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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>The Nation’s Most Followed LGBTQ News Magazine.www.lgbtqnation.com</description><title>LGBTQ Nation</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @lgbtqnation)</generator><link>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Clinton and Callum’s special day: ‘Love conquers all’ (Video)</title><description>&lt;iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/54074244" width="400" height="233" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/04/clinton-and-callums-special-day-love-conquers-all-video/" target="_blank"&gt;Clinton and Callum’s special day:&lt;/a&gt; ‘Love conquers all’ (Video)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/48588355188</link><guid>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/48588355188</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:47:46 -0400</pubDate><category>LGBT couples</category></item><item><title>Singer Michelle Shocked declares ‘God hates fags’ during San Francisco show. At least eight venues cancel upcoming concerts</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/03/singer-michelle-shocked-declares-god-hates-fags-during-san-francisco-show/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/88c1e6b7db97c8bbfc34ff61e47ad532/tumblr_inline_mjw03pnkOd1qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Folk singer Michelle Shocked literally shocked a San Francisco audience on Sunday night after breaking into an anti-gay rant in which she said, &lt;a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/03/singer-michelle-shocked-declares-god-hates-fags-during-san-francisco-show/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“God hates fags and you can tweet that I said so.”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“I live in fear,” she said, “that the world will be destroyed if gays are allowed to marry.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/03/singer-michelle-shocked-declares-god-hates-fags-during-san-francisco-show/" target="_blank"&gt;At least eight of the 11 venues remaining on &lt;span class="external"&gt;Shocked’s U.S. tour&lt;/span&gt; have cancelled her upcoming performances.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/45728507407</link><guid>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/45728507407</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:57:42 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>A gay dad, Republican fathers and four big questions for Rob Portman</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/03/a-gay-dad-republican-fathers-and-four-big-questions-for-rob-portman/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/d0eac9037a2308585265277cddd972a5/tumblr_inline_mjvzzmLNEE1qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is an enormous part of life that is uncharted and as our children bring new challenges, we often need their input to help solve it. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/03/a-gay-dad-republican-fathers-and-four-big-questions-for-rob-portman/" target="_blank"&gt;Read Rob Watson&amp;#8217;s column at LGBTQ Nation.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/45728178835</link><guid>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/45728178835</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:53:40 -0400</pubDate><category>gay marriage</category><category>marriage equality</category><category>Rob Portman</category><category>Will Portman</category></item><item><title>Video</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ndi3aPJnBao?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/45598978145</link><guid>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/45598978145</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:40:29 -0400</pubDate><category>marriage equality</category><category>gay marriage</category></item><item><title>Anderson Cooper receives GLAAD award, Madonna calls Boys Scouts...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/492e8712aea34c592c9e10f80507a6eb/tumblr_mjte304jMs1rw5gnko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;h2 class="posttitle"&gt;Anderson Cooper receives GLAAD award, Madonna calls Boys Scouts ‘fucked up’ (Video)&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/03/madonna-presents-glaad-award-to-anderson-cooper-calls-boys-scouts-fucked-up/" target="_blank"&gt;Watch the video at LGBTQ Nation.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/45596080360</link><guid>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/45596080360</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:04:00 -0400</pubDate><category>GLAAD</category><category>GLAAD Media Awards</category><category>Anderson Cooper</category><category>Madonna</category></item><item><title>John Boehner ‘can’t imagine’ ever supporting marriage equality, even if his own kid was gay</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/03/john-boehner-cant-imagine-ever-supporting-marriage-equality-even-if-his-own-kid-was-gay/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/71b1d259933a99b0585fabb3d6ca6555/tumblr_inline_mjsablwC9W1qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/03/john-boehner-cant-imagine-ever-supporting-marriage-equality-even-if-his-own-kid-was-gay/" target="_blank"&gt;Watch the video at LGBTQ Nation.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/45551594866</link><guid>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/45551594866</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:46:37 -0400</pubDate><category>John Boehner</category><category>marriage equality</category></item><item><title>With an exchange of rings and a kiss, two men became spouses...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/734189fbe2b2305a500a593b8def79e2/tumblr_mjs9eg0Ntd1rw5gnko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;With an exchange of rings and a kiss, two men became spouses Friday during a ceremony at a northern Michigan Indian reservation after the tribal chairman signed a measure approving same-sex marriage in a state where it’s officially banned.  &lt;a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/03/tribal-same-sex-marriage-bill-approved-gay-couple-weds/" target="_blank"&gt;Read more&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/45549998221</link><guid>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/45549998221</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:25:28 -0400</pubDate><category>marriage equality</category></item><item><title>U.S. Sen. Rob Portman’s gay son leads to a change of heart on marriage equality</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/03/u-s-sen-rob-portmans-gay-son-helps-him-evolve-on-marriage-equality/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/6854e70c0c207364b63a83276e34b545/tumblr_inline_mjs94pLU0K1qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/03/u-s-sen-rob-portmans-gay-son-helps-him-evolve-on-marriage-equality/" target="_blank"&gt;Story @lgbtqnation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/45549628149</link><guid>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/45549628149</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:20:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>OP-ED: Sage Smith: The missing transgender woman, and what’s...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e07c8a592c14d6468f90f179022d8c07/tumblr_mfxb19cysK1rw5gnko1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;OP-ED: &lt;a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/12/the-missing-transgender-woman-and-whats-not-being-done/" target="_blank"&gt;Sage Smith: The missing transgender woman, and what’s (not) being done&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/39348507662</link><guid>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/39348507662</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:34:00 -0500</pubDate><category>Sage Smith</category><category>Transgender</category></item><item><title>Maryland trolley operator opts out of weddings to avoid same-sex couples</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/aad7138668c0ad42277dfc6508818e60/tumblr_inline_mfxafcK8Jh1rpvr5u.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The owner Annapolis’ iconic old-fashioned trolleys that are often synonymous with the city’s wedding scene, said he is abandoning the wedding industry because &lt;a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/12/maryland-trolley-business-opts-out-of-weddings-to-avoid-same-sex-couples/" target="_blank"&gt;state law forbids him from discriminating against gay couples&lt;/a&gt; when Maryland&amp;#8217;s marriage equality law takes effect just after midnight.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/39347886190</link><guid>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/39347886190</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:23:00 -0500</pubDate><category>Annapolis MD</category><category>Maryland</category><category>Gay Marriage</category><category>LGBT</category></item><item><title>Openly gay Baltimore man says Christmas attack was a hate crime</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/12/openly-gay-baltimore-man-says-christmas-attack-was-a-hate-crime/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/4f560a91db56aec936ec1ff55624b8fb/tumblr_inline_mfx9yv9Jui1rpvr5u.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;BALTIMORE, Md. — Kenni Shaw, an openly gay East Baltimore resident who was severely beaten Christmas night told police investigators that he believed that &lt;a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/12/openly-gay-baltimore-man-says-christmas-attack-was-a-hate-crime/" target="_blank"&gt;he was attacked because he is gay&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/39347438643</link><guid>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/39347438643</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><category>Baltimore</category><category>Maryland</category><category>Kenni Shaw</category><category>Anti-gay</category><category>Anti-LGBT violence</category><category>LGBT</category></item><item><title>The New York Times endorsement: 'Barack Obama for re-election'</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/10/the-new-york-times-endorsement-barack-obama-for-re-election/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcl2fngrco1rpvr5u.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The New York Times&lt;/em&gt; on Sunday &lt;a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/10/the-new-york-times-endorsement-barack-obama-for-re-election/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;officially endorses&lt;/a&gt; President Barack Obama for re-election.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/34461691965</link><guid>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/34461691965</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2012 23:19:09 -0400</pubDate><category>Barack Obama</category><category>LGBT</category><category>Civil Rights</category><category>Politics</category></item><item><title>Spirit Day founder Brittany McMillan speaks with LGBTQ Nation.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc6c40qs1g1rw5gnko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="userContent"&gt;Spirit Day founder Brittany McMillan &lt;a href="http://lgbtq.me/TE1auC" target="_blank"&gt;speaks with LGBTQ Nation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/33939517409</link><guid>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/33939517409</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 00:21:36 -0400</pubDate><category>Spirit Day</category></item><item><title>Millions expected to dress in purple, in person and online, for Spirit Day 2012</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc4808wwNt1rpvr5u.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Participate. &lt;a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/10/millions-expected-to-dress-in-purple-in-person-and-online-for-spirit-day-2012/" target="_blank"&gt;Learn how.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/33869387054</link><guid>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/33869387054</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:58:29 -0400</pubDate><category>LGBT</category><category>Gay</category><category>Spirit Day</category><category>Bullying</category></item><item><title>The Catholic Church and the National Organization for Marriage...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc3uo8F1Ge1rw5gnko1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Catholic Church and the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) are responsible for 60 percent of anti-gay marriage funding in the four ballot states of Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington state, &lt;a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/10/catholic-church-nom-responsible-for-60-percent-of-anti-gay-marriage-funding-in-ballot-states/" target="_blank"&gt;according to a new report&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/33850375535</link><guid>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/33850375535</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:09:44 -0400</pubDate><category>Catholic Church</category><category>National Organization for Marriage (NOM)</category><category>Marriage Equality</category><category>Gay Marriage</category><category>Gay</category><category>LGBT</category></item><item><title>You Can Play - Miami University Hockey
You Can Play is dedicated...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/twSbJKgJ8ag?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;You Can Play - Miami University Hockey&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You Can Play is dedicated to ensuring equality, respect and safety for all athletes, without regard to sexual orientation.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/33680084174</link><guid>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/33680084174</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:21:09 -0400</pubDate><category>You Can Play</category><category>Hockey</category><category>Miami University</category><category>LGBT</category></item><item><title>ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A gay couple from Charlotte, N.C. said they...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbwq5s4dgb1rw5gnko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A gay couple from Charlotte, N.C. said they were attacked and beaten on the street during a recent visit to Asheville, and claim they were attacked because they’re gay. &lt;a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/10/gay-couple-attacked-beaten-on-asheville-street-after-called-gay-slurs/" target="_blank"&gt;Watch a video report.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/33604059769</link><guid>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/33604059769</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 19:49:04 -0400</pubDate><category>Hate crime</category><category>Gay</category><category>LGBT</category><category>Asheville NC</category><category>Charlotte NC</category><category>North Carolina</category></item><item><title>Dear 15-year-old me: I’m writing to tell you, ‘It Got Better’</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/10/dear-15-year-old-me-im-writing-to-tell-you-it-got-better/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbwhs2HOGa1rpvr5u.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I am gay.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/10/dear-15-year-old-me-im-writing-to-tell-you-it-got-better/" target="_blank"&gt;A reassuring letter of hope written by Robyn Harper to her 15-year-old self.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/33591686887</link><guid>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/33591686887</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:50:17 -0400</pubDate><category>Gay</category><category>Lesbian</category><category>It Gets Better</category></item><item><title>“If you don’t believe in same-sex marriage, great, then...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbwdnefm8Z1rw5gnko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="userContent"&gt;“If you don’t believe in same-sex marriage, great, then don’t have one. If you don’t want to go to a same-sex wedding, fine, then stay home. But, you will be missing out on a whole bunch of love and fabulousness!”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="userContent"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lgbtq.me/RXPg1e" target="_blank"&gt;Read Kathy Baldock’s column and watch the video.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/33584975380</link><guid>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/33584975380</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 15:18:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Marriage Equality</category><category>Gay</category><category>LGBT</category></item><item><title>"Same sex marriage will be the ultimate destruction of our country because it destroys the very..."</title><description>“Same sex marriage will be the ultimate destruction of our country because it destroys the very foundation upon which this nation is based.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/10/former-alabama-chief-justice-gay-marriage-will-be-ultimate-destruction-of-our-country/" target="_blank"&gt;Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who is seeking to regain the office of chief justice&lt;/a&gt; →&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/33106157803</link><guid>http://lgbtqnation.tumblr.com/post/33106157803</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 16:07:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Alabama</category><category>Roy Moore</category><category>Marriage Equality</category></item></channel></rss>
