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The Nose Cutters - Firedoglake (blog)

Washington Post
The Nose Cutters
Firedoglake (blog)
As Teddy pointed out to me, this is not an entirely new trend: In order to keep the East High Gay-Straight Alliance from meeting, the school board ...
Lesbian teen back at Miss. school after prom flapThe Associated Press

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Phibbs: Purcell pushing gay agenda - Laurinburg Exchange

Phibbs: Purcell pushing gay agenda
Laurinburg Exchange
He also disagreed with Phibbs assertion that supporting the Healthy Youth Act will somehow promote homosexuality, saying the act was necessary to curb teen ...

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Opponents Vow To Combat DC Gay Marriage Law - Personal Liberty Digest

Tuesday was the first day that same-sex couples were allowed to marry in Washington, D.C., and opponents of the new law are already vowing to fight to overturn it. The measure known as the Marriage Equality Act was signed by D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty ...
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Latin America marks first legal gay marriage - Australia Network News

Five same-sex couples were married today in Mexico City after a recent change to the city's laws. They're the first to have legally recognized same-sex weddings anywhere in Latin America. As Richard Reynolds reports from Buenos Aires, the move has ...
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Exclusive video: Olson and Boies Q&A on Prop 8

Last Wednesday, the New York Times hosted an intimate question and answer session with the lawyers currently working to overturn Proposition 8 in California, Ted Olson and David Boies. (Our earlier recap of the discussion). Even if you've read stories about the evening, Boies and Olson speak with such passion and ...
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American Foster Kids Hold Out Hope - CBS News

CBS News
American Foster Kids Hold Out Hope
CBS News
We would like to know more about Will. by Littlevj March 12, 2010 8:49 PM EST My family (husband and two teen sons 15 & 17) was very touched by Will's and ...

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Bronx teacher accused of bullying

A Bronx teacher is accused of bullying children in his classroom at South Bronx Charter School. In court papers filed this week, Jared Alessandroni is accused of threatening to out a straight 9-year-old in his classroom. The boy was forced to write a note to his crush, a girl, saying he ...
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Big Gay News for Friday, Mar 12 2010

Today’s Top Headlines First Gay Marriages in Mexico City ACLU Sues After School Cancels Prom Over Lesbian Student GLAAD Alleges Johnny Weir Deemed Too Gay For Stars On Ice Get even MORE...
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Bias by the Numbers: WaPo Giddy Over Gay Marriage - News Busters

Ran 11 articles related to D.C.'s new law allowing same-sex marriage. Devoted 543 inches of column space to the ruling - equal to nearly four full pages. Printed 14 photos of gay celebrations, including a prominent one of two men kissing. Quoted ...
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Watch Your Back, Robert Pattinson - Former Teen Idols That Toppled - QS (blog)

Watch Your Back, Robert Pattinson - Former Teen Idols That Toppled
QS (blog)
Like many good-looking teen idols, JTT got the "he's gay" wishful thinking rumor mill spinning. He handled the issue politely, not to mention playing gay ...

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US teacher accused of threatening to 'out' straight pupil

A New York teacher has been accused of threatening to 'out' a straight nine-year-old boy. Jared Alessandroni, 29, a teacher at the South Bronx Charter School, allegedly told the pupil he would tell the class he was gay.

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Bloc Party's Kele on coming out to his parents

The singer of indie band Bloc Party, Kele Okereke, has spoken about how his religious parents coped with him coming out. He has rarely referred to his sexual orientation in interviews.

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Judge rules for gay bar in raid case

A judge ruled Thursday that three defendants in an Atlanta gay bar case are not guilty. The prosecutor decided to drop the charges against the other five defendants in the case. “Municipal Judge Crystal Gaines said city police failed to produce evidence proving that men danced naked without permits or that ...
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Trip's morning reading: afternoon edition - The New Mexico Independent

Trip's morning reading: afternoon edition
The New Mexico Independent
A civil rights pioneer died alone and forgotten in Columbia, SC, giving her neighbors and the city, which is the capital of South Carolina, pause. ...

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Listeners Speak Out On Gay Marriage In D.C. - NPR News

Tell Me More host Michel Martin and Lee Hill, the program's "digital media guy," comb through listener feedback and offer important news updates to recent conversations heard on the program. This week, hear reaction to recent conversations about same ...
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Pastor says Republicans are blocking gay marriage ... - Minnesota Independent

A prominent pastor and GOP activist says Republicans in the Minnesota Legislature are blocking a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in order to save face in the 2010 elections. Pastor Brad Brandon, who was a staffer for former Senator Rudy ...
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ACLU files complaint over lesbian’s military dismissal

Two Rapid City, S.D., police officers are accused of playing a part in getting a staff sergeant from Ellsworth Air Force Base expelled from the military under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, KOTA reported. In response, the American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota filed a complaint, questioning the conduct of the ...
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Evan Rachel Wood Cast in Mildred Pierce

Evan Rachel Wood will play Veda, one of the most detestable screen characters of all time, in HBO’s upcoming remake of Mildred Pierce.
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Tiger Woods Left Mississippi Too Soon - CBS News

Washington Post
Tiger Woods Left Mississippi Too Soon
CBS News
All she did was stand up for her civil rights. The school board could have had the prom and excluded her and her date. They did not have to cancel it for ...
Prom offers flood in for Mississippi studentsUSA Today
How lesbians "ruined" promSalon
Atheist group offers to hold gay friendly promExaminer.com
Creative Loafing (blog) -Tonic -ABC News
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Sign petition for Miss. lesbian student barred from prom

Change.org started an online petition Friday in support of a Mississippi teen who sought to go to prom with her girlfriend. School board members decided to cancel prom instead of allow the lesbian student to attend with a same-sex date. On Thursday, the American Civil Liberties union, on behalf of ...
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Adam Lambert Hopes to Beautify All Mankind

Gay pop singer Adam Lambert is planning to release a line of makeup products for men.
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Friday Watercooler: Her Name Was Steven; plus more Oklahoma bigots

• Trans-formative. Steven Stanton was hit by a media storm when he was fired from his 14-year job as city manager of Largo, Florida for revealing that he was preparing for gender reassignment. What was once a news story has been transformed into the CNN documentary Her Name Was Steven. The ...
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What happened to teen movies?! - California Literary Review

California Literary Review
What happened to teen movies?!
California Literary Review
And is there a teenager out there who doesn't long for Ferris Bueller's version of playing hooky? Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Truancy has never been so much ...

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War Crimes & Oppression: Doing Business Where Human Rights Are the Issue - DiversityInc.com (subscription)

War Crimes & Oppression: Doing Business Where Human Rights Are the Issue
DiversityInc.com (subscription)
Raised in a low-income Black neighborhood in Jersey City, NJ, during the civil-rights movement, Brown recalled the Woolworth sit-ins and the negative impact ...

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Belfast gay club Mynt loses licence

One of the premier gay clubs in Belfast has lost its licence. The city council's licensing committee decided not to renew Mynt's licence, citing police allegations of customer drug use, alcohol being served out of hours and assaults.

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Bias by the Numbers: WaPo Giddy Over Gay Marriage - NewsBusters (blog)

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Bias by the Numbers: WaPo Giddy Over Gay Marriage
NewsBusters (blog)
As was typical in the coverage, no counterpoint was offered by the Post to refute the notion that gay rights and civil rights are equal.
Readers react to photo of two men kissingWashington Post (blog)
Bias by the Numbers: WaPo Giddy Over Gay MarriageTips-Q GLBT News (blog)

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Gay Navy Wife Finds Hope in Constance McMillen - Lez Get Real

Gay Navy Wife Finds Hope in Constance McMillen
Lez Get Real
In case you have not, she is the teen whose prom has been canceled because she asked to bring her girlfriend and wear a tux. While I would typically rant ...

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Burlington High's David Murray heads to state poetry finals - Boston Globe

Boston Globe
Burlington High's David Murray heads to state poetry finals
Boston Globe
He is also a member of Spectrum, the high school's Gay-Straight Alliance, and the Drama and Poetry Clubs. Last fall, Murray co-founded a school improv group ...

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Florida Gay Bar Pioneer Dies

Roverta Boen, who opened northeast Florida’s first gay bar in 1964, has died at age 81.
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German football boss says gay players should find another job

A former German football manager has said gay men should not play football because they will be ridiculed. Rudi Assauer's comments have outraged German gay groups, with the Gay and Lesbian Federation saying they were "beneath contempt".

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Meet the people who are percolating in the Coffee Party - CNN

Meet the people who are percolating in the Coffee Party
CNN
In another seat is a born Northerner, an inner-city native, a relative of a civil rights giant. And nearby, circling a table, are an economist, an artist, ...

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Calling All Justin Bieber Lesbian Look-alikes

The concept is simple — the website Lesbians Who Look Like Justin Bieber is looking for photo submissions of “an adorable lesbian or a picture of Justin Bieber looking particularly lesbi.”
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In Mexico, gay couples celebrate historic weddings

(Mexico City) Two glowing brides in matching white gowns and four other same-sex couples made history in Mexico City on Thursday as they wed under Latin America's first law that explicitly approves gay marriage. Mayor Marcelo Ebrard was a guest of honor at the weddings of Judith Vazquez and Lol Kin ...
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GLAAD Alleges Johnny Weir Deemed Too Gay For Stars On Ice

GLAAD has learned from a source that wishes to remain anonymous that sponsors of the Stars on Ice Tour, which include Smuckers and IMG Entertainment, have refused to allow 3-time US National Champion...
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Hotel Owner Offers to Host Canceled Prom

Sean Cummings, a New Orleans hotel owner, has offered to host the prom for Mississippi high school students after theirs was canceled after a lesbian student asked to wear a tux and take her girlfriend.
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ACLU Sues After School Cancels Prom Over Lesbian Student

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is seeking a court order to force a Mississippi high school to hold its senior prom. On Wednesday, school officials cancelled the event after a female...
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Culhane: Virginia’s anti-gay merry-go-round

Have you been keeping up with the anti-gay merry-go-round in Virginia? Events have been spinning so fast that it’s not easy to do, but it’s a story worth discussing because of what it says about the state of our rights – not just in Virginia, but nationally. A quick recap: Shortly ...
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First Gay Marriages in Mexico City

Two glowing brides in matching white gowns and four other same-sex couples have made history in Mexico City as they wed under Latin America’s first law that explicitly approves gay marriage. ...
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Lesbian teen sues to force school to hold prom

(Jackson, Miss.) A lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district to reinstate the dance it canceled. The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi on Thursday filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Oxford on ...
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Bates College student, Outright L/A receive justice and peace award - Bates Magazine

Bates Magazine
Bates College student, Outright L/A receive justice and peace award
Bates Magazine
... the organization provides social, cultural and educational events that include weekly drop-ins, gay-straight alliance projects at local high schools, ...

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Anti-abortion campaigner arrested over 'death threats' to Elton John

An American anti-abortion campaigner has been arrested for allegedly making threats on Elton John's life. Neal Horsley, who is notorious for producing a website listing the names, addresses and photos of abortion doctors, was arrested on Wednesday in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Withers: Was Massa always looking for a little gay loving?

I'm already bored with former Rep. Eric Massa. He resigns, blames his problems on the supposed "dirty politics" of the White House, and for about 9 seconds is the darling of the conservative movement. Nutty man Glenn Beck gives Massa a whole TV hour to confirm all of the Beckster's ...
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Adam Carolla Wants Straights Screened From Gay Games

Though Adam Carolla has been a strong supporter of LGBT equality in the past, his recent rant on The Adam Carolla Podcast on iTunes is in dubious taste.
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Morning Meme: Nick Rodriguez is Booming, John Barrowman is Gray, Funeral for ... - AfterElton.com (blog)

Morning Meme: Nick Rodriguez is Booming, John Barrowman is Gray, Funeral for ...
AfterElton.com (blog)
Think our corporate cousin thought a gay teen finally belonged in the cast? Gen-Y has got the real world all figured out. They think they should work less, ...

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