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"Happy Pride!"
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President Obama Extends Some Domestic Partner Benefits to Federal Employees
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Statements From Jennifer Chrisler, Executive Director of Family Equality Council and Joe Solmonese, President of Human Rights Campaign
Statement from Executive Director Jennifer
Chrisler;
June 17, 2009 --Today President Obama signed
a Presidential Memorandum extending certain
benefits to same-sex partners and spouses of
federal employees. Jennifer Chrisler,
Executive Director of Family Equality
Council, the national organization working to
ensure equality for families headed by
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)
parents, was one of three LGBT leaders
present at the Oval Office ceremony.
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Here Networks LLC and Its Publishing Affiliate Complete Merger Deal With PlanetOut Inc.
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New company will operate under name Here Media Inc.
June 16, 2009 - Here Networks LLC announced
today the completion of the business
combination of Here Networks LLC and its
publishing affiliate, which includes the LGBT
publications The Advocate and Out, with
PlanetOut Inc. (formerly-traded under the
ticker symbol, LGBT). The new public company
resulting from this business combination will
be named Here Media Inc. with Stephen P.
Jarchow serving as Chairman and Paul
Colichman serving as CEO.
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Board of Directors Names Jarrett Barrios as President of GLAAD
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Former Massachusetts State Legislator to Begin Role in September
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
(GLAAD) and GLAAD's National Board of
Directors today announced that Jarrett T.
Barrios, a former State Senator from
Massachusetts who now heads a leading health
care foundation, will serve as GLAAD's new
President. GLAAD works to achieve full
equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender (LGBT) Americans through media
advocacy and anti-LGBT defamation work.
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Same-Sex Behavior Seen in Nearly All Animals, Review Finds
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UC Riverside evolutionary biologists find majority of studies focus on why same-sex behavior in animals exists, but not what its consequences are
Same-sex behavior is a nearly universal
phenomenon in the animal kingdom, common
across species, from worms to frogs to birds,
concludes a new review of existing research.
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NLGJA Launches RE:ACT
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The Official Blog of NLGJA
The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists
Association (NLGJA) is
pleased to announce the launch of RE:ACT,
the
official blog of NLGJA.
"NLGJA created this blog to foster
discussion of coverage issues related to the
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)
community," said David Steinberg,
NLGJA's president. "RE:ACT helps us
advance one of the major areas of NLGJA's
mission-promoting fair and accurate coverage
of LGBT issues."
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LegalOut Introduces New Do-It-Yourself Domestic Partnership Agreement for the LGBT Community
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The Legal Out Domestic Partnership Agreement identifies each partner`s responsibilities, such as how to share income, pay bills, and whether property is meant to be jointly or individually owned
June 17, 2009 - LegalOut
today announced the addition of a new online
do-it-yourself domestic partnership
agreement, an important legal document for
gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
couples. Since rights between same-sex
couples in many states are governed by
principles of contract law, and not family
law, a domestic partnership agreement
outlines the legal rights and
responsibilities of each partnership in a
long-term committed relationship. The easy
domestic partnership agreement is the latest
interactive legal
document published by LegalOut in partnership
with RocketLawyer.com.
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Featured Franchise: Camille's Sidewalk Cafe
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A GayFranchise.com Client
Camille's Sidewalk Cafe has more than 900
territories in development worldwide.
Currently with 100 units open in 35 states,
Camille's has experienced rapid growth since
its founding in 1996. Camille's has ranked
the last four years in Entrepreneur
Magazine's Top 500 Franchises, reaching a
ranking of no. 208 for 2005. Fast Casual
magazine has also recently ranked Camille's
13th in the top 100 hottest fast casual
concepts for 2005.
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