The civil rights movement is constantly evolving. This past century saw advances among women, African Americans and even Gays and Lesbians. These groups are still fighting for equality in many ways and with each step towards acceptance; the "fear of difference" slowly ebbs from the human psyche. Part of their success is due to the concept of promoting an understanding of a group's differences, challenges and similarities as key to forming a positive perception by the majority.

The Navigaytour, the fastest-growing gay-travel guide has teamed-up with GayCities.com, the largest gay-travel web site. The partnership provides advertisers with a powerful, low-cost combination to reach the lucrative gay-travel market.

The Trevor Project, the non-profit organization that operates the only nationwide, around-the-clock crisis and suicide prevention helpline for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth, is teaming with Los Angeles-based interactive advertising agency Sensis to retool its digital communication strategies and more effectively spread its message across the nation.

As lesbians move away from early adulthood and become more mature, many re-assess their approach to meeting that special someone.

"With so many dating and social networks now targeting younger lesbians, I saw the lack of expert, focused support for lesbians who are seeking a life partner and decided to create something unique and appealing to the more experienced, mature lesbian woman," said Barb Elgin, a Certified Singles, Dating and Relationship Coach with over 20 years of experience and the founder of Lez Rendezvous. "

Community Marketing and their team (Tom Roth and David Paisley) held yet another successful all-day series of workshops, panels and seminars, helping to educate companies as to the "how's and why's" of marketing to the GLBT community, in this case specifically for the travel market.

The turnout, despite the recession, was very good and incredibly, almost everyone stayed until the very end where myself, Thomas Boemkes and Serge Gojkovich spoke on GLBT online marketing in terms of more advanced social network marketing.

The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights group, recently praised Hawaii's House of Representatives for passing a civil unions bill by a 33-17 vote. The bill now moves to the state Senate.

Each Hamburger Mary's franchise is an "open air bar & grille for open-minded people," where guests enjoy a flamboyant dining experience. Everyone is welcome at Hamburger Mary's, but our unique aspect is that we are the first and only national franchise that is actively marketing primarily to the GLBT community, where we enjoy widespread name recognition.

GayCities announced today the release of an iPhone application (http://www.gaycities.com/iphone/) that maps nearby gay-friendly restaurants, bars, hotels, and beaches in over 70 cities worldwide on their iPhone or iPod touch.

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