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New Jersey lawmakers pass tough new anti-bullying measure
New Jersey lawmakers on Monday approved an “Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act,” legislation that advocates say will be one of the nation’s toughest laws to fight bullying in institutions of learning.
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Fox News refuses to air ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal ad
The Palm Center has put together an ad regarding the repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,” and while most major networks have picked it up and it will start running soon, Fox News has refused to air it, claiming the military “isn’t planning on repealing.”
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Bowling Green, Ohio voters pass two anti-discrimination ordinances
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Two anti-discrimination ordinances on the Nov. 2 ballot, aimed at protecting gay and transgendered individuals, were both approved by city voters, according to the Wood County Board of Elections, who certified the election results on Monday. One of the ordinances expands the list of protected classes in the city’s housing code […]
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Report: gays more likely to be victims of violent hate crime; identifies 13 anti-gay ‘hate groups’
Gays and lesbians are far more likely to be victims of a violent hate crime than any other minority group in the United States, according to a new analysis of federal hate crime statistics released Monday by Southern Poverty Law Center.
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Tom Goss’ new video tells story of loss endured by partners of gay service members
Openly gay singer and songwriter Tom Goss has released his new music video “Lover,” which tells the story of loss endured by partners of gay service members killed in battle.
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United Nations vote will lead to more LGBT murders, activists claim
A vote last week by the United Nations General Assembly Human Rights Committee has LGBT and human rights activists outraged over the decision to remove sexual orientation from an anti-execution resolution.
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Parents fight school’s anti-bullying curriculum because it teaches LGBT tolerance
VALLEJO, Calif. — Angry parents in the Vallejo Unified School District, located in San Francisco’s East Bay, packed a school district board meeting last week to protest the district’s proposed curriculum plan that includes lessons on gay rights.
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Texas school board adopts LGBT-inclusive anti-bullying policy
By a unanimous vote, the Dallas Independent School District school board this week approved a new an anti-bullying policy that for the first time included protections for LGBTQ students.
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Communities honor victims on 12th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance
Today marks the 12th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance around the world, a day when the LGBTQ and allied community honor those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice.
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Vice-President Joe Biden lends his voice to the ‘It Gets Better’ project
The White House this week released Vice-President Joe Biden’s contribution to the national anti-bullying video campaign, “It gets better,” in the ongoing effort to quell the number of LGBTQ youth and young adult suicides.
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Texas man charged with murder of classmate over alleged gay ‘sexual overtures’
PEARLAND, Texas — A man charged in the murder of a classmate told authorities he beat the victim to death and burned his body after the victim made “unwanted sexual overtures to him toward him,” according to court records.
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Houston mayor appoints longtime transgender activist as associate municipal judge
HOUSTON — Mayor Annise Parker has appointed Houston attorney and longtime transgender activist Phyllis Randolph Frye as an associate municipal judge. Frye will become the first transgender judge in Texas and only the third in the country.
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Reid to bring defense bill to a vote; White House affirms commitment to DADT repeal
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced late Wednesday that he will bring the Defense Authorization bill containing the provision for the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” to the Senate floor for a vote before the scheduled Congressional adjournment in early December.
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Joy Behar, ‘The View’ confront Pastor Joel Osteen: ‘Being gay isn’t a choice’ (Video)
“The View’s” Joy Behar went after bigoted Pastor Joel Osteen’s views on homosexuality. “It’s not a choice pastor! People are born this way and they are what they are,” she Osteen responded by comparing homosexuality to drunkards and drug users of course. Watch the video below: [sc name=”eric-e”]
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Willow Palin unleashes homophobic slur on Facebook: ‘Your such a faggot’
Sarah Palin’s 16-year-old daughter Willow used multiple homophobic slurs — including the word faggot — to attack a Facebook user who criticized her mom’s new reality show, according to TMZ.
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High school student, ACLU beat school censorship over ‘marriage is so gay’ t-shirt
A Colorado high school has reversed its decision banning students from wearing “marriage is so gay” t-shirts. The school recently banned the pro-gay marriage shirts, but allowed anti-abortion shirts.
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Homophobic moron Peter LaBarbera speaks out on TSA’s same-gender pat downs
Last night all of the major broadcast networks covered the story regarding the new U. S. Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration rules now in effect in the numerous U. S. Airports that are using the aptly named “full-body scanners.”
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Cindy McCain makes Anderson Cooper’s ‘RedicuList’ for ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ flip flop
Here’s a follow-up to a story we posted on Sunday regarding Cindy McCain’s seemingly contradictory statements regarding her position on the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
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Gay student speaks out at school board meeting to defend suspended teacher
A high school economics teacher in Howell, Mich., suspended after ejecting two students from his class after the students said they believed that gays and lesbians are immoral, has garnered considerable support from the local community, and from one student in particular.
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13 Gay rights activists arrested at White House protest of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Thirteen gay rights activists were arrested Monday after they handcuffed themselves to the White House’s north gate in a protest demonstration urging President Barack Obama to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the military’s ban openly gay service members.