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"Taking Pride In Business!"
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Pride Choice Awards Publishes First Ever List of Top-Rated LGBTQ Nonprofits
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Gay Religious Groups and Community- Based Nonprofits, Not Large Advocacy Organizations, Get Highest Ratings
Community-based nonprofits and religious gay
groups get top ratings in the GreatNonprofits
2009 Pride Choice Awards. Local LGBTQ
nonprofits focusing on education, service,
and advocacy received more positive ratings
than large national nonprofits. Religious
organizations, surprisingly, also made a
strong showing in the list of winners.
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HRC Launches `No Excuses`
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Human Rights Campaign Calls on the LGBT Community and Allies to Participate in National, Grassroots Push to Lobby Congress Face-to-Face `No Excuses` campaign demands equality through in-district visits
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's
largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization,
today launched a national, grassroots
campaign called "No Excuses" to demand action
from Congress on key issues of equality.
Designed to take advantage of the
congressional summer recess, when members are
in their local offices and meeting with
constituents, "No Excuses" will mobilize
HRC's 750,000 members and their allies to
meet directly with lawmakers and push for
federal legislative change. Members and
supporters can get involved by visiting: http://noexcuses.hrc.org.
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New LGBT Asian Survey
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UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS OF HOMOSEXUAL IDENTITY FORMATION AMONG ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER YOUTH
Young American-raised Asian and Pacific
Islanders (API), who are in the sexual
minority, face psychological and social
stresses in dealing with their families'
values and ancestral cultures that
significantly impact the development of their
ethnic and sexual identities.
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HBO Ranks Highest In Third Annual `GLAAD Network Responsibility Index`
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ABC Leads Broadcast Networks for Third Year in a Row; NBC and CBS Receive `Failing` Grades for Lack of Inclusion of the LGBT Community
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
(GLAAD) today released its third annual
Network Responsibility Index, a report that
maps the quantity, quality and diversity of
images of lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender (LGBT) people on television.
Primetime programming on the five broadcast
networks was evaluated as well as original
primetime programming on 10 of the
highest-rated cable networks.
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LGBT Issues in Health Reform
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Issue Brief on Making Health Reform Work for All Americans
Health care reform legislation will help
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
Americans in the same ways that it would help
all Americans. Expanded access to meaningful
health insurance coverage, effective
preventive care, and delivery system reform
provide same benefits regardless of sexual
orientation and gender identity.
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Plum Living Properties Offers Hope To LGBT Elderly
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At Age 78, West Vancouver Resident to Attend his 31st Vancouver Pride Parade - Against The Odds
Vancouver's Pride Parade is Sunday, August
2nd. The streets will be lined with hundreds
of thousands of people, many of them young
and enjoying the prime of their lives. Bob,
age 78, will also be there, attending his
31st Pride Parade. Although the first parade
was small and the date is fuzzy in his
memory, Bob remembers its grand procession
from English Bay to Stanley Park.
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Featured Franchise: Foot Solutions
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A GayFranchise.com Client
Foot Solutions is a Health and Wellness
Specialty Retail franchise focusing on the
40+ market, the fastest growing market with
the highest financial strength.
State-of-the-art foot scanners are used to
accurately make a topographical map of the
customer's foot. This detailed scan is used
to produce the custom inserts (orthotics).
Foot Solutions also offers a complete line of
comfort footwear for work, dress and play,
all designed to accommodate orthotics. We
provide solutions for people with foot
related problems. The business model is a
proven concept with 5 years of development
with 8 years of franchise growth.
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