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LGBT activists stage NYC ‘die-in’ protest to honor suicide victims, demand civil rights
More than 300 LGBT activists dropped to the floor in Grand Central Station in New York City Friday evening in a demonstration of death, aimed at calling attention to the rash of recent bullying, torture, suicides, and murders of LGBT Americans. At around 6 p.m. in the main concourse of the nation’s busiest transit hub, […]
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Mormon church edits transcript of Packer’s anti-gay hate speech
The Mormon Church is trying to perform some sleight of hand, and hoping no one notices. On their online version of Boyd K. Packer’s hate-speech, they’ve changed some of the most critical words -– possibly in response to the national outrage against them.
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Iowa gubernatorial candidates defend, attack same-sex marriage in televised debate
More than a year after the Iowa Supreme Court ruled to allow same-sex marriage in the “Hawkeye” state, the argument continues, taking stage at last night’s debate between gubernatorial candidates Chet Culver, the Democratic incumbent, and Republican rival Terry Branstad.
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Thousands protest outside Mormon church over LDS leader’s anti-gay remarks
An estimated 4,500 gay rights advocates gathered outside the headquarters of the Mormon church Thursday evening to protest recent remarks from a church leader that homosexuality is an immoral condition that can and should be overcome.
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Campaign underway in Iowa to oust judges who supported gay marriage
A political-action committee wants voters to remove 3 Iowa Supreme Court justices in retaliation for the 2009 Court ruling that said there was “no important governmental interest in denying citizens marriage licenses based on their sexual orientation.”
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Rutgers student press blames Clementi’s suicide on ‘inability to deal with the hardships of life’
The Rutgers student newspaper, The Daily Targum, on Tuesday published a blistering editorial attacking the national media and gay-rights activists for “exploiting” the suicide of Tyler Clementi, referring to the incident as “a boy’s inability to deal with the hardships of life.”
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Jewish newspaper sets off ‘firestorm’ over same-sex wedding announcements
A Jewish newspaper in New Jersey has announced its first published same-sex engagement announcement will also be its last, bowing to complaints from members of the traditional Orthodox Jewish community. The Teaneck, NJ-based Jewish Standard announced its decision on its website, just a week after it published the announcement for Justin Rosen and Avi Smolen. […]
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Minnesota Archbishop denies Communion to gay, lesbian students
About 25 students from St. John’s University and the College of St. Benedict say they were turned away from communion because they were wearing rainbow buttons that indication membership in, or solidarity with a gay and lesbian student group. Archbishop John Nienstedt of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, led a student […]
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Ku Klux Klan plans rally to support anti-gay counseling student
The Ku Klux Klan plans to hold a rally in support of an Augusta State University counseling student who claims her First Amendment rights were violated when the school told her that her anti-gay beliefs are incompatible with the standards of her desired profession. Bobby Spurlock, the imperial wizard knighthawk and grand dragon of South […]
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Three men arrested in pair of alleged anti-gay attacks in New York City
Three men have been arrested in connection with a pair of alleged ant-gay attacks against gay men in New York City this past weekend. In an incident at the famed Stonewall Inn — widely considered the birthplace of the gay rights movement when rioters clashed with police there in 1969 — a gay man was […]
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The 5 Things You Need to Know About Gay Teen Suicide
It’s a troubling phenomenon: several gay teens have killed themselves in recent weeks after being harassed because of their sexuality. Here are five things everyone needs to know about this sad trend, and what you can do to help make it better.
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HRC penalizes Target, Best Buy in latest Corporate Equality Index rating
Retailers Target and Best Buy, along with 3M Corporation, all based in Minnesota, have been stripped of their perfect scores in the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) 2011 Corporate Equality Index. Now in its ninth year, the HRC assesses more than 30 specific policies and practices covering nearly every aspect of employment for LGBT workers from […]
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Sen. Jim DeMint reaffirms position that gays are unfit to teach in public schools
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), an emerging Tea Party hero, told a crowd of supporters in South Carolina Friday that he will continue to recruit like-minded Conservatives across the nation to run for Congress and pastors to join the fight to “take our country back.”
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U-M student body president in court Monday seeking protection order against Asst AG
University of Michigan student assembly president Chris Armstrong will face off against Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell, in a Washtenaw County courtroom on Monday afternoon. Anderson is seeking an order of protection against Shirvell.
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Hundreds ‘celebrate’ life of Seth Walsh; details emerge of last bullying incident
It was standing room only at the First Baptist Church in Tehachapi, CA, Friday as more than 500 mourners came to bid farewell to Seth Walsh, an openly gay teen who died earlier this week following a suicide attempt 10 days earlier. Seth endured years of bullying for being gay.
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Family, friends gather in Houston park to bid farewell to Asher Brown
Asher Brown’s uncle told a gathering of mourners and family supporters on Saturday that school bullies “ripped him up and tore him down everyday.” A crowd of hundreds blanketed a Houston park beside Moore Elementary School to express grief over the death by bullying of 13-year-old gay teen.
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50 Cent says Twitter post encouraging gay suicides was ‘misinterpreted’
Rapper 50 CENT is defending his controversial Twitter post from earlier this week, insisting the comment — which implied gay men should commit suicide — was misinterpreted. The ill-timed post has infuriated members of the LGBTQ community […]
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Indiana bakery faces investigation over refusal to make rainbow cookies for gay event
A local ordinance prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation has prompted the city of Indianapolis to launch an investigation against a bake shop for refusing to fill an order from a gay-rights group. The city is investigating whether the owner of “Just Cookies” engaged in discrimination last week when he cited moral objections to homosexuality […]
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Shirvell on leave, will face hearing over anti-gay blog targeting U-M student president
Andrew Shirvell, an assistant attorney general in Michigan, who, for nearly six months has waged an vicious online campaign against the openly gay student body president of University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, went on personal leave today.
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Education Secretary calls for tolerance in response to bullying, suicides of gay teens
Arne Duncan, the U.S. Secretary of Education, released a statement today in response to recent suicides among gay teens and anti-gay bullying.