GLAAD Link - your daily round-up of LGBT news, July 30, 2014

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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Russia to revive Soviet Eurovision alternative to protest gay "madness" of Conchita win - PinkNews
China: Gay "cure" clinic sued by advocates in landmark move - PinkNews
Smart phone app Whisper brings continued LGBT youth persecution to light - The New Civil Rights Movement
10 US senators urge Obama to take Nigeria and Uganda to task over anti-LGBT laws - Gay Star News
Former "ex-gay" activist backs away from past, now supports GLAAD - The Advocate
LOCAL/REGIONAL
Michigan Democrat introduces law that will ban gay "conversion therapy" - PinkNews
Equality Michigan petitions Michfest to end exclusionary policy - The Advocate
The most lesbian/bi tidbits from San Diego Comic-Con 2014 - AfterEllen
First ever Mississippi mayor to support equal marriage to retire - PinkNews
Wyoming marriage equality lawsuit will be allowed to go to trial - PinkNews
Inside LES with an LGBT equality historian - The Huffington Post
ACLU of North Carolina on 4th circuit marriage ruling: The time to act is now - Towleroad
Colorado Supreme Court tells Boulder County to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples - PinkNews
Nevada TV station gives transgender nine-year-old a platform - PinkNews
WATCH: Ohio's first pro-marriage equality ad in a decade - The Advocate
COMMENTARY
Why is drug use higher in the gay community? - PinkNews
To be black, trans, and brilliant: Lourdes Ashley Hunter - The Huffington Post
The New Yorker's skewed history of trans-exclusionary radical feminism ignores actual trans women - Autostraddle
Femslash can save the world if we let it - Autostraddle
The 24 realest Tumblr posts about being a lesbian - BuzzFeed
ENTERTAINMENT
Camp Abercorn parallels boy Scout summer camp - Out
VIDEO: Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj--"Bang Bang" - Towleroad
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