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Atticus Circle's Second Awards Luncheon

03/01/2012

Thanks to all of you who joined us yesterday at the Four Seasons for the second Annual Atticus Circle Awards Luncheon. It was a perfect “Leap Year” day to recognize some exceptional people who have shown extraordinary courage in their support of LGBT equality.

Ex-TCU football star Vincent Pryor to accept award for courageously coming out to teammates in 1994

02/24/2012

Vincent Pryor will be in Austin on Wednesday, Feb. 29, to accept the Atticus Circle Award for his courage to come out to his football team his senior year at Texas Christian University in 1994.

Atticus Circle, a group that educates and rallies straight people to advocate for LGBT equality, selected Pryor for the award because “he showed an extraordinary amount of courage to come out as a gay athlete,” Executive Director Ruth Gardner-Loew said.

Vigil held in Montgomery for victims of hate crimes

02/20/2012

The keynote speaker was Sam Wolfe, an attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center where his primary responsibility includes leading their LGBT Rights Project.

Mr. Wolfe gave a chilling recap of the murder of Billy Jack Gaither, describing in detail how his killers cut his throat, tormented him, and beat him senseless before throwing his body “like a bag of trash” onto burning tires. He praised those who were present, and others who fight for acceptance in this state, and reminded those in attendance that “silence helps the oppressors.”

New Jersey's Democratic-controlled state Senate approved same-sex marriage bill

02/15/2012

New Jersey's Democratic-controlled state Senate approved a same-sex marriage bill on Monday but New Jersey was unlikely to become the eighth state in the country to approve gay marriage as Republican Gov. Chris Christie has promised to veto it.

The state Assembly was expected to approve the measure on Thursday and send it to Christie, one of the country's leading Republicans and a possible vice-presidential candidate.

Chief of Goldman Sachs speaks out for same-sex marriage

02/07/2012

Lloyd C. Blankfein, the chief of Goldman Sachs who has become a lightning rod for Wall Street critics, might seem an unlikely advocate for same-sex marriage. But his credentials — a public figure in a conservative industry — could make him a powerful voice for that cause.