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New Android App purports to help parents wondering: ‘Is My Son Gay?’
There’s a new app available in the Android marketplace that’s likely to amuse some, and annoy others — “Is My Son Gay?” According to the apps developers, “After this test you’ll have the proven answer to a question you might have since maybe a long time.”
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Parents of bullied New York gay teen say taunts continued after his death
The parents of 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer, a 14-year-old gay teen who committed suicide last week, said Tuesday that the taunts and bullying directed at their son continued after his death.
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House Democrats to Boehner: Mr. Speaker, your DOMA attorney is out of line
Six Democratic lawmakers on Monday sent U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), a letter reiterating their request for a briefing on the efforts of the law firm hired by the Speaker to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in several ongoing federal court challenges.
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Quoting FDR, former Chaplain calls DADT repeal ‘a date that will live in infamy’
In a guest editorial in Thursday’s Stars and Stripes, former Army Reserve Chaplain, Colonel Alexander F. C. Webster, calls the Sept. 20 official repeal of “Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell” as “a date that will live in infamy.”
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Amherst police open criminal investigation of Jamey Rodemeyer bullying, suicide
Police in the town of Amherst in suburban Buffalo, N.Y. have opened a criminal investigation in the suicide death of 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer, who was bullied with anti-gay slurs for the past two years, both at school and online.
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Fort Worth student serves suspension for saying ‘homosexuality is wrong’
FT. WORTH, Texas A 14-year-old high school student in Fort Worth was suspended after remarking to a classmate in his German language class that he believes homosexuality is wrong.
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Alarming trend in suicide among LGBT youth nearing pandemic, says CDC
There was a time when faculty members in schools across America bracing for the annual after summer break of their students worried about seemingly inconsequential issues. Now it seems, according to a high school teacher in the western New York township of Williamsville, preventing adolescent death by suicide due to extreme bullying seems to be the prevalent challenge.
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‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ ends: A young U.S. Airman comes out to his dad
A young airman from Alabama who has been posting videos on YouTube regarding the now ended policy of “Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell,” put up a new video early Tuesday morning in which he shows his face publicly for the first time as he calls his father to tell him that he’s gay.
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Online gamers crack AIDS enzyme puzzle that has stumped researchers for years
Utilizing the specialized computer video game Foldit that was developed by researchers from the University of Washington in 2008, online computer gamers have figured out how to decipher an enzyme critical to the early development of AIDS that had stumped scientists for nearly ten years.
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Federal judge orders release of Proposition 8 trial recordings
U.S. District Court Chief Judge James Ware on Monday ordered the release of the video and audio tapes of the Proposition 8 trial. In his 16-page ruling, Ware cited the need to preserve the integrity of the federal judiciary and stated that he saw no compelling reason keeping the tapes under seal.