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Arkansas 10-Year-Old Won't Pledge Allegiance Until Gays Gain Equality

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

edgesanfrancisco.com - By Kilian Melloy - Nov. 13 (News Report) - A 10-year-old Arkansas boy name Will Phillips has decided that he cannot in good conscience pledge allegiance to the flag as long as the country for which it stands refuses legal equality to its GLBT citizens.

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Daniel Aleman, Daniel Rodriguez Arrested For Hate Crime Attack

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By David Weiner - Oct. 14 (News Report) - Shocking video of the brutal beating of Jack Price has been released just as news of a second arrest in the case was announced.

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Anglo-Swedish rift over church gay marriage - The Local

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

thelocal.se - Jul. 16 (News Report) - The Church of England has condemned a proposal by the Church of Sweden to grant same-sex couples the right to religious wedding ceremonies.

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Study: Gates can roll back DADT -

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

airforcetimes.com - By William H. Mc - Jul. 06 (News Report) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates could limit enforcement of the military’s prohibition against open homosexual service without waiting for Congress to reverse the ban, as President Obama has called for. That is the conclusion of a legal memo issued Monday by the Palm Center, a think tank in Santa Barbara, Calif., that supports repealing the ban.

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TABC Admits Man Was In Its Custody When Injured

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

cbs11tv.com - Jul. 01 (News Report) - Late Wednesday, State Senator Wendy Davis and State Representative Lon Burnam, both of Fort Worth, issued a joint statement. They say they have talked to TABC officials in Austin and are initiating an investigation to find out what happened that night.

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Local Gay Community Upset Following Reported Bar Raid

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

cbs11tv.com - By Selena Hernandez FORT WORTH (CBS 11 News) ― - Jun. 29 (News Report) - Members of the North Texas gay community are angry and they want answers. News of a raid Saturday Night of the Rainbow Lounge night club on South Jennings Avenue has sparked an outcry.

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Study: Gay Men, But Not Women, Do Better at College

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Miller-McCune - By Tom Jacobs - Jun. 03 (Special Report) - Gay male college students are more motivated to learn and more likely to be mentored than their straight counterparts, and their above-average grades suggest this kind of engagement makes a real difference.

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California Gay Marriage Opponents Gear Up For Rallies

Sun, 31 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Garance Burke - May. 31 (News Report) - Hundreds of gay marriage supporters marched in rural, conservative California, but before the dusty roads could clear, opponents of same-sex couples planned to take to the streets to renew their resolve. The outfits that helped persuade voters to ban gay marriage in the state Constitution in November will on Sunday celebrate weddings between men and women at Fresno City Hall, while nearly a dozen religious and social conservative groups planned a similar rally in San Diego.

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Gay Rights Groups to Ted Olson: Thanks, but No Thanks

Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Mother Jones - By Stephanie Mencimer - May. 29 (News Analysis) - If anyone could prevail in this case, Olson could. So gay rights groups must be thrilled that he’s thrown his significant legal weight and conservative bona fides behind their cause, right? But they’re not—not at all.

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Will gay marriage still work as a Republican wedge issue?

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Salon - By Thomas Schaller - Apr. 20 (News Analysis) - Can opposition to gay marriage still help the Republicans on Election Day, or have we reached a tipping point? Salon asked three guests to helps us weigh what is at stake in the ongoing battle to define marriage in America.

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National NAACP urges opposition to Prop 8

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

dallasvoice.com - Feb. 24 (News Report) - In a letter to legislative leaders, NAACP national board chair Julian Bond and President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous urged lawmakers to pass House Resolution 5 and Senate Resolution 7 and put the legislature on record as calling for the courts to invalidate Prop 8 as an “improper and dangerous alteration of the California Constitution.” Jealous said, “The NAACP’s mission is to help create a society where all Americans have equal protection and opportunity under the law. Our mission statement calls for the ‘equality of rights of all persons.’ “Prop. 8 strips same-sex couples of a fundamental freedom, as defined by the California State Supreme Court. In so doing, it poses a serious threat to all Americans,” Jealous continued. “Prop. 8 is a discriminatory, unprecedented change to the California Constitution that, if allowed to stand, would undermine the very purpose of a constitution and courts — assuring equal protection and opportunity for all and safeguarding minorities from the tyranny of the majority.”

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Schools Confront Anti-Gay Bulllying Here and Abroad

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

edgeboston.com - By Killan Melloy - Feb. 08 (News Analysis) - Around the country, and internationally, anti-gay harassment of GLBT youth has come to the forefront for lawmakers and social organizations.

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Obama Staff: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell — Not Yet

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

3BlueDudes - Jan. 14 (News Report) - Despite a report yesterday that an Obama Aide said the Clinton “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” military policy for gays will be axed by President-elect Barack Obama, today, incoming White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs denied there would be an immediate change in policy.

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Family behavior key to health of gay youth

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Lisa Leff - Dec. 29 (News Report) - Young gay people whose parents or guardians responded negatively when they revealed their sexual orientation were more likely to attempt suicide, experience severe depression and use drugs than those whose families accepted the news, according to a new study. The way in which parents or guardians respond to a youth's sexual orientation profoundly influences the child's mental health as an adult, say researchers at San Francisco State University, whose findings appear in Monday's journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. "Parents love their children and want the best for them," said lead researcher Caitlin Ryan, a social worker who directs the university's Family Acceptance Project. "Now that we have measured all these behaviors, we can see that some of them put youth at extremely high risk and others are wellness-promoting."

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Rick Warren, Obama Invocation Choice, Causing First Real Rift With Progressives

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Sam Stein - Dec. 18 (News Analysis) - Ever since Barack Obama was elected president, the media has been pining to write a story about liberal dissatisfaction with his transition efforts. By and large, the meme has been blown out of proportion, as the press overestimated how divisive Obama's cabinet choices were for progressives.

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San Fransico Rejects Hrc

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

planetransgender - By Kelli Busey - Jul. 04 (Special Report) - HEADLINE NEWS: SAN FRANSICO CALIFORNIA GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY REJECTS HRC'S GENDER EXPRSSION EXCLUSSIONARY POLICY.

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Lesbians' Legal Victory Wed to New Ballot Fight

Sun, 25 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Women's eNews - By Lorraine Orlandi - May. 25 (News Report) - Elizabeth Kristen and Mali Kigasari, together for 12 years, have set a new wedding date for June 16, the first slot available at San Francisco City Hall. On May 15 the California Supreme Court ruled that lesbians and gays have the same constitutional rights as heterosexuals to marry whom they choose. Unless opponents can stall the ruling's implementation, it takes effect 30 days later and California will join Massachusetts in permitting same-sex marriage.

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Conservatives Urge Congress To Maintain Gays In Military Ban

Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

365Gay.com - May. 02 (News Report) - The number of gay men and lesbians turned way by military recruiters is unknown. A study conducted last year for SLDN concluded that the U.S. military could attract as many as 41,000 new recruits if gays and lesbians in the military were able to be open about their sexual orientation. Last month, Lawrence J. Korb,former Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan, told a joint hearing of the House Armed Services Air and Land Forces Subcommittee and the House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee to "get rid of outmoded social restrictions," such as DADT. "First, repeal the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy," Korb told the joint hearing.

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Florida Passes Anti-Bully Law

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

365Gay.com - May. 01 (News Report) - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) is expected to sign legislation that would require school districts to prohibit bullying and harassment. The Senate passed the bill unanimously on Wednesday. It already had passed the House. Crist has said he would likely sign the bill. ''I'm against bullying, too,'' he said. The legislation mandates that school districts throughout the state must put in place specific policies to deal with bullying that includes methods of investigating and punishments. It also bans cyber bullying. The districts would have to comply by December 1 or risk losing state funds.

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Obama Makes Gay Ad Buys in Ohio, Texas

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

The Advocate - Feb. 28 (News Report) - The Obama campaign is lavishing some of its cash advantage on LGBTs with targeted ad buys in Ohio and Texas leading up to the critical March 4 primaries in both states (Rhode Island and Vermont also vote that day). According to Obama LGBT steering committee member Eric Stern, the campaign has just completed an ad buy with queer newspapers in the four largest LGBT markets of those two states -- Columbus, Cleveland, Dallas, and Houston.

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More gay men describe sexual encounters with U.S. Sen. Craig

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:55:05 -0800

Idaho Statesman - By Dan Popkey - Dec. 02 (News Report) - Four gay men, willing to put their names in print and whose allegations can't be disproved, have come forward since news of U.S. Sen. Larry Craig's guilty plea. They say they had sex with Craig or that he made a sexual advance or that he paid them unusual attention. They are telling their stories now because they are offended by Craig's denials, including his famous statement, "I am not gay, I never have been gay." Those words, spoken on live national TV on Aug. 28, are now memorialized on a just-released-for-Christmas Talking Senator Larry Craig Action Figure.

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What Is a Civil Union?

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:38:50 -0700

FactCheck - By Jess Henig, Lori Robertson - Aug. 09 (Special Report) - Politicians often say they support civil unions but not gay marriage. We sort out the difference. When politicians say they support civil unions but not marriage for people of the same sex, what do they mean? We find three main differences between the two concepts: (1) The right to federal benefits, (2) Portability, and (3) Terminology.

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Gay Rights Groups Call for Rejection of Bush Surgeon General Nominee Over Alleged Homophobia

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:33:11 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman, Max Blumenthal, Jim Burroway - Jun. 15 (News Report) - Opposition is growing against President Bush's nominee to be the next surgeon general, Dr. James Holsinger. Holsinger has argued that homosexuality is unnatural and dangerous and that sexual orientation is a lifestyle choice.

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Reverend Mel White remembers Jerry Falwell

Thu, 17 May 2007 12:18:03 -0700

The Advocate - By Rev. Mel White, Michelle Garcia - May. 17 (Special Report) - I was in the dentist's chair when I heard that Jerry Falwell passed away. I couldn't believe that I started crying. I had to find an office and I just cried. I was trying to think, "Why the heck am I crying?" I think I was crying for his family. He was a great father and husband, and he was a really good pastor - I've been going to his church for years, so I know -- and he was a really good president of a university. There are 20,000 students at Liberty University, which Falwell founded, and they all like him. I knew there would be just a huge hole in Virginia and in Lynchburg, and I felt for those people. But at the same time I was feeling more strongly that now we'll never have a chance for Jerry Falwell to say, "I was wrong. I did wrong, and I said wrong, and I'm sorry. God creates gay people and loves them just like she created them. I'm not going to say anything more against gay people because I was wrong." Imagine the consequence that would have had for so many people. Falwell was the face of homophobia. Back when I was still afraid that I was sick and sinful for being gay, I got a job as a ghostwriter to get my kids through college. First I ghostwrote for Billy Graham, and the next thing you know, Jerry Falwell heard, and I ended up ghostwriting his autobiography. When you have to write 450 pages about a guy, you get really intimate with him, and I learned about this guy inside and out. I kind of liked him. I didn't like what he said, but he had a private persona that was really quite amiable.

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The new F word

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:03:54 -0800

The Advocate - By Carl Swanson - Mar. 09 (Special Report) - "Oh, it's such an awesome word," the TV actor T.R. Knight said to Ellen DeGeneres on her show January 17, his voice quavering a bit. He didn't want to be there. He seemed to want to grab hold of Ellen, to shift attention to her very public and, at the time, difficult coming-out a decade ago. Because Knight never wanted to be the poster boy for the word "faggot." Who would? The word is tinged with the inchoate stupidity of adolescence. Most of us have probably not heard it since then, except maybe from the mouth of a passing heckler. It's certainly not for polite conversation. And, in fact, "I had never been called that to my face," Knight told DeGeneres. It was the only interview his publicist said he would do--he and Ellen share a publicity firm--on the subject of his Grey's Anatomy costar Isaiah Washington referring to him as "a faggot" on the set back in October. (Knight declined to speak for this piece.) The event hit the gossip press; soon enough it compelled T.R.--cute, lovable T.R., as he's regarded by many of the ABC medical drama's millions of fans--to come out. By the time of the Golden Globes on January 15, things had settled down a bit. And then Washington, essentially without provocation, leaned into the microphone during a cast interview backstage and said, "No, I did not call T.R. a faggot. Never happened. Never happened." And what had been a dying controversy until then suddenly blew up into a major Hollywood scandal, with Washington sent to "counseling" by angry network suits, his job reportedly on the line, and cast members like Katherine Heigl incensed, worried that T.R. might leave the show over the unrelenting drama (as some media outlets speculated). "I'm going to be really honest right now--he needs to just not speak in public. Period," the actress told Access Hollywood about Washington's impromptu utterance. "T.R. is my best friend," she added. "I will use every ounce of energy I have to take you down if you hurt his feelings." And thus crumbled, once and for all, the utopian vision of harmonious diversity that Grey's Anatomy broadcasts each week, betrayed by off-camera antics of a very real sort.

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