http://www.lgbtqnation.com News, Opinions, Arts and Culture | The Nation's LGBTQ News Magazine Thu, 23 May 2013 18:35:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/02/petition-drive-to-repeal-omahas-lgbt-non-discrimination-ordinance-fails/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/02/petition-drive-to-repeal-omahas-lgbt-non-discrimination-ordinance-fails/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:00:40 +0000 By Chris Dyer http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=75535 OMAHA, Neb. -- A petition effort by led by local churches and family values organizations in Omaha has failed to gather enough signatures to launch a referendum to repeal an Omaha city ordinance that protects its LGBT citizens.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/02/petition-drive-to-repeal-omahas-lgbt-non-discrimination-ordinance-fails/feed/ 5 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/01/lgbt-friendly-bills-introduced-in-neb-state-university-to-offer-same-sex-employee-benefits/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/01/lgbt-friendly-bills-introduced-in-neb-state-university-to-offer-same-sex-employee-benefits/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 04:00:08 +0000 By Chris Dyer http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=74722 LINCOLN, Neb. -- As the 2013 legislative session in Nebraska commenced last week with two LGBT-friendly bills introduced for debate, the University of Nebraska announced it plans to offer health care benefits for the university's partnered same-sex and opposite-sex couples.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/01/lgbt-friendly-bills-introduced-in-neb-state-university-to-offer-same-sex-employee-benefits/feed/ 6 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/01/oregon-set-to-cover-transgender-youth-under-medicaid/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/01/oregon-set-to-cover-transgender-youth-under-medicaid/#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:00:50 +0000 By Chris Dyer http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=74396 SALEM, Ore. -- The Oregon state Health Plan and its Healthy Kids Program will soon begin covering medically-necessary care for young people experiencing gender dysphoria on Oct. 1, 2014, making Oregon the first state to ensure coverage of transgender kids under Medicaid.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/01/oregon-set-to-cover-transgender-youth-under-medicaid/feed/ 5 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/12/lesbian-who-faked-hate-crime-found-guilty-after-pleading-no-contest/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/12/lesbian-who-faked-hate-crime-found-guilty-after-pleading-no-contest/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:00:32 +0000 By Chris Dyer http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=69507 LINCOLN, Neb. -- In a Lancaster County courtroom Monday, Judge Gale Pokorny, found Charlie Rogers guilty of staging a fake anti-gay hate crime that shocked both the citizens of Lincoln, Neb., and the nation -- first for the brutality of the alleged crime, and then for lying about the crime.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/12/lesbian-who-faked-hate-crime-found-guilty-after-pleading-no-contest/feed/ 12 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/11/nebraska-town-overrides-mayors-veto-to-add-protections-for-gay-city-workers/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/11/nebraska-town-overrides-mayors-veto-to-add-protections-for-gay-city-workers/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 03:00:03 +0000 By Chris Dyer http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=67913 GRAND ISLAND, Neb. -- The Grand Island, Neb., city council on Tuesday voted to add "sexual orientation" to the city's non-discrimination policy by overruling a mayoral veto.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/11/nebraska-town-overrides-mayors-veto-to-add-protections-for-gay-city-workers/feed/ 2 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/11/woman-accused-of-faking-hate-crime-attack-slams-investigators/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/11/woman-accused-of-faking-hate-crime-attack-slams-investigators/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:00:55 +0000 By Chris Dyer http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=67835 LINCOLN, Neb. -- The woman accused of staging a "hate crime" and filing a false police report in a highly publicized incident earlier this year, continues to maintain that she is a victim and denies fabricating the incident.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/11/woman-accused-of-faking-hate-crime-attack-slams-investigators/feed/ 11 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/10/petition-drive-launched-to-strike-down-law-protecting-lgbt-people-in-omaha/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/10/petition-drive-launched-to-strike-down-law-protecting-lgbt-people-in-omaha/#comments Sat, 13 Oct 2012 20:00:14 +0000 By Chris Dyer http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=65025 OMAHA, Neb. -- An outspoken opponent of LGBT rights in Omaha has launched a petition drive to overturn the city’s legal protections for LGBT residents. ]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/10/petition-drive-launched-to-strike-down-law-protecting-lgbt-people-in-omaha/feed/ 0 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/10/university-student-leader-criticized-over-decision-to-veto-pro-lgbt-bills/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/10/university-student-leader-criticized-over-decision-to-veto-pro-lgbt-bills/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 01:00:21 +0000 By Chris Dyer http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=64688 LINCOLN, Neb. -- The Association of Students of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has voted to override two vetoes by the student senate’s president, one which expressed support for extending benefits to spouses of LGBT NU staff and faculty, and another bill that supported Lincoln’s LGBT-inclusive "fairness ordinance."]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/10/university-student-leader-criticized-over-decision-to-veto-pro-lgbt-bills/feed/ 5 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/09/nebraska-lesbian-who-allegedly-faked-hate-crime-headed-to-trial/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/09/nebraska-lesbian-who-allegedly-faked-hate-crime-headed-to-trial/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 03:00:12 +0000 By Chris Dyer http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=63640 LINCOLN, Neb. -- Lancaster County, Neb., District Court Judge Gale Pokorny on Thursday continued until Nov. 19 the case against a Nebraska woman charged with providing false information to police in connection to an alleged anti-gay hate crime that investigators now say was an elaborate hoax.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/09/nebraska-lesbian-who-allegedly-faked-hate-crime-headed-to-trial/feed/ 16 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/08/police-say-nebraska-woman-faked-anti-gay-hate-crime/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/08/police-say-nebraska-woman-faked-anti-gay-hate-crime/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2012 02:00:23 +0000 By Chris Dyer http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=61089 LINCOLN, Neb. -- A Nebraska woman who claimed she was the victim of an anti-gay hate crime in which three masked attackers invaded her home, painted homophobic slurs on the walls, and carved them into her skin, before attempting to set her house on fire, has been charged with filing a false police report and lying to investigators.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/08/police-say-nebraska-woman-faked-anti-gay-hate-crime/feed/ 27 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/08/lincoln-neb-lgbt-fairness-ordinance-unlikely-to-appear-on-ballot/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/08/lincoln-neb-lgbt-fairness-ordinance-unlikely-to-appear-on-ballot/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2012 04:00:45 +0000 By Chris Dyer http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=60800 LINCOLN, Neb. -- A proposed ordinance which would prohibit discrimination against LGBT people in the areas of employment, housing and public accommodations in Lincoln, Neb., will likely not appear on the November ballot.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/08/lincoln-neb-lgbt-fairness-ordinance-unlikely-to-appear-on-ballot/feed/ 2 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/07/victim-in-nebraska-hate-crime-comes-forward-speaks-out-publicly/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/07/victim-in-nebraska-hate-crime-comes-forward-speaks-out-publicly/#comments Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:00:42 +0000 By Chris Dyer http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=59110 LINCOLN, Neb. -- In her first appearance since suffering an alleged attack in a home invasion last week that police officials are investigating as a possible hate crime, Charlie Rogers of Lincoln, Neb., said, “I’m not hiding from this anymore.”]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/07/victim-in-nebraska-hate-crime-comes-forward-speaks-out-publicly/feed/ 10 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/07/more-than-500-gather-for-vigil-for-lesbian-brutalized-in-home-invasion/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/07/more-than-500-gather-for-vigil-for-lesbian-brutalized-in-home-invasion/#comments Mon, 23 Jul 2012 06:00:05 +0000 By Chris Dyer http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=58664 LINCOLN, Neb. -- Over 500 people gathered on the steps of the Nebraska State Capitol Sunday night to hold a vigil for a lesbian woman brutalized early Sunday morning in what local LGBT activists are calling a hate crime.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/07/more-than-500-gather-for-vigil-for-lesbian-brutalized-in-home-invasion/feed/ 35 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/07/maine-same-sex-marriage-ballot-measure-gets-majority-nod-in-latest-polling/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/07/maine-same-sex-marriage-ballot-measure-gets-majority-nod-in-latest-polling/#comments Thu, 12 Jul 2012 01:30:57 +0000 By Chris Dyer http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=57900 PORTLAND, Maine -- A new statewide poll in Maine published Tuesday found that 57 percent of the state's voters favor legalizing same-sex marriage, and that only 35 percent remain opposed.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/07/maine-same-sex-marriage-ballot-measure-gets-majority-nod-in-latest-polling/feed/ 6 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/05/anti-gay-groups-collect-signatures-to-force-vote-on-discrimination-ordinance/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/05/anti-gay-groups-collect-signatures-to-force-vote-on-discrimination-ordinance/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 05:00:44 +0000 By Chris Dyer http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=54988 LINCOLN, Neb. -- Opponents of a new city ordinance that would prohibit prohibit discrimination against LGBT people in the areas of employment, housing and public accommodations, said Tuesday they had collected enough signatures of registered voters to force the city council to either repeal the measure or place it on the November ballot for a city-wide referendum.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/05/anti-gay-groups-collect-signatures-to-force-vote-on-discrimination-ordinance/feed/ 40 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/05/nebraska-governor-calls-for-popular-vote-on-lgbt-protections-ordinances/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/05/nebraska-governor-calls-for-popular-vote-on-lgbt-protections-ordinances/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 02:00:41 +0000 By Chris Dyer http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=53880 LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska's Republican Governor Dave Heineman said Tuesday that voters should have a voice on the recently enacted city ordinances that would prohibit discrimination against LGBT people.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/05/nebraska-governor-calls-for-popular-vote-on-lgbt-protections-ordinances/feed/ 27 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/05/lincoln-neb-city-council-adds-lgbt-protections-to-civil-rights-ordinance/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/05/lincoln-neb-city-council-adds-lgbt-protections-to-civil-rights-ordinance/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 02:00:07 +0000 By Chris Dyer http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=53307 LINCOLN, Neb. -- The Lincoln, Neb., City Council on Monday evening approved expanding the city’s civil rights protections to include its LGBT citizens. The partisan vote was approved by the five Democrats on the council; the two Republicans abstained, saying they had a conflict of interest.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/05/lincoln-neb-city-council-adds-lgbt-protections-to-civil-rights-ordinance/feed/ 8 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/05/lincoln-neb-lawmakers-support-fairness-ordinance-for-lgbt-citizens/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/05/lincoln-neb-lawmakers-support-fairness-ordinance-for-lgbt-citizens/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 03:00:39 +0000 By Chris Dyer http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=52376 LINCOLN, Neb. -- City council member Carl Eskridge on Monday introduced the Lincoln, Neb., "Fairness Ordinance," a measure that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the city’s non-discrimination law.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/05/lincoln-neb-lawmakers-support-fairness-ordinance-for-lgbt-citizens/feed/ 5 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/04/nebraskas-capital-city-to-consider-lgbt-fairness-ordinance/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/04/nebraskas-capital-city-to-consider-lgbt-fairness-ordinance/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:30:13 +0000 By Chris Dyer http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=51541 LINCOLN, Neb. -- The city council in Lincoln, Neb., is expected to consider a "fairness ordinance" that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the city's non-discrimination law.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/04/nebraskas-capital-city-to-consider-lgbt-fairness-ordinance/feed/ 7 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/03/nebraska-football-coach-under-fire-for-opposing-non-discrimination-ordiance/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/03/nebraska-football-coach-under-fire-for-opposing-non-discrimination-ordiance/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 07:00:38 +0000 By Chris Dyer http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=50082 LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska's only openly gay elected official is calling for the termination of University of Nebraska assistant football coach Ron Brown after he testified against Omaha's proposed ordinance to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/03/nebraska-football-coach-under-fire-for-opposing-non-discrimination-ordiance/feed/ 15 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/03/omaha-city-council-approves-workplace-non-discrimination-ordinance/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/03/omaha-city-council-approves-workplace-non-discrimination-ordinance/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:00:46 +0000 By Chris Dyer http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=48335 OMAHA, Neb. -- The Omaha city council on Tuesday approved a controversial non-discrimination ordinance that would prohibit workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/03/omaha-city-council-approves-workplace-non-discrimination-ordinance/feed/ 3