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Parents say 11-year-old daughter denied medical treatment because she has ‘two moms’
The parents of an 11-year-old student in Rancho Rio, NM, are planning a civil rights lawsuit against their daughter’s school for failing to provide her treatment following a playground accident because, they say, she has “two moms.” On February 26, Jenna Bissell says she sat in her fifth-grade class at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary […]
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‘Rent boy’ describes anti-gay Christian leader’s sexual massages, another escort comes forward
The 20-year old “rent boy” that accompanied notoriously anti-gay Christian leader George Rekers on a Eurpoean vaction, told media outlets this week the he was contracted to provide his client with “sexual massages” in the nude.
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NY Court of Appeals expands rights for same-sex parents
Under a new ruling by New York’s highest court this week, same-sex parents are guaranteed consideration for custody or visitation in the event of divorce or death. Previously, the non-biological partner had these rights, but only if that parent legally adopted the shared child. But the court limited its rulings, and declined to resolve two […]
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Iowa legislator wants to exclude gays from family campsite policy
An Iowa state lawmaker said Thursday that he wants to be “vigilant” and keep state agencies from writing rules that extend new benefits to gay couples. His latest target: camping rules in the state park system. State Sen. Merlin Bartz, R-Grafton, told Radio Iowa that he wants Iowa Department of Natural Resources officials to explain […]
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Lithuanian court overturns ban on gay pride event
Lithuania’s first gay pride parade can go ahead as planned on Saturday, an appeals court has ruled. Earlier this week, a lower court outlawed the parade after the chief prosecutor argued that anti-gay groups could cause violence. As in many other former Soviet republics, gay rights is a sensitive issue in Lithuania, which has repeatedly […]
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Prominent anti-gay Christian leader takes European vacation with ‘rent boy’
A Christian leader and prominent neuro-psychiatrist who co-founded the notoriously anti-gay Family Research Council with evangelist James Dobson, took a ten-day European vacation with a callboy he met through RentBoy.com.
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Country music singer-songwriter Chely Wright comes out
Country music singer Richell Rene “Chely” Wright has come out. In an interview with People magazine, the “Shut Up and Drive” singer revealed her sexual orientation, and said she had previously resisted […]
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Klein says Michael Jackson had gay relationship with office manager
Dr. Arnold Klein — Michael Jackson’s long-time best friend and physician — has told TMZ he did not betray Jackson by claiming Jackson had a homosexual affair with Klein’s office manager, Jason Pfeiffer.
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Gates, Mullen tell Congress they ‘strongly oppose’ repealing DADT this year
Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are urging Congress to hold off on repealing the ban on openly gay service members until the Defense Department wraps up its yearlong review of how to implement a change. In a letter sent Friday to Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), […]
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California Assembly repeals decades-old law to seek ‘cure’ for homosexuality
Homosexuality is no longer a sexual deviation on par with child molestation that needs to be cured — at least in the eyes of the California Assembly. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the lower house adopted a measure Monday to strike a line of state code that directed the Department of Mental Health to […]
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Illinois House passes LGBT-inclusive anti-bullying law
The Illinois state House on Friday unanimously approved a bill to prevent homophobic and transphobic bullying. The measure covers bullying specifically targeted at students because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, among other categories. It was introduced just eight weeks ago, and previously passed in the state Senate on March 24. The Prevent School […]
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Archie comics to introduce first openly gay teen at Riverdale High
Riverdale High School, the stomping grounds of comic books’ favorite teens is opening its doors to an openly gay student – a first in the 69-year history of Archie comics. “We’re trying to reflect society and we’re just trying to show Riverdale is a diverse place,” says Dan Parent, the artist-writer behind the series. “The […]
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Kentucky teens accused of trying to kill gay classmate
Two teenagers charged in an attack on a gay classmate in eastern Kentucky have been released from jail. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that 18-year-old Ashley N. Sams and 18-year-old Corrine M. Schwab were released Wednesday after posting $25,000 bonds each. According to State Police, Sams, Schwab, and a third juvenile took 18-year-old Cheyenne Williams to […]
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Military veterans chain themselves to White House fence in DADT protest
Six U.S. military veterans chained themselves to the White House fence Tuesday afternoon in protest of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that prohibits gays and lesbians from opening serving in the U.S. military. Participants, who were removed from the fence and arrested around 1 p.m., included Lt. Dan Choi and Capt. Jim Pietrangelo, who […]
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Bleckley County High School prom: A good time was had by all!
Bleckley County High School senior Derrick Martin made history Saturday when he arrived at his high school prom on the arm of another boy. He was the first in his hometown of Cochran — and perhaps in Georgia — to ask permission to take a same sex partner to prom and have his school allow […]
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Christian musician Jennifer Knapp comes back, comes out
Jennifer Knapp, the former Christian music singer, whose last album “Way I Am” was released in 2001, has come out as a lesbian. According to CNN: After selling about a million records and winning at Christian music’s prestigious Dove Awards in 1999, the Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter simply vanished in 2003 — leaving fans wondering where she […]
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Nationwide ‘Day of Silence’ calls attention to bullying, harassment of LGBT students
Hundreds of thousands of students from every state and at least 7,400 middle and high schools participated in GLSEN’s 15th annual Day of Silence on Friday to bring attention to anti-LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) name-calling, bullying and harassment. The Day of Silence illustrates the silencing effect of anti-LGBT bullying and harassment on LGBT […]
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Potential Supreme Court nominee target of gay ‘whisper’ campaign
Leading gay rights group are accusing Republicans of trying to rile up their conservative base by launching a whisper campaign against potential Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan — suggesting the current Solicitor General is a closeted lesbian, reports the Huffington Post. In its first entree into the upcoming Supreme Court nomination process, the Human Rights […]
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Obama orders hospital visitation rights for same-sex partners
President Obama mandated Thursday that hospitals extend visitation rights to the partners of gay men and lesbians and allow same-sex couples to share medical power of attorney, perhaps the most significant step so far in his efforts to expand the rights of gay Americans. The president directed the Department of Health and Human Services to […]
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Lesbian teen banned from prom will lead NYC pride parade
Constance McMillen did not get to attend her high school prom after her Mississippi high school canceled it rather than allow her to bring her girlfriend. But she will be an honored guest at an even bigger celebration: she has been named a grand marshal of the gay pride parade in New York, the NY […]