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		<title>One Million Moms Threatens GAP Over Gay Billboard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; One Million Moms, the religious conservative group that objects to all things gay being shown in a positive light, is back again and this time they&#8217;re mad at GAP for a gay inclusive billboard. But first we&#8217;ve got to clear up a little matter of the Mom&#8217;s telling one big whopper of a fallacy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malawi&#8217;s New President Vows Repeal of Gay Criminalization</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Multiple sources report that Malawi&#8217;s new president said in a Friday address that she wants to repeal the country&#8217;s laws that criminalize same-sex relationships. This formed part of President Joyce Banda&#8217;s very first state of the nation address. Reports the BBC: President Joyce Banda has said Malawi will overturn its ban on homosexual acts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Rules to Curb Prison Sexual Assault Announced</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The Justice Department announced on Thursday new standards designed to combat the epidemic of sexual assaults in American prisons, something which disproportionately impacts LGBT and intersex inmates. Among the standards, those that will be key to LGBTI inmates are: Security staff must be trained to conduct professional and respectful cross-gender pat-down searches; Staff must also be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beautiful Anti-Homophobia Sand Animation (VIDEO)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, May 17, is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) and this year Care2 is bringing you personal stories from around the world on the fight to eliminate anti-LGBT prejudice and discrimination. For our complete coverage, please click here. At Care2 we&#8217;ve brought you a number of inspiring and powerful messages for International Day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Campaign Highlights How DOMA Hurts Military Families</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A new campaign from two major LGBT rights groups hopes to draw attention to the ways the Defense of Marriage Act hurts military families. The groups behind the campaign, Freedom to Marry and the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, have launched &#8220;Freedom to Marry, Freedom to Serve&#8221; to highlight that even though the military&#8217;s ban [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN High Commissioner: Punish Violence &amp; Hatred, Not Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, May 17, is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) and this year Care2 is bringing you personal stories from around the world on the fight to eliminate anti-LGBT prejudice and discrimination. For our complete coverage, please click here. &#160; UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thrusday released a video to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Spot the Transgender&#8217; Ad Banned By British ASA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A television ad for a British bookmaker that asked viewers if they could spot which women were trans has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. Reports the BBC: The ASA said it received about 470 complaints, but only 92 of those fell under their remit to investigate because the majority followed the advert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Does Anti-LGBT Prejudice Feel Like? (VIDEO)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, May 17, is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) and this year Care2 is bringing you personal stories from around the world on the fight to eliminate anti-LGBT prejudice and discrimination. For our complete coverage, please click here. &#160; At some point in their lives nearly everyone has either been the victim of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNESCO Meets to Discuss Anti-LGBT Bullying</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, May 17, is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) and this year Care2 is bringing you personal stories from around the world on the fight to eliminate anti-LGBT prejudice and discrimination. For our complete coverage, please click here. &#160; The United Nations Education group UNESCO is meeting on May 16, ahead of IDAHOT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gays Are Like Killer Snails</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A Danish ex-MP shocked colleagues this week when she reportedly alluded to killer snails while rallying against marriage equality. Reports Gay Star News: A Danish politician has compared gay marriage to &#8216;killer snails&#8217; during a hearing on same-sex unions on Monday (14 May). &#8216;Apart from the killer snail and a few other species, the [...]]]></description>
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