Week of August 12
This past week the full Democratic platform committee unanimously voted to approve of the party’s platform with the the marriage equality plank as well as other Pro-LGBT language. The language of the marriage equality plank was adopted without amendment and without significant discussion.
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Taiwan saw its first same-sex Buddhist wedding. Watch the video blow.
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Florida elected its first openly gay state legislator on Tuesday when David Richardson won his democratic primary. Richardson is not facing a Republican opponent in November.
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REI, a sporting and camping goods store, has become the most recent corporation to support marriage equality in Washington state.
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Campus Pride released it’s first ever list of the top ten trans-friendly colleges and universities in the U.S. this week. The list is as follows, in alphabetical order:
| Ithaca College Ithaca, N.Y. LGBT-Friendly: 5/5 Stars Gender Identity/Expression: 5/5 Stars |
New York University New York, N.Y. LGBT-Friendly: 4.5/5 Stars Gender Identity/Expression: 4.5/5 Stars |
| Princeton University Princeton, NJ LGBT-Friendly: 5/5 Stars Gender Identity/Expression: 4.5/5 Stars |
University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, Calif. LGBT-Friendly: 5/5 Stars Gender Identity/Expression: 5/5 Stars |
| University of California, Riverside Riverside, Calif. LGBT-Friendly: 5/5 Stars Gender Identity/Expression: 5/5 Stars |
University of Massachusetts, Amherst Amherst, Mass. LGBT-Friendly: 5/5 Stars Gender Identity/Expression: 5/5 Stars |
| University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, Mich. LGBT-Friendly: 5/5 Stars Gender Identity/Expression: 5/5 Stars |
University of Oregon Eugene, Ore. LGBT-Friendly: 5/5 Stars Gender Identity/Expression: 5/5 Stars |
| University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pa. LGBT-Friendly: 5/5 Stars Gender Identity/Expression: 5/5 Stars |
University of Vermont Burlington, Vt. LGBT-Friendly: 5/5 Stars Gender Identity/Expression: 5/5 Stars |
Read the more detailed list at The Advocate.
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Last Friday Army Colonel Tammy Smith was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General during a private ceremony at the Women’s Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery making her the highest ranked openly gay member of the U.S. military. Smith came out during the ceremony when her wife, Tracey Hepner, pinned her star on her uniform.
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