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Source: Chicago Tribune , Celebrating Diversity blog Lesbian and gay Christians and their supporters talked with members of a suburban Chicago mega-church this weekend in what was described by one participant as a "very gracious dialogue." Members of American Family Outing were welcomed to...

Source: San Diego Union Tribune , GLAAD press release GLAAD -- the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation -- won't participate in a scheduled "Pride Rocks" event at a hotel in San Diego this summer because the hotel's owner is helping fund an initiative to limit marriage rights...

Source: Grand Rapids Press , Between the Lines , Triangle press release GRAND RAPIDS -- As the Triangle Foundation prepares for an open house Tuesday, one local politician says there are two ways of looking at the location of a gay-rights organization in West Michigan. "It's unfortunate to me...

Out & Equal volunteers load one of the dozens of wheelbarrows used to spread bark along the building's block-long perimeter Out & Equal photo Before (inset) and after: Work done by volunteers helped brighten the landscaping around Cascade Court. Along with painting inside the building, the...

Source: Monsters & Critics , Starpulse Janet Jackson photo by Kenny Rogers via CelebrityGossipz.com Janet Jackson will be honored by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) during the organization's 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards on April 26th. Gay comedienne and TV personality...

Rev. Ken Hutcherson declared what he called a 'war' on February 15 when he learned that a poster for the Gay/Straight Alliance was displayed at the school his daughter attends, Mt. Si High School in Snoqualmie. Update: see Qnews summary of Times and PI coverage of meeting: Day of Silence at Mt...

Source: Washington Blade Gay rights activists have been contemplating an unprecedented windfall following Sunday’s announcement that late philanthropist Ric Weiland earmarked $65 million of his vast estate for 11 gay and AIDS organizations. Weiland bequest Weiland was a high school classmate of Microsoft...

Anti-gay activist Peter LaBarbera has issued a call for right-wing groups to match a donation recently given by the late Ric Weiland to Seattle's Pride Foundation and ten other gay-rights groups. In his fundraising appeal, according to the right-wing news site OneNewsNow , LaBarbara claims that the...

Source: Austin American-Statesman , Dallas Voice Jay Bakker, son of the scandal-rocked televangelist Jim Bakker and the late Tammy Faye Messner, spoke at Metropolitan Community Church in South Austin Sunday. He preached at both services, capping off a weekend of training for gay and lesbian families...

Source: Seattle Times and PageOneQ Weiland bequest Ric Weiland, who helped his high school friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen launch Microsoft, was a quiet philanthropist. But his final gift has provided one of the most powerful financial boosts ever to the gay-rights movement. Weiland has left $65 million...