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President Obama to progressive bloggers: ‘I don’t think that the disillusionment is justified’
Five progressive bloggers sat down with President Obama on Wednesday and individually asked questions pertaining to the current political climate looking towards the impending midterm elections, and the administration’s outlook on issues concerning voters.
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News (USA)
Arkansas school board official posts anti-gay tirade on Facebook page
A school board official in Midland, Arkansas, has sparked outrage and calls for his resignation following the discovery of an anti-gay tirade on his Facebook page, where he allegedly wrote gays should kill themselves.
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Texas TV station asks its viewers: Will homosexuality be the ‘downfall of America?’
A Texas television station is asking its viewers whether they think homosexuality will cause the downfall of the United States. KETK-TV, an NBC affiliate in Tyler, TX, has partnered with KTBB-AM radio station to poll its audiences on the subject.
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News (USA)
Department of Education campaign aims to combat bullying in schools
The Obama Administration on Tuesday issued guidance to support educators in combating bullying in schools by clarifying when student bullying may violate federal education anti-discrimination laws.
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Commentary
‘GetEqual’ video is rude, ineffective, offensive
Whatever the reason, I found, in my personal opinion, that the following video released by the LGBT activist group GETEqual would cause offense as it did in my case. As it was rude in its presentation it became ultimately ineffective.
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Life
London school claims to have almost eradicated anti-gay bullying through education
Teachers at a London secondary school say they have almost eradicated anti-gay bullying in classrooms and playground after it started teaching its students lessons on LGBT history.
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News (USA)
White House meeting scheduled to discuss congressional repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Obama Administration sources have told the Advocate’s Senior White House Correspondent Kerry Eleveld, that presidential advisor Valerie Jarrett and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina are due to hold a meeting today on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
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KKK rally in Augusta falls flat, pro-gay counter-protesters outnumber Klan
Members of the Ku Klux Klan and representatives from the Supreme White Alliance rallied at Augusta State University on Saturday to protest the school’s action in requiring one of its graduate students to complete remediation courses regarding homosexuality.
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News (USA)
Florida ban on gay adoptions ends as Attorney General declines to appeal
Bringing an end to Florida’s 33-year-old ban on gay adoptions, state attorney general Bill McCollum announced Friday that he will not appeal to the state supreme court a lower court ruling that the ban was unconstitutional.
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News (USA)
UM student president drops protection request against state Assistant AG
Chris Armstrong, the openly gay student assembly president University of Michigan, withdrew his request Monday for a personal protection order against a state lawyer who’s accused of harassing him.
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News (USA)
Gay student teacher, fired after parent’s complaint, rehired by Oregon school district
Seth Stambaugh, the gay graduate student from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR — who had been fired Sept. 15 after a parent filed a complaint — has been rehired by the school district’s superintendent.
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Life
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to LGBT youth: ‘It Gets Better’ (Video)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, (D-Calif.) adds her voice to the chorus of Americans across the country as part of the “It Gets Better Project” to tell LGBT youth, “You are not alone, it gets better.”
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News (USA)
White House under severe criticism for defense of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
The Obama administration is coming under fire for its defense of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” by successfully petitioning the Ninth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals this week for an emergency stay of U. S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillip’s injunction issued last Tuesday against the policy.
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News (USA)
Gay marriage legal in NH, but don’t expect an announcment in Manchester newspaper
The New Hampshire Union-Leader of Manchester is one of the state’s largest newspapers, but apparently they didn’t get the memo that same sex marriage has been legal in their state since January.
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Life
Obama, Clinton tell LGBT youth: ‘It Gets Better’ (Videos)
President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this week joined the thousands of Americans that have come together as part of the It Gets Better Project to share stories of hope and encouragement for LGBT youth who are struggling with bullying and intolerance over their sexual orientation. “I don’t know what it’s like […]
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News (USA)
‘Spirit Day’ shadowed by news of another teen suicide in the LGBT community
The LGBT community mourns the loss of another teen due to suicide. Campus police at Oakland University in Rochester, MI, police report the body of 19-year-old Corey Jackson was found in a wooded area of the campus.
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News (USA)
Breaking: Federal appeals court grants stay, reinstates ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
A federal appeals court late today reinstated “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the military’s ban on openly gay service members. A three-judge panel U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted the Justice Department’s emergency request to allow the policy to remain intact while the appeals court considers the issues presented. [via Metro Weekly] This […]
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News (USA)
Judge denies stay in ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ ruling — military begins accepting gay recruits
A federal judge on Tuesday denied a government request to delay her order to halt discharges under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and the Pentagon took the unprecedented steps to begin allowing openly gay recruits to enlist, or re-enlist, in the U.S. Armed Forces.
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Facebook working to combat cyber-bullying — but when does free speech become hate speech?
Facebook is teaming up with Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLADD), The Trevor Project and others to form a new “Network of Support” to help combat bullying of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender teens.
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News (USA)
Federal judge refuses to back down on landmark ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ ruling
The federal judge who issued a worldwide injunction last week ordering the U.S. military to cease enforcement of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” has tentatively rejected the federal government’s request for an emergency stay in the injunction.