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	<description>The Right To Love, The Right To Live -- Everyday For Everyone</description>
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		<title>AIDS Awareness Month: A Plea for Personal Responsibility Over Blaming Bisexual Men</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following post was originally published by Arielle Loren via Clutch Magazine. The piece is a powerful one, advocating for education, safe sex, and honesty regarding our sexual activities. Arielle Loren is a staunch advocate for taking the &#8220;blame game&#8221; out of sex and erradicating the myths surrounding HIV/AIDS. The “Down-Low” has become a nursery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nov. 20 — International Transgender Day of Remembrance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. The event is held in November to honor Rita Hester, whose murder on November 28th, 1998 kicked off the “Remembering Our Dead” web project and a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999. Rita Hester’s murder [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian military welcomes transgender servicemembers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Speak Equal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian military announced on Monday that transgender men and women would no longer be banned from serving in the country&#8217;s armed forces. &#8220;Chief of the Defence Force Angus Houston issued an instruction Monday revoking the policy that effectively banned transgender service members. The ADF is believed to be the last government agency that specifically [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saudi Arabian diplomat seeks asylum in U.S., fears for his life</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A ranking Saudi diplomat told NBC News that he has asked for political asylum in the United States, saying he fears for his life if he is forced to return to his native country. The diplomat, Ali Ahmad Asseri, the first secretary of the Saudi consulate in Los Angeles, has informed U.S. Department of Homeland [...]]]></description>
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		<title>France: Gay-themed McDonald&#8217;s ad is all the rage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Speak Equal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A gay-themed McDonald&#8217;s television ad is stirring up controversy as people question whether the ad is inappropriate, or long overdue in its depiction of young homosexuals. A McDonald&#8217;s Australia spokeswoman said the advertisement was one in a series of clips produced under the &#8220;come as you are&#8221; banner, which aims to &#8220;recognise the diversity of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AIDS Fight in Africa sees setbacks and challenges</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Speak Equal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Johannesburg) Doctors are being forced to turn away people with HIV/AIDS – meaning they will fall ill and almost certainly die – in eight African countries as donors cut funding amid the global economic meltdown, an aid group said Thursday. Medecins Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders, called on rich countries to fulfill their obligations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malawi&#8217;s president: pardon and release gay couple</title>
		<link>http://speakequal.com/malawis-president-pardon-and-release-gay-couple/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 17:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Speak Equal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BLANTYRE, Malawi — Malawi&#8217;s president on Saturday pardoned and ordered the release of a gay couple sentenced to 14 years in prison, but said that homosexuality remains illegal in this conservative southern African nation. Malawi has faced international condemnation for the conviction and harsh sentencing of Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza. President Bingu wa Mutharika [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did you hear?!?!</title>
		<link>http://speakequal.com/did-you-hear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 12:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Speak Equal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was International Day Against Homophobia &#38; Transphobia. Here are three of my favorite headlines/stories from around the world: 3. Jamaica: Gay protest at Emancipation Park Known for extreme cases of hate crimes on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, Jamaica has long since been on my ever-growing list of places I don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pres. Obama criticizes Arizona&#8217;s new immigration law</title>
		<link>http://speakequal.com/pres-obama-criticizes-arizonas-new-immigration-law/</link>
		<comments>http://speakequal.com/pres-obama-criticizes-arizonas-new-immigration-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Speak Equal</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://speakequal.com/?p=5618</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I don&#8217;t want us to do something just for the sake of politics that doesn&#8217;t solve the problem. I want us to get together, get the best ideas on both sides, work this through. And when it&#8217;s ready to go, let&#8217;s move. But I think we need to start a process at least to open [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United Nations reviews progress in Human Rights cause, HRC submits report on U.S. Human Rights climate</title>
		<link>http://speakequal.com/united-nations-reviews-progress-in-human-rights-cause-hrc-submits-report-on-u-s-human-rights-climate/</link>
		<comments>http://speakequal.com/united-nations-reviews-progress-in-human-rights-cause-hrc-submits-report-on-u-s-human-rights-climate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Speak Equal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the Human Rights Campaign submitted a report to the United Nations Human Rights Council as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The report highlighted areas of much-needed improvement in the United States domestic human rights policy. It focused on deterring LGBT hate crimes, prohibiting employment discrimination against LGBT people, as well as [...]]]></description>
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