Eight Hours
For eight hours today, California will have its first openly gay governor. State Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins (D) will serve as acting governor until tonight, when Gov. Jerry Brown (D) returns from a trade mission in Mexico. Atkins is one of four …

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Afraid of grandson? "Now I am," Amanda Trometter says
Erick Trometter slept with hunting and butcher knives beside his bed while living with the grandmother he allegedly attacked on the morning he was shot after allegedly pulling a knife on a city police officer.

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Tyler Oakley Could Be The First Gay Person You Ever Met
Before YouTube launched in 2005, or before Google began helping us search for things in 1998, kids could go through middle school and high school without meeting anyone openly gay. But it still happens, even with all this technology. YouTuber Tyler Oakley …

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Huge survey of LGBT Alabamians reveals thoughts on faith, families, and their … – al.com

Huge survey of LGBT Alabamians reveals thoughts on faith, families, and their … al.com The survey also found a high level of reported harassment for LGBT people at work, within families and communities, in healthcare, schools, and churches. Forty percent reported harassment in public establishments, 19 percent from public servants like …

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