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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

The Campaign, the nation’s largest , , and () , today launched a national, campaign called “No Excuses” to demand action from on key issues of . Designed to take advantage of the congressional , when are in their local offices and meeting with , “No Excuses” will mobilize ’s 750,000 and their to meet directly with and push for federal . and supporters can get involved by visiting: http://noexcuses.hrc.org.

“While we salute and acknowledge the heroic of who have worked tirelessly on our behalf, far too many have dragged their feet on basic matters of and that have lingered too long and hurt too many and their families,” said Campaign . “Yes, there are many facing this and this . But often additional hardship protecting their families, their loved ones and their , and too few in are willing to these issues of basic . Now, more than ever, of the community need to make their heard -to- and in the districts where they live.”

Using innovative , one-on-one trainings and staff and follow-through, will press to end in the military, treat all legally married equally, pass reform that recognizes and honors families, workplace for employees, and treat all ’ compensation equally.

The interactive “No Excuses” website allows supporters to download a meeting toolkit, schedule a meeting and report back on how it went. To take action, visit: http://noexcuses.hrc.org.

The in-district meetings will on the following key legislative in the 111th :

–Repeal the Defense of (), which denies legally married and more than 1,000 ;

–Prohibit workplace for the community by passing an inclusive Non- (ENDA);

–Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” to ensure that service who contribute to our nation’s security are no longer summarily discharged for who they are;

–Pass reform that recognizes permanent same- and ends the painful separation of families;

–And provide benefits equally to the nearly 3 million employees, including same- .

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States with more Catholics more favor gay rights

Want to predict which state might move next to legalize same- ? You might count . The higher their percentage of the , the more likely the state is to… support rights.

This counter-intuitive finding is brought to you with a tip of two hats — mine to Mark Silk at Spiritual Politics and his to who Silk to a new study soon by be published by two University political .

Jeffrey and examined public support and resulting political policy on eight issues including , housing, and .

The main of the study was to examine whether there is “pro- in policy making” (the authors conclude no) or a of local “in which anti- trump ” (the authors again say no).

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Militias target some Iraqis for being gay

— The turns to the camera and pleads with his tormentors.

“I’m not a ,” he tells the who surround him. “I want you to know I am different. But I am not a .”

To some fundamentalist Iraqi , Ahmed Sadoun was worse than a .

He was . He wore his hair long and took female to grow breasts. Amused by his , Iraqi stopped him in December at a checkpoint in a southern dominated by radical Shiite . They groped and ridiculed him.

The assault was captured on video and circulated on cellphones throughout Baghdad, says Hili, founder of London-based Iraqi , a group dedicated to protecting ’s and . Shortly after the video was made public, Hili says contacted him, fearing for his life, and asked for his help to flee .

“Unfortunately, it was too late,” Hili says. turned up dead two months later, he says.

At least 82 men have been killed in since December, according to Iraqi . The has raised questions about the ’s ability to protect a diverse range of vulnerable minority that also includes and , especially following the withdrawal of U.S. from last month.

Mithal al-Alusi, a secular, liberal Sunni , is among those who blame the on armed militant such as al-Qaeda and the Mahdi .

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Larry King’s killer to be tried as adult

After about his to neo-Nazis, the boy who shot a will stand trial as an .

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LGBT health survey shows trouble spots

. The largest to date comparing the of the , , and community to and non- residents showed disparities.

The statistics:

In a of nearly 1,600 residents:

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As of Wednesday, in St. Paul, Minnesota, can get . The state capital joined two other cities in that state in approving a resolution that allowed for

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Gay marriage and the date debate

Nearly after banned same- in the state, supporters are ready to ask them to overturn Proposition 8. They’re just not sure when to ask: In November 2010 or November 2012.

Choosing a date involves more than sifting through the polling, and consultants’ reports that have filled the time since last fall’s election with soul-searching and finger-pointing among supporters, culminating in a meeting of the movement’s leaders Saturday in .

Generating enthusiasm for a campaign will also be a -based decision, one that has split same- even in , where 75 percent of voters backed Prop. 8.

Bakersfield resident Jade Haley wants an in 2010. Her Alee thinks that’s too soon. ’s still refers to Haley as “she” and has no contact with them as a couple, who are raising ’s from a previous .

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On Sundays, , 34, goes to church twice. She attends a solo with her in the morning and goes to a with her in the evening. “The have thousands and thousands of ready to go against us,” said . She looked at 70 who came to a Church on Thursday to talk about the movement’s next step. “All we have is what’s in this room.”

Still, was among only a dozen at the Bakersfield meeting called by who supported waiting until 2012. The for a next year echoed one at a similar gathering in , while gatherings in liberal such as Oakland and Berkeley leaned toward 2012.

“The reaction was really mixed,” said Brown, ’s , who compiled information from the ’s “Get Engaged” tour of 40 over the past several weeks. “A of who wanted to wait until 2012 wanted to see what the plan was first before they committed.”

A nonbinding straw of leaders gathered Saturday in to plan the movement’s next step found that 93 voted to go in 2010, 49 in 2012 and 20 were undecided. expect to officially decide when to return to the ballot in a couple of weeks. If they decide on November 2010, the deadline to have submitted to the is Sept. 25.

Faults not addressed

This month, several of same- supporters said not enough has been done to the faults of last year’s campaign in time to mount a winning drive next year.

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Daniel Radcliffe graces the August 2009 cover of the UK’s biggest gay magazine

himself, newly 20 year old the August 2009 cover of Magazine, the UK’s biggest magazine. Aside from lending his magical good looks to the cover, Daniel down for an interview, where he talked a of with the mag.

He said that he’s not a fan of the or New . At only , Daniel is not yet old enough to , but says that next year he will cast his ballot for of the Liberal party. On , he said: see Daniel Radcliffe Attitude Magazine

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Gays and lesbians more likely to smoke (by quite a bit), study shows

: 37% of women smoke; 33% of men smoke.

Among : 18% of women smoke; 24% of men smoke

These figures come from researchers at the University of at Chapel Hill. Published in the August issue of Tobacco , they’re based on a review of 42 studies about among sexual . (The numbers are from the National Interview .)

It’s not that the finding that and are more likely to smoke is new. According to the summary of an earlier report from the , published in the American Journal of Preventive in 2001:

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