The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today applauded the state legislature and Gov. John Lynch for passing legislation to recognize marriage equality for same-sex couples under state law. The senate voted 14-10 earlier in the day in favor of the bill. The house followed later in the afternoon, voting 198-176. The law will take effect January 1, 2010. For a comprehensive summary of HRC's work in New Hampshire, including a video and photo slideshow, visit: www.HRC.org/NHMarriage.

Even in Canada, a country with legislated human rights protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals, LGBT employees face workplace barriers that limit career advancement and, therefore, restrict potential contributions to organizational success, according to Catalyst's third report on building LGBT-inclusive workplaces, Building LGBT-Inclusive Workplaces: Engaging Organizations and Individuals in Change. The new study finds that a lack of awareness, which may cause other employees to rely on stereotypes, can lead to a hostile work environment for LGBT employees including discriminatory behaviors such as inappropriate humor or derogatory language; exclusion from important relationships and advancement opportunities; and a lack of role models.

GayCities (www.gaycities.com) - the popular city guide and travel review site - announced today the launch of a new monthly photo sharing challenge. Users are invited to share photos of their social lives and travels, with a chance to win recognition and prizes. The contest will have a rotating monthly theme, highlighting the diversity of LGBT life across the globe.

Sweet, a lesbian travel company with a green twist, unveils its new television ad campaign featuring some of the hottest lesbian celebrities, artists and entertainers on MTV's LOGO network today. The two 30-second spots show Sweet's stars making waves during a flirty and fun, star-studded pool party. The ads run as bookends at the top and bottom of the commercial breaks on LOGO television's lesbian programming through the fall and the launch of the Sweet Caribbean Cruise on Nov. 8-15, 2009.

You've all heard of "dot com", "dot net" and maybe even "dot biz", but LGBT folks now need to be on the lookout for "dot gay" (www.gaytld.com), a new generic top level domain (gTLD) created by Alexander Schubert, and Internet pioneer. The web's new identifier could act as a new tool to unite the community both politically and economically.

here!, America's premium gay and lesbian television network, continues to experience consistent month-to-month subscription growth five years after its 2004 launch. In 2008, here! saw its subscriptions grow an impressive 21% nationally. That number coincides with the recent CTAM (Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing) study noting consumers are not cutting back on premium cable services, despite the slow economy. In 2008, here! also benefited from expanded carriage agreements with Comcast, AT&T U-verse, Verizon FiOS, and DISH Network, which brings the network's distribution base to over 30 million U.S. households.

Thanks to national exposure on highly-rated U.S. TV series Sex and the City and The Apprentice, interest in Tasti D-Lite has grown from coast to coast and around the world. Tasti D-Lite is now franchising in the U.S. and around the world!

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