We've got lots of good news this week, from an op-ed by President Clinton to progress on Colorado's civil unions. Plus a slew of favorable polls shows momentum for equality.

In January of 2013, the Campaign for Southern Equality will be traveling across multiple Southern states for Stage 4 of the WE DO Campaign. The WE DO Campaign involves LGBT couples requesting -- and being denied -- marriage licenses in their hometowns across the South in order to call for full equality under federal law and to highlight the harms of current state laws.

Representative John Kriesel is one of four Republicans who voted their conscience instead of voting their party and opposed a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage in Minnesota. The state already does that by statute.

Four out of 10 people worldwide don't have a safe way to poop. Find out why we need a toilet revolution. We need new ideas to help reduce disease and find find new ways to turn crap into valuable stuff, like fuel, fertilizer, and fresh water.

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May 21, 2011 - President William Jefferson Clinton speech at Life Ball 2011 in Vienna, Austria.

WCBS-TV New York, Channel 2 News coverage of ACT UP protest at Manhattan's marriage license bureau in 1989. The report features an on-camera interview with former Lambda Defense and Education Fund executive director, the late Thomas B. Stoddard. Anchor: Ernie Anastos; Reporter: J.J. Gonzalez.

Same-sex marriage is legally recognized nationwide in Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden and Brazil. New Zealand's parliament expanded the definition of marriage to include same sex marriage on April 17, 2013, increasing the number of countries to 13 where gay marriage is allowed around the globe.

Director Spike Lee takes us behind-the-scenes of State Farm's 9/11 "Thanks" project, sharing commentary and intimate interviews with the school children and Fire Fighters.

Actress Julianna Margulies and her husband Keith Lieberthal support marriage equality. Do you?

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