Tag: "Harassment"

Nationwide ‘Day of Silence’ calls attention to bullying, harassment of LGBT students

Nationwide ‘Day of Silence’ calls attention to bullying, harassment of LGBT students

Saturday, April 17, 2010
Hundreds of thousands of students from every state and at least 7,400 middle and high schools participated in GLSEN's 15th annual Day of Silence on Friday to bring attention to anti-LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and [...]

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Jacob

Settlement reached in harassment suit of NY gay student

Monday, March 29, 2010
[caption id="attachment_7490" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Jacob"][/caption] A federal judge on Monday approved a settlement that includes a series of reforms for an upstate New York school district in a gay student’s harassment lawsuit. The New York [...]

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Massa

Eric Massa rebuffs the gay question; calls ‘groping’ male staffers a ‘tickle fight’

Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Former U.S. congressman, Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) Tuesday night refused to answer a blunt question by CNN's Larry King: "are you gay?" Massa is accused of groping male staffers and the House ethics committee is [...]

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June 28, 2009 raid on the Rainbow Lounge

City moves forward with prosecution of bar patrons injured in ‘Rainbow Lounge’ raid

Sunday, February 28, 2010
[caption id="attachment_6612" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="June 28, 2009 raid on the Rainbow Lounge"][/caption] City prosecutors in Fort Worth have decided to press ahead with criminal charges against at least two patrons of a gay bar who [...]

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Ron Livingston

Ron Livingston sues over ‘malicious’ gay attacks on Wiki

Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Actor Ron Livingston (Office Space) is suing an alleged hacker who keeps changing his Wikipedia biography to say he’s in a gay relationship. [caption id="attachment_3838" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Ron Livingston"][/caption] Livingston, who earlier this year married [...]

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Officer suspensions over gay bar raid called ‘absolutely inadequate’

Officer suspensions over gay bar raid called ‘absolutely inadequate’

Saturday, November 7, 2009
From the Dallas Voice: FORT WORTH — The disciplinary actions handed down to three Fort Worth police officers for their part in the June 28 raid on the Rainbow Lounge were “absolutely inadequate,” according to [...]

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Gay couple ‘banned for life’ from Wal-Mart after false shoplifting claim

Gay couple ‘banned for life’ from Wal-Mart after false shoplifting claim

Saturday, November 7, 2009
SOUTH BEND, Indiana -- Joe Paolucci, who along with his twin sons and his partner, Thomas Hitchcock, have been banned from all Wal-Mart stores -- not because they stole anything, but because they resisted being [...]

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Navy petty officer faces punishment over anti-gay abuse and hazing

Navy petty officer faces punishment over anti-gay abuse and hazing

Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Senior Navy leaders handed a career-ending letter of censure Wednesday to the chief who oversaw the prolonged hazing and sexual taunting of members of a Navy dog-handling unit in Bahrain. Senior Chief Petty Officer Michael [...]

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Navy reviewing case of alleged abuse of gay sailor

Navy reviewing case of alleged abuse of gay sailor

Tuesday, September 22, 2009
The U.S. Navy is reviewing its investigation of hazing and abuse of a gay sailor and others in a military canine unit in Bahrain in 2005 and 2006, the Associated Press reports. Joseph Rocha says [...]

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‘Eagle’ patrons to rally Sunday night in protest of gay bar raid

‘Eagle’ patrons to rally Sunday night in protest of gay bar raid

Sunday, September 13, 2009
ATLANTA -- Patrons and supporters of the gay leather bar the Atlanta Eagle are gathering today at 5 p.m. in the parking lot of the establishment to hold a rally to protest a controversial raid [...]

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Atlanta police descend on gay bar in ‘Stonewall’-like raid

Atlanta police descend on gay bar in ‘Stonewall’-like raid

Friday, September 11, 2009
ATLANTA -- The owners of an Atlanta gay bar say their establishment was unfairly targeted by police conducting a raid Thursday evening. Several customers at Atlanta Eagle say they were harassed without prompting, forced to [...]

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MN teachers acussed of harassment placed on leave

MN teachers acussed of harassment placed on leave

Tuesday, September 1, 2009
The Anoka-Hennepin School District reported that two teachers who repeatedly mocked a student they believed was gay are on leave, a district official said Tuesday. Diane Cleveland and Walter Filson were placed on leave within [...]

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TX Alcohol Commission fires 3 agents over raid on gay bar

TX Alcohol Commission fires 3 agents over raid on gay bar

Friday, August 28, 2009
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission announced today it has fired the two agents, and their supervisor, who took part in the June raid of a Fort Worth gay bar that resulted in a clash between [...]

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Ft Worth police apologizes for raid on gay bar – on eve of Stonewall

Ft Worth police apologizes for raid on gay bar – on eve of Stonewall

Wednesday, August 19, 2009
The Fort Worth police chief said Tuesday that his department is implementing new policies in the wake of a controversial bar check at the Rainbow Lounge last June. Chief Jeff Halstead said officials are still [...]

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School district to pay $25K over gay slurs, harassment

School district to pay $25K over gay slurs, harassment

Thursday, August 13, 2009
Minnesota's largest school district, Anoka-Hennepin, has agreed to pay a family $25,000 after two teachers allegedly harassed a boy because of his perceived sexual orientation, according to the Star Tribune. The teachers reportedly harassed the [...]

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