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Make it Right
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LGBT Politics
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8/3/10
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HRC Message to Target and Best Buy: Make it Right!

Nation's Largest LGBT Rights Organization Condemns Political Contributions Supporting Anti-Equality Candidate

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today condemned donations by Target and Best Buy to a political committee supporting the election of an anti-equality candidate and asked them to make it right by contributing to groups that support pro-equality candidates.

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National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce meets with President of Argentina

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner expresses support of NGLCC mission

Just minutes after signing same-sex marriage into law, Argentina's President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner hosted an exclusive gathering of media and LGBT and human rights supporters,
including representatives from the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC).

Justin Nelson and Chance Mitchell, co-founders of the NGLCC, were two of the eight guests invited to speak with President Fernández de Kirchner following the landmark bill signing. Other guests included Pablo de Luca and
Gustavo Noguero, the co-founders of Argentina's LGBT Chamber of Commerce; Bob Witeck, owner of LGBT-certified Witeck-Combs Communications; and Michael Luongo, an American journalist who lives in both the U.S. and Argentina


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Fabulis Announces Worldwide Availability of Location-Based Social Networking iPhone App for Gay Men & Friends
 
App Enables Gay Men to Carry the 'Big Gay World in Their Pocket,' And Instantly Connect with Friends, Events and Places Relevant to Their Location

fabulis, the online social network that connects gay men with amazing experiences nearby and around the world, announced worldwide availability of its iPhone app. The fabulis iPhone app enhances the fabulis.com website experience which has gained more than 53,000 members since it first launched on April 23, 2010. The app enables fabulis members, also known as 'fabbits,' to instantly connect with people nearby, engage in real-time chat with members who are online via the iPhone or Web, and to browse more than 71,000 gay-relevant local events. Also unique to the app is the "shake-it" or random-friend-maker feature - a colorful slot machine style screen that when shook, connects users based on their proximity. fabulis is available free of charge at www.fabulis.com and in the Apple iPhone App Store at: http://bit.ly/a094Hx

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LGBT politics and money

by Mark Segal

It's October in July. If you turn on your TV, you'll note we are already seeing the political ads that usually don't hit until October. Usually the traditional start of the campaign season is September, but not this year. And here's the reason and how it affects our community: money.

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Diversity Sells: Supporting Gays and Lesbians Drives Sales

2010 Out Now Global LGBT Study reveals those companies that support LGBT customers and staff with targeted strategies can win big in the consumer market place

New market research being released this week asks about lesbian and gay marketing - can companies use support for gay consumers as a way to drive sales?


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