20 LGBT Celebrities Political Donors, High School's Homophobia And More

Thursday, September 6, 2012 20 LGBT Celebrities Who Have Contributed To Political Campaigns Just as the election season comes to a full boil, we've rounded up a slideshow of 20 LGBT celebrities who have dropped some big bucks or attended fundraisers in hopes of seeing their preferred candidate elected. LOOK: High School Displays Homophobic Sign At Football Game Barney Frank At Democratic National Convention: Congressman Talks Romney, Gay Republicans Gay Dating App Aims To Politically Mobilize Gay Men For 2012 Election Rainbow Skydivers, LGBT Skydiving Group, Reportedly Completes World's Largest Gay Formation Jump Fall TV Shows: The 8 Must-Sees, From 'The Mindy Project' To 'The New Normal' BLOG POSTS Aaron Belkin: Would Romney Reinstate DADT? Two disturbing pieces of information emerged recently which, when considered together, suggest that Governor Mitt Romney may have plans to try to undo the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) if elected President, but that he doesn't want to say so during the campaign. Lucas Case: Restoring America Is Understandable; Restoring the Inquisition Is Not As a gay Republican, I am proudly throwing my support behind Missouri's moderate U.S. senator Claire McCaskill for her reelection. We can vote to go back to medieval times, like many are apparently wanting to do, or we can progress as a state that ends extremism once and for all. Toni Newman: The 2012 Election: The Transgender Decision Comes Down to Inclusivity vs. Exclusivity This year, 2012, it is very important for all LGBT people to vote, especially transgender Americans. We are getting a chance to speak loud and clear about our needs and hopes for the future. I'll vote for the party that includes me, not the one that excludes me. Paige Parvin: No Mor Chikin We knew, deep down, that no self-respecting two-mom family had any business eating there, but there's something about our personal history with Chick-fil-A that eases my conscience with a comfort as cold as hour-old waffle fries, and that is this: For a year, we ate there for free. Bernard Lansbergen: Coming Out: An In-Depth Analysis of My Teenage Diaries Recently, while cleaning out my childhood bedroom, I stumbled upon the diaries I kept during this tumultuous time in my life. I read them with a stomach-turning sense of dread, only to be surprised by how my own memory had misshaped and deformed these events.

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