Think Progress reports that SB234, Tennessee's 'Don't Say Gay' bill is back ,and more harmful than ever. It also contains language indicating that teachers or counselors would be required to out LGBT students to their parents. Here…
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Archives for January 30, 2013
Posts from January 30, 2013
Life by the Numbers: VIDEO
PBS Digital Studios realized that YouTube is teeming with science geeks, so it has started a new series called 'It's Okay to Be Smart' featuring a smart alec host Joe Hanson, who, in the first episode, fills your head with dazzling facts…
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Grindr Tells Users to Stop Using Holocaust Memorial in Their Profiles After It Becomes a Trend
Apparently, attracting an online hook-up with a sexy profile photo taken with the asphalt slabs of Berlin's Holocaust Memorial as a backdrop is a thing, and now Grindr is distancing itself from the phenomenon after its founder previously appeared…
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Former Rep. Gabby Giffords Tells Senate Panel ‘We Must Do Something’ About Gun Violence: VIDEO
With the assistance of her husband Mark Kelly, Gabby Giffords traveled to D.C. to deliver a profoundly powerful opening statement at the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on gun violence. Said Giffords: "Thank you for inviting me here tod…
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Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong Says Law Criminalizing Homosexuality Should Stay Because ‘It’s Always Been There’
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday that Section 377A of the Penal Code, which criminalizes homosexuality, should just be left alone because society will never agree on it, Today Online reports: Speaking at the Singapore Perspecti…
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Two Gay Men Brutally Murdered in NYC
From the New York City Anti-Violence Project: The New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) has learned of two brutal murders of gay men in New York City that occurred over a three-day span of time. Charles Romo, age 48, was found dead by his…
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Gay-Inclusive Immigration Reform, DOMA, and Obama’s Promise: What are Senate Democrats to Do?
BY ARI EZRA WALDMAN The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) may be the greatest barrier to gay-inclusive immigration reform, but that doesn't mean that Congress and the President cannot get together and score a victory for gay equal…
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Manti Te’o Hoaxer Ronaiah Tuiasosopo to Dr. Phil: I’m Gay, Confused – VIDEO
Dr. Phil interviews Manti Te'o hoaxer Ronaiah Tuiasosopo in a segment to be aired later this week. Dr. Phil says Tuiasosopo had a number of life experiences "that damaged this young man in some very serious ways." In the interview, Tuia…
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Westboro Baptist Church Files Amicus Brief in SCOTUS Prop 8 Case; Will Join NOM at Rally in March
The Westboro Baptist Church has joined those filing amicus briefs in the Prop 8 case before the Supreme Court, Good As You reports, using verses from the Bible as its legal citations. Check it out, AFTER THE JUMP… Writes the WBC, in conclusion: Sam…
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Three Charged with Anti-Gay Hate Crime in the Chicago Suburbs
Three people have been charged with aggravated battery and mob action as a hate crime in the Chicago suburb of St. Charles after Susan Patton, the woman pictured above threw a drink in another woman's face at a bar and the altercation continued a…
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