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Detroit radio personality launches LGBT-friendly daily deals website 'Gaypon'

Detroit radio personality launches LGBT-friendly daily deals website 'Gaypon'

Tuesday, August 30, 2011
A new daily deals website catering to the LGBT community launched on Tuesday, and offers subscribers with daily offers from local and regional businesses who are known to be gay-friendly.
ACLU sues Missouri school district for illegally censoring LGBT websites

ACLU sues Missouri school district for illegally censoring LGBT websites

Tuesday, August 16, 2011
The Missouri chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Jefferson City, Mo., against the Camdenton school district, alleging that web filters on school computers are unconstitutionally blocking access to hundreds of LGBT websites.
GLAAD withdraws support for AT&T merger, affirms supports 'net neutrality'

GLAAD withdraws support for AT&T merger, affirms supports 'net neutrality'

Friday, July 15, 2011
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) this week notified the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) it was withdrawing its support for the pending AT&T merger with T-Mobile.
Virginia school district agrees to stop blocking pro-LGBT websites

Virginia school district agrees to stop blocking pro-LGBT websites

Friday, May 27, 2011
The Prince William County school district in Northern Virgina, has removed an internet filter that blocked school computers from accessing websites that provided information on LGBT issues. The action comes [...]
Molly Wei, defendant in Tyler Clementi suicide case, strikes plea deal

Molly Wei, defendant in Tyler Clementi suicide case, strikes plea deal

Saturday, May 7, 2011
Molly Wei, one of two former Rutgers University students accused of spying on Tyler Clementi with a webcam just days before he committed suicide, has struck a plea deal to avoid jail time on the condition she testifies against her co-defendant in the case.
Roommate receives 15-count indictment for Tyler Clementi's suicide

Roommate receives 15-count indictment for Tyler Clementi's suicide

Wednesday, April 20, 2011
The roommate of the Rutgers University freshman who committed suicide last year after an intimate encounter with another man was broadcast online, received a 15-count indictment on Wednesday for his alleged actions that led to the death of Tyler Clementi.
RIP: Veteran gay news, gossip blog 'Queerty.com' shuts down

RIP: Veteran gay news, gossip blog 'Queerty.com' shuts down

Monday, April 18, 2011
After spending the last week offline due to "technical difficulties," the veteran gay news and gossip blog Queerty.com officially shuttered today.
ACLU warns Virginia school district to stop blocking pro-LGBT rights websites

ACLU warns Virginia school district to stop blocking pro-LGBT rights websites

Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia on Monday sent a warning to Prince William County Schools in suburban Washington D.C., advising the school district to stop censoring websites that advocate LGBT rights.
Lesbian teacher fired from Catholic school after launching 'burn in hell' website

Lesbian teacher fired from Catholic school after launching 'burn in hell' website

Sunday, April 3, 2011
A lesbian teacher has been fired from her job at St. Francis Prep School in Fresh Meadows, Queens, after launching her website, "Burn and Rot in Hell!".
Facebook updates relationships to include 'civil union,' 'domestic partnership'

Facebook updates relationships to include 'civil union,' 'domestic partnership'

Friday, February 18, 2011
Facebook is becoming more LGBT-friendly. This week, the world's largest online social networking website added two new options to its list of relationship statuses: "in a civil union" and "in a domestic partnership."
Sheriff's deputy resigns after posting 'homophobic' comments on news websites

Sheriff's deputy resigns after posting 'homophobic' comments on news websites

Friday, February 11, 2011
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. -- A 13-year veteran of the Douglas County Sheriff's Office resigned this week amid allegations that he posted "racial and homophobic" comments on local news websites, using his county computer while on duty.
Parents of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi may sue university over son’s suicide

Parents of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi may sue university over son’s suicide

Sunday, December 26, 2010
The parents of Rutgers University freshman who committed suicide after his roommate and another student allegedly broadcast online an intimate encounter with another man, have notified the school they may sue the university.
Rutgers students accused of inciting fellow student’s suicide, drop out

Rutgers students accused of inciting fellow student’s suicide, drop out

Sunday, October 31, 2010
The two Rutgers University students, charged with invasion of privacy when a fellow student killed himself after his romantic encounter with another man was streamed on the Internet, have dropped out for the semester.
John McCain: Guy with iPhone

John McCain: Guy with iPhone

Saturday, March 27, 2010
Is Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) wooing the gay vote? Look who showed up on the website "Guys with iPhones" on Friday, a website that caters to mostly gay (and naked) [...]
Internet gay bashing not protected by free speech, court rules

Internet gay bashing not protected by free speech, court rules

Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Students at a private school in Los Angeles who posted internet death threats and anti-gay messages on a classmate's webpage, can't claim the constitutional protection of free speech, a California [...]
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