White House and Pentagon Announce Support for DADT Repeal Amendment This Year
New Administration Position Presents Realistic Window of Opportunity to Secure Repeal Now

Novelist Amber Lehman Aces The Next Generation Indie Book Awards in the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Category With Her Novel “TORN”
Amber Lehman’s novel TORN explores the often taboo topic of teen sexuality. Following the journey of a 14-year-old girl who is faced with experimentation, bisexuality and losing her virginity, TORN thoughtfully and honestly explores the delicate topic of sexual orientation.

Author J. Michael Mahoney Has Spent Decades Researching Mental Illness; His Book Details Startling Reason Behind Nearly All Schizophrenic Behavior
Author and formal journalist J. Michael Mahoney examines mental illness from the inside in his book Schizophrenia: The Bearded Lady Disease. Mahoney believes he has uncovered both the cause and meaning of schizophrenia.

Finalists in the 22nd Annual Lambda (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered) Literary Awards Announced Including New Author of TORN, Amber Lehman
A subject that was once taboo – the curiosity teens experience when discovering sexuality – is now being recognized in the novel “TORN” by first time author, Amber Lehman. Lehman is a finalist in the Bisexual Fiction category of the Lambda Literary Awards.

Socially Conscious Gay Dating Website Launches Valentine Membership Drive
Company Furthers Its Commitment to Connecting Serious-Minded GLBT Singles

Soulforce Q Seeks Young Adult Applicants for 2010 Equality Ride
In March 2010, young adults from across the country and across the world will embark on the fourth annual Equality Ride, a youth bus tour visiting religious colleges and universities across the United States to challenge on-campus discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) students. Soulforce Q, the youth driven arm of the national LGBTQ social justice organization Soulforce, is seeking applicants for the upcoming ride.

Utah Advocacy Group Calls for Meeting with the Governor after His Remarks Show Need for Information about Bias against Sexual Minorities
"In Utah, it is currently legal to fire an employee based solely on the fact that they are not heterosexual," said Foundation for Reconciliation founder, Cheryl L. Nunn. "The governor's comparison of discrimination against 'blue-eyed blonds' to the discrimination that LGBT people experience betrays a lack of understanding of or about the precarious situation sexual minorities face in Utah's workplaces.