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In the 06/05/2013 edition:
- StudentsFirst rescinds anti-gay lawmaker’s award in response to gay youth’s plea
- Church of England concedes defeat on UK’s plan to legalize same-sex marriage
- New report examines the ‘Broken Bargain’ — hardships, barriers facing LGBT workers
- World’s largest study of children of LGBT parents finds kids are thriving
- Israeli police arrest three suspects in 2009 shooting at gay youth center
- Ariz. lawmaker says he’s giving up on transgender ‘bathroom bill’ this session
- The heckling lesbian — lending credence that we’re crazy gay activists pushing our gay agenda
- Is homosexuality a ‘handicap?’
- Gay marriage advocates to wait until 2014 to put issue before Ohio voters - Referendum would repeal 2004 constitutional ban on same-sex marriage
- AIDS at 32: For whom the bell tolls – 32 notables share their stories
- Two more Ky. churches to cut ties with Boy Scouts over gay youth policy
- Coeur d’Alene becomes fifth Idaho city to ban anti-LGBT discrimination
- AIDS — the modern day pandemic — turns 32
StudentsFirst rescinds anti-gay lawmaker’s award in response to gay youth’s plea
Jun 05, 2013 10:30 pm
Following
weeks of mounting pressure from LGBT advocacy groups, it was an online
campaign initiated by an 11-year-old gay student that finally compelled
the education lobbying group StudentsFirst to rescind it's “Education
Reformer of the Year” designation awarded to Tenn. state Rep. John
Ragan, a proponent of the state's infamous "Don't Say Gay" bill.Read in browser »
Church of England concedes defeat on UK’s plan to legalize same-sex marriage
Jun 05, 2013 09:30 pm
LONDON
-- The Church of England on Wednesday signaled it would no longer fight
against the government's plans to legalize same-sex marriage in England
and Wales.Read in browser »
New report examines the ‘Broken Bargain’ — hardships, barriers facing LGBT workers
Jun 05, 2013 08:00 pm
WASHINGTON
-- A comprehensive report released Tuesday examines the myriad of
hardships and barriers facing LGBT workers in the U.S., from being able
to be fired, denied equal benefits and be required to pay thousands of
dollars more in taxes simply because of their sexual orientation or
gender identity.Read in browser »
World’s largest study of children of LGBT parents finds kids are thriving
Jun 05, 2013 07:30 pm
MELBOURNE
-- The world's largest study on the welfare of children of same-sex
parents, currently under way at Melbourne University in Australia, found
that children of gay and lesbian are doing as well as, or better than,
children of heterosexual parent in a number of key health indicators.Read in browser »
Israeli police arrest three suspects in 2009 shooting at gay youth center
Jun 05, 2013 03:15 pm
TEL
AVIV -- Israeli police have arrested three suspects in connection with a
shooting at Tel-Aviv’s gay youth center that took place in 2009. The
three suspects were arrested Wednesday and will appear in court Thursday
for a remand hearing.Read in browser »
Ariz. lawmaker says he’s giving up on transgender ‘bathroom bill’ this session
Jun 05, 2013 03:00 pm
PHOENIX
-- The sponsor of an Arizona bill targeting transgendered people who
want to use bathrooms of the gender they identify with says he's giving
up on the issue this Legislative session.Read in browser »
The heckling lesbian — lending credence that we’re crazy gay activists pushing our gay agenda
Jun 05, 2013 02:30 pm
Rude
behavior just gives more fuel to the conservative, homophobic Americans
who believe we are simply crazy gay activists pushing our gay agenda
into the face of every American. It gives credence to their idea that we
are simply a bunch of perverted morons, who want attention and rights,
and will do whatever, whenever to garner attention which they don’t
believe we deserve. Michelle Obama is not an elected official. She is
the wife of the President of the United States...Read in browser »
Is homosexuality a ‘handicap?’
Jun 05, 2013 02:00 pm
Red
colored my vision the other day as I was packing a box of old papers in
preparation for their move. The files I had to go through seemed
endless. As I neared the bottom of one stack, I came across a beaten
brown manila folder that stopped me dead. It was labeled “Rob’s
homosexuality.” This was certainly a subject for discussion that my
parents and I have had for over thirty years now. I was not aware,
however, that it had warranted its own special file...Read in browser »
Gay marriage advocates to wait until 2014 to put issue before Ohio voters - Referendum would repeal 2004 constitutional ban on same-sex marriage
Jun 05, 2013 01:30 pm
COLUMBUS,
Ohio -- The group collecting signatures for a referendum on marriage
equality in Ohio says it will wait until 2014 to put the issue before
voters.Read in browser »
AIDS at 32: For whom the bell tolls – 32 notables share their stories
Jun 05, 2013 11:00 am
Having
lost friends, co-workers, and a lover, Shane Sawick, to AIDS, I am all
too acutely aware of the personal impact the disease has had on my
life. Coming of age during the height of the epidemic, my experiences
in HIV education and activism fundamentally shaped me, forever altering
my very core. However, in the ...Read in browser »
Two more Ky. churches to cut ties with Boy Scouts over gay youth policy
Jun 05, 2013 10:30 am
ELIZABETHTOWN,
Ky. — Two more churches in central Kentucky say they are cutting ties
with the Boy Scouts of America over the organization's decision to allow
gay youth.Read in browser »
Coeur d’Alene becomes fifth Idaho city to ban anti-LGBT discrimination
Jun 05, 2013 09:30 am
COEUR
D'ALENE, Idaho — Coeur d'Alene has become the fifth city in Idaho to
pass a law that bans discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender people.Read in browser »
AIDS — the modern day pandemic — turns 32
Jun 05, 2013 09:00 am
On
this day, June 5, in 1981, the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta
published a report of five cases of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP)
among previously healthy young men in Los Angeles. All of the men were
described as "homosexuals" -- two had died.Read in browser »
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