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Music Knows No Bigotry, by DianeThursday, December 29th, 2011
My brother is gay and about gazillion of my friends are gay. I wanted to be a part of this shoot because of all the amazing people in my life who deserve to have the SAME rights, not different or special , as I have. And the same opportunity to fail at marriage, like I have. I will never understand the bigotry heaped on love . I play in the Oak Lawn Band here in Dallas , which
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Why NOT Pose? by Kandis S.Thursday, December 29th, 2011
We chose to pose, because we knew our photo would have so many meanings to so many different people. We hope that when you view our photo you see the total meaning of what NOH 8 stands for. Our personal view represents that we stand by Equality , being Out & Proud Lesbians, & Interracial Dating/Friendships . The whole experience at the Dallas
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Why We Posed, by Cindi and TanyaThursday, December 29th, 2011
We posed because we feel it's very important to be fully out for future generations.
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Overcoming DADT, by AVER President Danny IngramTuesday, November 15th, 2011
In the spring of 1994 I became one of the first service members to be discharged from the military under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" following a statement I made in support of presidential candidate Bill Clinton's promise to lift the ban in 1992. I remember being called into the office my commander in 1993. There were three of us in the office, the commander, who
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Holding My Head Up High, by Chris S.Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
I'm so thrilled my best friend Deena and I got to pose for the NOH 8 Campaign! It means so much to me as an openly gay man to spread the message of tolerance in my community. It's important to me because no one person is better than any other individual, and as a gay man I only ask for the same rights and privileges given to anyone else. I hold my head up high when I walk
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