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Parker Griffith Promises Progressivism on Multiple Platforms for All Alabamians - HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) - 06:21PM, JUNE 4, 2014

"It's a very new relationship," explains Robinson. "I was interested and I approached Dr. Griffith, sat down with him and had a very open conversation with him about my activism and the fact that I work for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer community. I talked to him about the fact that the Alabama that he is going to be governor of is going to be a different Alabama than it is today." 

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GLBT Activists Respond to Supreme Court Hearings On Same-Sex Marriage - HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) - 10:32PM, MARCH 27, 2013

The Executive Director for GLBT Advocacy and Youth Services in Huntsville, James Robinson, says legalizing same-sex marriage is in his opinion a secular, not religious issue, about equal civil rights.

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Winners of Woody Anderson Ford’s “I Love My Community” Announced - HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) - 

9:51 PM, MARCH 14, 2013

James Robinson from the GLBT Advocacy and Youth Services 3rd Place

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Activists React to Possible Scout Policy Change - HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) -  04:43PM, FEBRUARY 8, 2013

"It may not mean that they come out immediately or say anything about it," said Robinson. "But it's an affirmation of their value as people, as human beings, and it reminds them that they're just as valuable and just as significant as the scout sitting next to them that may be heterosexual."

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Classroom Conversation On Bible And Homosexuality Sparks Federal Probe - HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) - 10:45PM, NOVEMBER 29, 2012

"A student contacted me asking me for help when this situation happened," said James Robinson, director of the GLBT Advocacy and Youth Services Center in Huntsville.

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Volunteers Clean Up Sidewalks, Courtyard At Westlawn Middle School - HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) 

"Our organization is just really adamant about doing community service.  We need to be visible, we need people to know that we're here," said James Robinson, Executive Director. "We're your brothers and sisters, we're your parents in many cases, we're your neighbors, to help get rid of those negative stereotypes, this is what it's about. We should be giving back any way we can, when we're able to."

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Politics & Polynesian Sauce: Thousands Crow in Support of Chick-Fil-A ‘Appreciation Day’ Following CEO Flap - Huntsville, Ala. (WHNT)

"Marriage equality in this country is a civil right," says Robinson, "it's a human right that no group of individual citizens in this country should have ever been denied to begin with."

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GLBT Activist And Local Pastor React To Obama’s Support of Same Sex Marriage - HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT)

“He's our leader. He’s the most powerful single man in the world," said Robinson. "Of course it’s going to make a difference.”

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Huntsville remembers the Orlando nightclub massacre victims through a candlelight vigil - HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT)

James hopes Huntsville does it united as one.  “That in Huntsville, the Star of Alabama, we can unite in Huntsville and we can show everyone in our community that we are together," says Robinson.

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Thousands flock to Rocket City Pride 2015 downtown - HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT)

"It is the most diverse event in the city because the LGBTQ community is part of every other community," said James Robinson, executive director of Free2Be, the sponsor of the event and parade.