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Connecticut ruling grants gay couple parenting rights in surrogacy case
The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a gay couple who were denied parental rights by the state after they used a surrogate to give birth to their child. The court’s decision is being hailed as a victory for both same-sex couples and any other parents that use surrogates.
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Gay couple allege police brutality in responding to domestic quarrel
PHILADELPHIA — A gay couple has filed harassment and brutality charges against the local police department, and claim they were taken out of their homes and beaten in the snow by 10-12 officers with batons. Several neighbors reportedly have photographs and video.
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Superintendent approves GSA, overriding Principal who called kids ‘faggots’ when young
BAY SHORE, N.Y. — Valley Stream High School students will soon have their own Gay/Straight Alliance, despite the fact that their principal has rejected the effort, said bullying wasn’t a big deal, and admitted to calling people “faggots” herself — but didn’t mean anything by it.
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HRC to share Harvey Milk’s Castro storefront with The Trevor Project
Following a national outcry over the HRC’s announcement that they were turning the space that once housed the camera store owned by Harvey Milk into a gift store, the Human Rights Campaign announced they are donating part of the space to the Trevor Project.
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Bullied gay teen in Minnesota commits suicide
We’ve lost another beautiful life to bullying. Lance Lundsten, 18, an openly gay student at Jefferson High School, took his life over the weekend. Friends say that Lance suffered extreme bullying and harassment for years.
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Utah state senator seeks to repeal school anti-bullying laws
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah State Senator Chris Buttars is proposing a new resolution designed to repeal the recently passed anti-bullying and non-discrimination policies created by the Salt Lake School Board. Buttars calls the policies a “program to bring down America.”
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Queens College GSA vandalized with hate messages, gay slurs
FLUSHING, N.Y. — The Queens College Gay Straight Alliance was vandalized this month with hate messages and gay slurs. So far both campus police and city police are investigating the incident as a hate crime.
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Salt Lake City school board passes non-discrimination, anti-bullying policies
SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake City School Board on Tuesday evening passed an LGBT inclusive anti-bullying policy, as well as a mostly inclusive non-discrimination policy after almost two and a half hours of debate.
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Apple removes anti-gay ‘Manhattan Declaration’ application from App Store
Over the Thanksgiving weekend, Apple removed the new “Manhattan Declaration” application from it’s App store after a petition of over 8,000 signatures was sent to them decrying the anti-gay marriage messaging it carried. Pro-Hate groups are flipping out of course. The application, dubbed Manhattan Declaration and described as a “call of Christian Conscience,” was yanked […]
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Fox News refuses to air ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal ad
The Palm Center has put together an ad regarding the repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,” and while most major networks have picked it up and it will start running soon, Fox News has refused to air it, claiming the military “isn’t planning on repealing.”