Written by Nigel Campbell | Sunday, 28 April 2013
Tags: associated press, acceptance, lesbians, gay men 
The Associated Press poses the question: Are lesbians more accepted than gay men?
What do you think, Instincters?
Check out an excerpt and a link to the full article after the jump!
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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 18 February 2013
Tags: anne almasy, wedding photographer, weddings unveiled, magazine ad, rejection, lesbian couple, same-sex couple, acceptance, apology
Wedding photographer Anne Almasy purchased a half page ad in Weddings Unveiled magazine, only to have her submission (the photo above of a lesbian couple on their wedding day) rejected by the publication.
Thankfully, that's not where the story ended. More after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 24 January 2013
Tags: video, flash mob, anti bullying, acceptance, vancouver giants, hockey, kids, canada
If choreography, One Direction and an anti-bullying message occurred more in professional sports, we might buy a team jersey in a non-ironic way one of these days. A group of talented kids in Vancouver brought pro-sports one step closer to our gay dreams when they decided to perform an anti-bullying "Acceptance" flash mob at a Vancouver Giants hockey game.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 03 October 2012
Tags: glaad, amplifier awards, jc penney, outstanding lgbt image in mainstream advertising, pr, cooper, todd, first pals, gay dads, video acceptance, claire, mason, families, same sex parents
GLAAD handed out its annual Amplifier Awards honoring the best in LGBT advertising and PR Tuesday night. Though its year in advertising boasts a string of reasons it deserved the top honor last night, JC Penney's "First Pals" catalogue image featuring dads Cooper Smith Koch and Todd Koch and their kids Claire and Mason stood out.
The family sent in a video acceptance speech as they received the Outstanding LGBT Image in Mainstream Advertising award from GLAAD. Check it out after the jump!
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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 26 April 2012
Tags: mitt romney, 2012 elections, gop, republican, presidential, candidate, boy scouts of america, gay people, lgbt, discrimination, calls for end, 1994, video, sexual orientation, supports, acceptance
GLAAD is due a pat on its back today for uncovering a 1994 video showing GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney calling on the Boy Scouts of America to end its discrimination of LGBT people.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 08 March 2012
Tags: ali fornay center, lgbt, homeless, youth, carl siciliano, huffington post, huff po, family acceptance project, it gets better
As we pump our dollars, voices and hearts into the survival of our equal rights, some LGBT youth are fighting to simply to survive. A new article on the Huffington Post introduces us to a few of the voices that make up the thousands of gay youth who found themselves homeless because when they came out, they were told to get out. More on this story...
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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 16 February 2012
Tags: china, youth, lgbt, gay, acceptance, tolerant, non discrimination, generations, polls, surveys, international
A survey on marriage conducted by popular Chinese dating site Jiayuan has found that 80 percent of users born after 1980 are tolerant of homosexuality. Almost just as interesting as the poll's results is the fact that the Chinese government is promoting the story via its official news agency.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Tags: the death of camp, kill, mainstream, gay, culture, acceptance, glee, gaga, marriage equality, what's your instinct
A thought provoking editorial published in the New York Observer says that camp is dead—and Glee, Gaga and marriage equality are to blame.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 16 January 2012
Tags: catfight of the week, madonna, sir elton john, gaylebrities, divas, david furnish, golden globes, best song, video, acceptance
British-ish queens fighting has always been a blood sport we've enjoyed watching from the sidelines. So, when Sir Elton John showed us just how many f*cks he gave with that third degree side-eye as Madonna accepted her best-original-song Golden Globe, we grabbed the popcorn and sat back to enjoy the ride.
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Tags: taylor, youth, girl scouts, calls for, boycott, cookies, trasngender, acceptance, homophobia, discrimination, video, lgbt
Remember when Siman Doonan outed "gay foods" last week? Well, he accidentally left out Girl Scout's popular cookies, which are a little too gay for some sweet-toothed reactionaries.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 19 December 2011
Tags: mark cuban, nba, basketball, sports, athletes, first, openly gay, player, come out, closet, expects, timeframe, tmz, interview, acceptance, language, lgbt
In an interview with TMZ, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says he fully expects the NBA to have an openly-gay basketball player within the next "three to five years." More, after the jump.
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