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	Timeline of LGBT history - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1971 in gay rights - Homosexuality was decriminalized in Finland.
		The Gay Pride Flag, symbol of the Gay Rights Movement, was first flown in 1978 in San Francisco.
		Norway enacts civil union laws that grant same-sex couples the same rights as married couples, except for the right to adopt or marry in a church.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gay_rights_timeline (3629 words)

	The Darkest Light: Gay & Lesbian
		: A mass of government workers are fired due to suspicions of being gay after a senate report stated that homosexuality was contrary to the "moral fiber" of the nation.
		: The Mattachine Society, the first national gay rights organization, is formed by Harry Hay, considered by many to be the founder of the gay rights movement.
		The riots transform the gay rights movement from one limited to a small number of activists into a widespread protest for equal rights and acceptance.
	freewebs.com /spiritualhumanism/history.html (1197 words)

	Americans for Open Records - Human Rights & Adoption
		The Special Rapporteur considers that the best environment for most children to grow up in is within a family, and that the adoption by a parent or parents of a child who does not have a family able to look after him or her is a commendable and noble action.
		Coerced relinquishment of parental rights for purpose of procuring children for adoption has been the ultimate "government interference into the family." Upon relinquishing their parental rights to give up their child for adoption, no parent is guaranteed privacy or lifelong anonymity by any adoption attorney, facilitator or agency.
		They are either a single female or male, including single gay or lesbian individual or couple, one of whom may be the biological parent and the other the adopter, one or both may be biologically unrelated to the child through use of a surrogate, egg donor and sperm donor and/or by adoption.
	www.amfor.net /humanrights.html (2586 words)

	Unity Mississippi \| Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans History
		Wicker Research Studies (WRS) was essentially a secretive gay rights organization wrapped in the language of science and education, and was the brainchild of college student Randy Wicker.
		An early statement of the gay liberationist's aims was Carl Wittman's, "A Gay Manifesto" of 1969, which condemned the mimicry of 'straight'; society, oppression, self-oppression, and role dichotomies, while favouring gay ghettoes, if reorganised as 'liberation zones', together with coalitions with women, fls, Hispanics, and radicals.
		The games were originally to be called the Gay Olympic Games but the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) filed a court action against the the organisers, and in 1978 the United States Congress passed the Amateur Sports Act which granted the USOC exclusive use of the word "olympic".
	unityms.org /community/history.html (2814 words)

	Chronology of Same-Sex Marriage Rights : Europe By Photo \| A Muses Explorations Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		It led to three days of riots and an expansion of the gay rights movement across the United States.
		After voters in Hawaii give the government the right to restrict marriage rights, the government awards “reciprocal benefits” to same-sex couples.
		July 2003 – Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien asks the Canadian Supreme Court for reference questions on whether legislation allowing gay marriage respects the Charter of Rights and Freedom, respects territories’ authority, and whether churches are protected from having to perform marriage ceremonies against their beliefs.
	www.europebyphoto.com /gay-marriage/timeline.html (1774 words)

	James I of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Before his accession to the English throne, he had written The True Law of Free Monarchies, in which he argued that the divine right of kings was sanctioned by the apostolic succession, and which illustrates James' difficulty in sharing the power of his government.
		In the early years of his reign, many of his subjects did not know his policies—only that he had an extreme Protestant background—there were a number of plots to remove him from power, such as the Bye Plot and the Main Plot.
		When James declared that the lower House had overstepped its bounds by offering unsolicited advice, the House of Commons passed a protest claiming that it had the right to debate any matter relating to the welfare of the Kingdom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_I_of_England (3650 words)

	Free Press : More gay celebrities in ads
		The mainstreaming of gay and lesbian endorsers also comes after major advertisers like Ford and Procter & Gamble have sponsored campaigns aimed at the gay and lesbian market; after Martina Navratilova appeared in niche-market ads for Subaru of America, for instance, she also started appearing in the carmaker’s broader campaigns.
		Still, the trend is accelerating as the national debate over gay marriage turns contentious and polarizing, potentially exposing advertisers to complaints that by hiring gay and lesbian endorsers, they are themselves endorsing what the critics describe as the homosexual agenda.
		The trend confronts another challenge, from gay men and lesbians who worry that the way their better-known counterparts are presented in ads may reinforce stereotypes of homosexuals as flighty fashionistas obsessed with style and surfaces.
	www.freepress.net /news/2762 (1302 words)

	History - Born Gay ProCon.org
		It was there, as gay men and lesbians began to organize and challenge the federal government’s discriminatory policies, that they developed much of the rhetoric and tactics of the gay rights movement....
		By the end of July the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) was formed in New York and by the end of the year the GLF could be seen in cities and universities around the country.
		Harvey Milk is widely regarded as a martyr for the gay community and the gay rights movement.
	www.borngayprocon.org /pop/History.htm (4555 words)

	Free Press : The gay marriage deception
		For political reasons, it was central to the hidden agendas of the groups pushing these restrictions (the target is homosexuality, not relationships between homosexuals) that they not become the focus of the debate.
		Therefore marriage was used as the cover for the far more consequential effort to strip contractual rights from gay couples who have formed hundreds of thousands of families in recent years across the United States.
		We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.
	www.freepress.net /news/5310 (965 words)

	PinkAgenda.com Gay in Melbourne
		Email Right in the edge of South Yarra/ Prahran, a short walk to all gay venues in the Prahran area.
		Email GALA is a group of gay and lesbian owned and managed quality BandB's, Guesthouses and cottages accommodation in the State of Victoria, Australia.
		The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands Scattered over some 1 million square kilometres of ocean, the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands were declared independent from Australia in 2004.
	www.glbtevents.com /travel/melbourne.htm (9563 words)

	Gay Pride: Pride Guide (Seattle Weekly)
		Equal Rights Washington Lobbies for the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons of Washington and encourages voter registration and the election of pro-LGBT political leaders.
		Gay City Health Project A health organization for gay, bisexual, and transgender men that promotes HIV prevention by building community, fostering communication, and nurturing self- esteem.
		Lambert House A center for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth and their friends to empower themselves through the development of leadership and social and life skills.
	www.seattleweekly.com /news/0525/050622_gay_prideguide.html (1090 words)

	Congress may limit but not abolish due process rights for national security employees - Webster v. Doe, 108 S. Ct. ...
		Respondent alleged that the Director's decision to terminate his employment violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U. § 706, because it was arbitrary and capricious, represented an abuse of discretion, and was reached without observing the procedures required by law and CIA regulations.
		Perhaps, then, a constitutional right is by its nature so much more important to the claimant than a statutory right that a statute which plainly excludes the latter should not be read to exclude the former unless it says so.
		While a right to judicial review of agency action may be created by a separate statutory or constitutional provision, once created it becomes subject to the judicial review provisions of the APA unless specifically excluded, see 5 U. § 559.
	biotech.law.lsu.edu /cases/adlaw/webster-cia.htm (7239 words)

	Gay rights timeline
		This page is a timeline of significant events in gay rights over the past few centuries.
		* 1910 - Emma Goldman first begins speaking publicly in favor of gay rights * 1914 - The word faggot is first used in print in reference to gays in a vocabulary of criminal slang published in Portland, Oregon": "All the fagots [sic] (sissies) will be dressed in drag at the ball tonight".
		Canada - protection on the basis of sexual orientation is read into the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms * 1996 - South Africa extends constitutional protection to homosexuals.
	www.jahsonic.com /GayRights.html (943 words)

	Yes, Virginia, there is a religious war (Pat Buchanan on Episcopalian gay bishop) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		Gay rights has become the civil rights cause du jour of our cultural elite, and politicians -- those most reliable of weather vanes -- are signaling recognition of the new correlation of forces.
		With the Episcopal Church heading for schism, the Supreme Court discovering sodomy to be a constitutional right, President Bush maneuvering to back an amendment outlawing gay marriage, and the Pope denouncing homosexual unions as immoral and homosexual acts as deviant, there's no way this issue can be kept out of the campaign of 2004.
		As usual, the people who are asked for "unity" and "tolerance" are the people who would have to sacrifice their core beliefs to first "tolerate", the "accept", then "celebrate the diverisity" of not only those who do things which are considered deviant, but the very defiant acts themselves.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/961511/posts (5325 words)

	Archived Notices -- Born Gay ProCon.org
		8/22/05 - Our history of the born gay debate features a chronological timeline from 1533 to the present.
		8/4/05 - We added a summary of the born gay debate which gives an overview of the issues surrounding the nature v.
		section is our latest experiment and features little known facts from the born gay debate.
	www.gayprocon.org /archives.htm (810 words)

	Gay Marriage Issue: Pride Guide (Seattle Weekly)
		Once again, tons o' gay boys will party in the blocked-off street fronting the bar, uniting in the glory of beer specials and the performances of Jeanie Tracy, Jonny McGovern (pop's "Gay Pimp"), and Lonnie Gordon.
		Gay Bingo in the park prepares for "O-69!" at 6:30 p.m.
		The Running of the Gays (to quote Dina Martina) that is the Pride Parade starts at the corner of Broadway Avenue and Pike Street and continues north until it hits the park.
	www.seattleweekly.com /news/0425/040623_diversions_gaypridec.php (859 words)

	Notes to Stanton on Woman's Rights: Stanton and Anthony Papers Project Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		Monarchs in Russia and England, Catherine II or Catherine the Great (1729-1796) ruled from 1762 to her death, and Elizabeth I (1533-1603) ruled from 1558 to 1603.
		In the field of letters, Harriet Martineau (1802-1876), a British writer and ardent abolitionist, visited the United States from 1834 to 1836 and, under the influence of the Grimke sisters, became an advocate of woman's rights.
		Revised in 1870 to read: "Then comes the gay routine of fashionable life, courtship and marriage, the perplexities of house and children, and she knows nothing beside."
	ecssba.rutgers.edu /docs/ecswomnotes.html (1926 words)

	Gay Love Letters through the Centuries
		A full introduction charts the survival of gay love letters throughout history, and each selection is introduced with a biographical note describing the context in which the letters were written.
		RICTOR NORTON is the author of the pioneering historical study Mother Clap's Molly House: The Gay Subculture in England 1700-1830 (1992).
		He taught one of the earliest courses on gay and lesbian literature (Florida State University, 1971) and co-edited the first all-gay issue of an academic journal (College English, 1974).
	www.infopt.demon.co.uk /dearboy.htm (534 words)

	Human Rights and Dispute Resolution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		A Case Study of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's Use of Conciliation." Australian Dispute Resolution Journal 7 (1996): 280-301.
		Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in Human Rights Commissions and Analogous Institutions In Australia, The United Kingdom, The United States and Canada.
		Tikhonov, A.A. "The Inter-Relationship Between the Right to Life and the Right to Peace: Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass-Destruction and the Right to Life." In The right to life in international law, edited by B.G. Ramcharan.
	www.peacemakers.ca /bibliography/bib12humanrights.html (856 words)

	School District Sued for Forcing Gay Propaganda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		Fringe Benefits, a group describing itself as a "coalition of theater activists dedicated to building bridges between gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth and their straight peers, teachers, and parents," presented "Cootie Shots" on Feb. 26, 2001 at Pleasant Valley Elementary School and on Mar. 2, 2001 at San Ramon Elementary School.
		Dacus insists that the core issue is parental rights and that his clients' rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution were violated.
		It disables their ability to reason and discern between right and wrong, which is much the same of what we accuse communists of doing.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/628534/posts (5937 words)

	Gay.com Metros (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
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		On OutWest's multi-sport trip, experience this wilderness by hiking the alpine trails, horseback riding across the foothills, rafting on wild rivers, and mountain biking.
		All the while enjoy national park lodges, great food, and gay camaraderie.
	www.gay.com /travel/calendar/listing.html?sernum=3503 (168 words)

	Partners Task Force - Famous Couples
		Contrary to many plays and films on homosexuality, before and since, Fitch is not punished for being gay, and further is rewarded as he becomes the sole beneficiary of his grandmother’s estate.
		She organized the first meeting of gay rights advocates in the White House in 1977, and was the first openly gay person appointed to a presidential commission (National Commission on the Observance of International Women’s Year) by president Jimmy Carter in 1979.
		Eric was editor of Boston’s Gay Community News, a founder of Boston’s first group for LGBT teachers, two of the first LGBT youth groups in the country, and the Boston Lesbian and Gay Political Alliance which focused on organizing gay and lesbian voters.
	www.buddybuddy.com /famous.html (3676 words)

	Civil Rights Newsletter for 01-31-06 - Civil Rights
		Teaching Kids About Discrimination appears to show us that indeed this behavior is learned, and like so many adopted traits is hard to shake once ingrained in one‘s value system.
		They offer a clear-eyed critique of their party´s failures and make specific, concrete recommendations on how Democrats can avoid losing elections on divisive issues such as abortion, gun control, gay rights, and moral values and start winning them on health care, political reform, energy, the environment, tax reform, and more...."
		Be sure to visit BellaOnline´s Civil Rights area for even more great content about Civil Rights.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art40068.asp (492 words)

	antwon.com - ISSN 1533-8169 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		This would be an admirable choice for a replacement save for one niggling yet undeniable problem: Roeper sucks.
		Where Siskel would conjure lengthy soliloquys of intellectual analysis weighing a director's presumed intentions, Roeper calls you a "four-eyed fattie" and makes asides to the camera insinuating that only losers and bed-wetters would espouse opinions as "totally gay" as yours.
		The mind's capacity to block out unpleasant experiences from one's memory is formidable indeed.) Replacing Siskel with Roeper is like taking out a dysfunctional silicone breast implant and subbing in a saline replacement.
	antwon.com /index.php?p=1677 (1309 words)

	Washington State Gay & Lesbian Bars and Club Resources
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		discos, Washington State gay and lesbian drag shows and other entertainment spots.
	www.pridenet.com /ws_bars.html (141 words)

	glbtq >> literature >> Russian Literature
		Grand Prince Vasily III of Moscow (reigned from 1505 to 1533) was homosexual throughout his life.
		He went to the extent of announcing this fact to other gay men of his time by shaving off his beard when his twenty-year marriage to his first wife was terminated--being beardless was a sort of gay password at the time.
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	www.glbtq.com /literature/russ_lit.html (874 words)

	Internet Women's History Sourcebook
		The Struggle for Gay Rights in America and
		Tongzhi is being used in Chinese for Gay.
		This manifesto directly asserts a historical basis for modern Chinese homosexuals and the differences of Chinese Tongzhi movements with western gay movements.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/women/womensbook.html (6499 words)

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