Lori Michaels has been singing and dancing since she could talk and walk. But hercareer launched into new orbit in 2006, following her official "Coming Out: party at the House of Blues' Club Worship in Atlantic City. It was a House of Blues first, and a turning point for Michaels in her evolution as an artist.

In a time when coming out has evolved from something equated with fear to something much more about freedom, Michaels has freed her artistic soul to deliver "Living My Life Out Loud," her brand new solo album.

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Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) has released new data showing that while women make up approximately fifteen percent of the armed forces, they account for nearly half of all "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" DADT) discharges from the Army and Air Force. Women have always been disproportionately affected by the law forbidding openly gay, lesbian and bisexual Americans from military service but the 2007 data shows a significant increase in the ban's impact.

Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1956, Navratilova first visited the United States in in 1973. Two years later, she defected to the U.S., requesting political asylum. She became an American citizen in 1981.

As a singles Tennis Player, she has won 167 titles including a record nine at Wimbledon. Her victory in the 1995 Wimbledon mixed doubles extended her total of Wimbledon titles to 19, one short of Billie Jean King's record.

I grew up on Welfare in the General Grant Projects of Harlem where I lived in the late fifties through about 1971.  We received cash assistance and food stamps.

My father was a WWII vet who was disabled in the war and became an alcoholic.  When is fifth (and first son) was born, he lost his job and never had another one.  With five children (and two more on the way) to clothe, shelter and feed, my mother had little choice but to go on public assistance.