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A Message from President Barack Obama |
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9 | (2) |
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You Will Find Your People |
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11 | (4) |
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15 | (3) |
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In the Early Morning Rain |
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18 | (4) |
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Something Has Changed Within Me |
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22 | (2) |
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24 | (3) |
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You Are a Rubber Band, My Friend |
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27 | (3) |
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30 | (5) |
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The Person Worth Fighting For Is You |
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35 | (3) |
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A Message from Ellen DeGeneres |
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38 | (2) |
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Life Unfolds Exactly As It Should (But Not As You Planned) |
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40 | (2) |
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It Gets Better for a British Soldier |
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42 | (3) |
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Lance Corporal James Wharton |
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Getting Stronger and Staying Alive |
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45 | (3) |
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Coming Out of the Shtetl: Gay Orthodox Jews |
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48 | (6) |
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54 | (5) |
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59 | (3) |
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A Message from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton |
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62 | (2) |
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64 | (3) |
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It Gets Better Broadway by Members of the Broadway and New York Theater Community |
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67 | (4) |
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Rockin' the Flannel Shirt |
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71 | (3) |
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How It Got Better for an Ordained Christian Minister |
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74 | (3) |
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Professor Stephen V. Sprinkle |
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77 | (2) |
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79 | (1) |
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80 | (2) |
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82 | (5) |
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87 | (4) |
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91 | (3) |
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A Message from Prime Minister |
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94 | (2) |
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You Will Meet People Who Celebrate You |
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96 | (3) |
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99 | (3) |
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A Message from Suze Orman |
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102 | (2) |
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104 | (6) |
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110 | (2) |
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112 | (2) |
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Growing Up Gay ... and Kinky |
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114 | (3) |
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117 | (4) |
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A Message from Senator Al Franken |
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121 | (2) |
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123 | (2) |
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125 | (2) |
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It Gets Better (Btkoun Ahsan) |
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127 | (3) |
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130 | (3) |
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133 | (5) |
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138 | (2) |
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Will I Grow Up to Be Paul Lynde? |
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140 | (2) |
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142 | (3) |
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145 | (2) |
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A Message from Nancy Pelosi |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (2) |
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Perfect, Just the Way You Are |
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151 | (2) |
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153 | (5) |
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158 | (4) |
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162 | (3) |
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165 | (2) |
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167 | (2) |
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169 | (2) |
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171 | (2) |
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A Message from John Berry |
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173 | (2) |
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175 | (2) |
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177 | (4) |
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181 | (4) |
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185 | (2) |
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187 | (2) |
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It Gets Better Because You're a Little Different |
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189 | (3) |
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192 | (3) |
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195 | (6) |
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I Didn't Always Wear a Tuxedo |
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201 | (4) |
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205 | (3) |
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208 | (3) |
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Save Yourself, Save the World |
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211 | (2) |
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Becoming an Authentic Person |
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213 | (2) |
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215 | (3) |
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218 | (2) |
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220 | (3) |
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223 | (3) |
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A Message from Kevin Hague, MP |
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226 | (2) |
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Haters Can't Hate Someone Who Loves Themselves, and if They Do, Who Cares |
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228 | (4) |
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Not Playing at a Cinema Near You |
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232 | (3) |
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From "Faggot" to Field Biologist |
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235 | (3) |
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238 | (2) |
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240 | (3) |
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Lesbian Teacher Believes in You |
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243 | (2) |
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Stepping Off the Sidelines |
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245 | (3) |
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248 | (6) |
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You Are a Beloved Child of God |
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254 | (2) |
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Transgendered and Self-Educated in Maine |
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256 | (5) |
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261 | (3) |
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It Gets Better for Small Towners, Too |
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264 | (3) |
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To Me: With Love and Squalor |
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267 | (4) |
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271 | (2) |
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273 | (2) |
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Protect and Serve Loves Semper Fidelis |
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275 | (4) |
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279 | (3) |
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282 | (5) |
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Patience Makes Perfect... Sense |
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287 | (2) |
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Christian LGBT Kids: You're Part of the Plan |
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289 | (2) |
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291 | (3) |
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294 | (3) |
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297 | (3) |
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300 | (3) |
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303 | (4) |
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From Scared to Proud: The Journey of a Gay Medical Student |
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307 | (3) |
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310 | (2) |
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You Can Live a Life That's Worth Living |
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312 | (3) |
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315 | (4) |
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319 | (2) |
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Some Curriculum Guidelines for Schools and Teachers |
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321 | (4) |
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325 | (2) |
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GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) |
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327 | (2) |
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329 | (2) |
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331 | (2) |
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