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A look back at LGBT events in '06

N.J. passes civil unions and trans non-discrimination laws

U.N. recognizes organizations 

Murders of trans, gay youth documented in new report

'All My Children' gets trans storyline

Epidemic of homelessness among LGBT youth?

2006 in Review: a trans perspective

Music in Review: 10 great albums from '06

Gay men at helm of North Carolina's Human Relations Commissions

Carolina neighborhood listed in top U.S. 'gay ghettos' list

Scientists say no reason to exclude gays from military

LGBT 'baby boomers' examined in new study

Screen stars unite for gay men's health issues

Trans coverage groundbreaking

Survey shows gays travel more than straight counterparts

Charlotte's Takeover Friday celebrates two years of partying

Jews rule for same-sex unions, gay ordination

Here TV to show 'The DL Chronicles'

'Boy Trouble'

Durham gay man arrested and charged with murder

N.C. Baptists say no way to affirming gays

DADT activists have their day in court

MTV and Orbitz honored for inclusive LGBT advertising by Commercial Closet

Military says homosexuality is a 'defect'

Recognizing International Transgender Day of Remembrance

Out magazine honors 100 most influential people in gay culture

Documentary examines trans women in prison

S.C. man responsible for Foley downfall

Ex-gay programs called 'spiritually corrosive'

Taking over rawks

HRC releases 'Buying for Equality 2007'

Candian same-sex marriage continues to rise

Julia Boseman wins reelection in New Hanover

Arizona's voters reject so-called 'Protect Marriage Amendment'

NC student gets praise and a gay-straight club

Durham Police recruiting from LGBT community

Jemsek Clinic files for bankruptcy

Santorum ousted by voters

Profile: Attorney Sharon Thompson

Anti-gay amendment passes in S.C.

LGBT S.C. responds to amendment passage

Log Cabin Republicans blast social conservatives for causing electoral defeat

Voters stand up for civil liberties and freedom nationwide

GLAAD urges media to examine LGBT perspectives on '06 vote

Neil Cohen makes the most of his 'Day Off'

HRC Carolinas gearing up for '07 dinner

Lily Tomlin comes to Greenville's Peace Center

A soldier's story: home from the war

Profile: Pam Spaulding

Federal aging report includes LGBT elders

Vote for equality Nov. 7!

S.C.'s Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities presents 'Laramie Project'

Historic LGBT literature course offered in S.C.

Patti Austin to perform at Koger Center

Momentum grows in fight against S.C.'s family discrimination amendment

Army releases soldier convicted in connection with anti-gay murder

Same-sex unions affirmed in New Jersey

Top queer travel destinations

25th Annual Seagrove Pottery Festival features gay artist

NC Pride draws 8,000

Former Carrboro Mayor running for Orange County Board

A look at the Queen City's Community Center

Second fire at Charlotte gay bar

Americans ready for woman president

Foley's follies and the Republicans' quest for power

New reports show more Americans know someone gay - leading to an increase in their support of equality

Study shows LGBT people in every congressional district

For Gay History Month: Celebrating a rich and triumphant past

NLGJA announces 2006 Excellence in Journalism Award winners

Lewis Payton's perfect '10'

Gay students arrested for Army protest in enlistment attempt

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Celebrating gay history month

Gay man sues pair that attacked him

Rainbow Radio celebrates first year

For gay history month: Reflections on life, making a difference

Call for Nominations for IGLHRC's 2007 Felipa Award

National Latino Congreso calls for LGBT equality

'Talk About It': '06 National Coming Out Day

L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center files suit against IRS

Report shows corporations more gay friendly

A look at homophobia in the black church

In an age where you can find romance online, what's the status quo for proper behavior?

Indigo Girl

Lawrence v. Texas plaintiff dies

'Open and Affirming' churches programming director stepping down

AFFIRM exec aims for success

Spartanburg Unitarian Church plans Coming Out Day celebration

As gay discharges increase, Bush issues involuntary recall

Select military bases see spike in 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' dismissals

Gays and lesbians in Ghana under attack

Ugandan gov't campaign against gays escalates

Astraea Lesbian Foundation names Sealey development director

ENC expands focus, nets funds

New 'ex-gay' show hits the waves

Voguing legend Willi Ninja succumbs to AIDS

Calling all LGBT authors

'This Film is Not Yet Rated' explores anti-gay bias of MPAA ratings system

PRIDE Charlotte a huge success

New entertainment for N.C. Pride

MeckPAC announces endorsements

Presbyterian theologian stumps the Carolinas for justice

GLAAD study examines diversity of latest TV season

NGLCC announces Wal-Mart membership

Truth Wins Out rebukes 'ex-gay' therapist

LGBT study shows broad support for N.C. gays

NGLTF surveys LGBT priorities during 2006 Pride celebrations

Struggle in the Middle East

Knowing the enemy

A soldier's story

Iranian gays respond to worldwide outcry

Lesbians murdered in Jamaica

S.C. Episcopal leadership turns its back on LGBT community

N.C. Pride Parade set for Sept. 30, 2006

Report on LGBT youth in foster care

Actor's Theatre presents 'I Am My Own Wife'

For the love of bowling

Victory in N.C. legislature!

New staff, new efforts at SCEC

A soldier's story

AID Upstate: Marking 20 Years of Service

Army dismisses gay Arabic linguist

Guild announces King award winners

Charlotte celebrates Black Gay Pride

Actor Peter Paige returns to North Carolina

S.C. Black/Latino Pride week a success

A soldier's story

N.C. Gay Film Fest coming up in August

Wilmington celebrates Pride

U.S. Court of Appeals gives okay for trial charging Rice with HIV discrimination

Noted author and activist Eric Rofes dies

Test to measure human genetic resistance to HIV released

Correctional facility to pay over half mil for youth harassment

NGLTF launches gay Asian-American study

Bananarama's back

Celebrating 70 years

Out, young and proud: Matt Hill Comer

A soldier’s story

Baptist convention lashes out at gays — lightly

Focus on the Family blames ‘pro-gay advocates’ for lesbian teen suicides

Last installment of GLAAD Awards held in San Francisco

Lambda Literary Award winners announced

Sex and cancer

Bush lip service moot

25 years and counting

A soldier’s story

Myrtle Beach community center opens

Voices: on anti-gay amendment

Charlotte’s Black Gay Pride celebrates year two July 20-23

Fed judge gives trans discrimination suit go ahead

Equality NC goes to bat on ‘marriage amendment’ and HIV funds

Portrait of a survivor

For Father’s Day: A tale of two dads

Int’l Mr. Leather chosen

NC House and Senate introduce marriage amendments

Black/Latin Gay Pride week set for Columbia June 19-25

A soldier’s story

‘Hall of Shame’ shows reach of homophobia

S.C. celebrates Pride with ‘We the People … includes everyone!’

Wilmington: first Pride Week

GOP’er Vernon Robinson’s slingin’ the mud at Dem Brad Miller

Guerriero to leave Log Cabin

SAGE names Adams new executive director

Ian McKellan riles the fundies

U.S. votes to support gay groups in United Nations

U.S. leads in global war on AIDS, fails at home

Georgia state judge strikes down antigay amendment

Military discharges two service members per day for being gay

Survey explores workplace attitudes toward LGBT employees

Twenty years and counting

Q-Notes and Front Page merge

Senate to vote on anti-gay marriage amendment

A soldier’s story

South Carolina Pride 2006: Schedule of Events

Unforgettable lessons of the heart

Russia should end anti-gay violence, permit Pride parade

Dalai Lama issues statement of support for LGBT rights

Gay Iraqi teen murdered

HIV-positive man sues Condoleeza Rice

Harvard taps transgender woman as LGBT person of year

Poll shows top priority not high for marriage amendment

Cameroon refuses to release men found not guilty of ‘homosexuality charges’

Rosie O’Donnell to join ABC’s ‘The View’

Lesbian-bashing Penn State coach fined $10,000

Pentagon releases documents acknowledging surveillance of gay groups

Hickory laying plans for regional community center

So long, ‘Will & Grace’

Get ready for S.C. Pride 2006

PRIDE Charlotte announces date and location

Twenty-one arrested at West Point Equality Ride action

Terror for gay Iraqis continues

‘Day of Truth’ or ‘Day of Lies?’

Army’s highest ranking female officer keynotes SLDN Dinner

Defendants ‘feel like they’ve done nothing wrong’

Business Guild calls for King award nominations

NGLTF takes at aim at GOP’s courting of black churches

Check in on good health at the check out

Survey reveals most men don’t recognize prostate problems

Growing acceptance of gay marriage, adoption and military service

Half million raised at GGF gala

A soldier’s story

Traditional Values Coalition continuing to use studies it acknowledged as wrong

‘Star Trek’ actor and HRC team up for “Equality Trek”

Iraqi death squads slaughtering gays

Charlotte Business Guild to host Food Lion CEO Rick Anicetti

Soldier’s story

U.S. police abuse incidents against LGBT community shocking

Candidates call for gay executions

Former Jesse Helms protege nabbed for refund scams

A soldierís story

Anti-gay organizations call for renewed boycott of Ford Motor Company

Nepalís ësexual cleansingí drive continues

Log Cabin national board member appointed to Bushís HIV/AIDS Council

Newspapers call for repeal

Red Cross calls for FDA to drop ban on gay blood donations

Center for American Progress names Winnie Stachelberg Senior VP for External Affairs

Soulforce Equality Ride bus defaced with hate speech

Refusing to file: is a ban on same-sex marriage the same as taxation without representation?

N.C. State Sen. Julia Boseman to speak at Charlotte Guild

A soldier’s story

HRC Carolinas Dinner a success

‘Ex-gays’ target children

Study shows denying right to marry undermines gay mental health

Bush’s new budget impacts HIV patients negatively

Health and Human Services removes LGBT information from website

Guatemala: Transgender people face deadly attacks

Senate to vote on ‘marriage amendment’

GLAAD announces award ceremony honorees

Gay buying power projected at $641 billion in 2006

Mecklenburg County Commish Parks Helms receives HRC Award

A soldier’s story

Affinity groups offer LGBT employees networking opportunities

Carolina companies with best LGBT policies

National coalition announces initiative to raise profile of minorities who support same-sex marriage

The uncounted cost of ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’: Those who left in silence

Tips to survive downsizing

The state of gay marriage

HRC Carolinas announces award winners to be honored at dinner

Gay Soldier’s story

Lesbian files complaint

Gay medical association receives grant to study impact of meth

Clay Aiken outed

Fort Bragg gay porno bust?

Life for gays and lesbians in India growing increasingly difficult

U.S. votes with Iran against gay groups at United Nations

Pentagon fired 244 gay doctors, nurses and medical specialists

Does advertising motivate gay consumers more than their straight counterparts?

For Black History Month: Today’s celebrated LGBT African-Americans

Celebrating 30 years

Notes from a gay soldier

LGBT films sweep Golden Globe Awards

CNN cultivating gay journalists with $100,000 donation

MCC changes regional structure; church elder resigns

Nepal police brutally harassing trans community

OUTMusic Awards announces call for nominations

Pop star talks about lesbian love affairs on Q Television Network’s ‘Brunch’

Queer Carolinians talk about the new year

Notes from a gay soldier

2005 a record year for LGBT state legislative victories

New report examines the ‘gay generation gap’

It’s never too late for financial resolutions

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