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Source: Deutsche Welle , New York Times , TopNews.in A memorial dedicated to gay men and lesbians persecuted and killed under the Nazis will be inaugurated on May 27, the Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany said. Germany’s culture minister, Bernd Neumann, and Berlin’s mayor, Klaus Wowereit, who is...

Source: Canadian Press , Calgary Herald , CBC News , Delwin Vriend spoke at a news conference in Edmonton Wednesday photo: Canadian Press via CBC Edmonton, AB -- Reluctant gay rights activist Delwin Vriend traveled from his home in Paris to join Edmonton gay-rights advocates today to remind the Conservative...

Source: Los Angeles Times , with additional material Kennith H. Burns, an early leader of the Mattachine Society, one of the country's first gay rights organizations, died Dec. 16 at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. He was 81. The cause was lung failure, according to a friend, Dale...

Source: The Advocate Longtime gay activist Frank Kameny has sent an angry letter to former news anchor Tom Brokaw about his latest book, Boom! Voices of the Sixties. Kameny complained to the book's publisher, Random House, and the author about Brokaw's omission of anything pertaining to the seminal...

Source: Associated Press via Mercury News LOS ANGELES (AP) Dr. R. Scott Hitt, an AIDS specialist and the first openly gay person to head a presidential advisory board, has died. He was 49. Hitt died Thursday of colon cancer at his home in West Hollywood, according to John Duran, the city's mayor...

Source: TransGriot.blogspot.com by Monica Roberts Why does the transgender community hate HRC? It’s a question I get frequently asked in GLBT settings. Considering the recent GLBT family feud erupting over ENDA, it's an appropriate one to ask as well. Before I get started trying to shed light on...

Source: San Francisco Chronicle The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence started in 1979 as one of the first charities supporting San Francisco's gay community and has since spread to more than 600 sisters in eight countries. Mixing street theater, drag-queen elegance and community fundraising, the men...