The State of Gay Rights

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The State of Gay Rights
By: Barry Nickerson, Managing Editor
Issue date: 1/22/08 Section: Lifestyles

No matter how long we may wait, there will always be people who harbor prejudices against quite possibly everyone. The story of the past two centuries has been, seemingly, the equalization of the rights for all peoples. However, today in 2008, there are still several groups of people around the world that are openly persecuted for being who they were born to be. One of these groups includes those who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender/Transsexual (LGBT).