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‘The Bully Project’ captures ‘year in the life’ of bullying victims, families
“The Bully Project” is the first feature documentary film to explore “a year in the life” of bullying. The film captures the distress of bullying victims, the frustration of their parents, and in some cases, the overwhelming grief when bullying ends a life.
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Brutal beating caught on tape; gay teen says assault was a hate crime
Authorities in Rock Hill, S.C., are are looking for suspects who assaulted a gay teen outside a Rock Hill convenience store last weekend in what the victim describes as a hate crime.
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Ex-Marine convicted in stabbing death of gay Indiana professor
A jury in Indiana has convicted Michael Griffin, an ex-Marine, for the murder of 53-year-old Don Belton, an openly gay professor at Indiana University.
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Barney Frank’s Playboy interview: ‘Anti-gay prejudice is on its way out’
Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.), one of only four openly gay lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives, gives a candid interview with Playboy magazine.
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Verizon ‘test man’ speaks publicly for first time in nine years, reveals he’s gay
The Verizon ‘test guy’ who rose to fame with the catchphrase ‘Can you hear me now?’ is speaking publicly for the first time, and now that his contract is ending, he is discussing the pain he endured from becoming a celebrity — and has revealed that he is gay.
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Religious leaders: Ricky Martin setting a bad example for being openly gay
Pop-star Ricky Martin has been publicly criticized by religious leaders in his native Puerto Rico for setting a bad example for his children by openly discussing his homosexuality.
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Gay man alleges sexual harassment, discrimination by Rev. Jesse Jackson
A former employee of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition has filed a wrongful termination and discrimination complaint against the civil rights leader, alleging he was harassed and eventually fired because he was gay.
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California Senate approves bill to require public education of LGBT history
California moved another step closer to requiring the teaching of LGBT history in public schools, after legislation was approved in the full state Senate this week.
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Activists give Maggie Gallagher bigotry award; promises a pie, à la Anita Bryant
At a Congressional hearing on “Defending Marriage” on Friday, LGBT activist group GetEQUAL caught up with Maggie Gallagher, the anti-gay marriage board chairman of the National Organization for Marriage, and presented her with the “First Annual Anita Bryant Award for Unbridled and Unparalleled Bigotry.”
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Democrats come out swinging during House hearing on ‘defending marriage’
Democrats came out swinging on Friday during a House subcommittee hearing on the Department of Justice announcement that it would curtail its defense of the federal ban on recognition of same-sex marriages.
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ENDA and gay immigration rights bills reintroduced in U.S. Congress
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) was re-introduced in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, and on Thursday a bill to help bi-national LGBT couples was also re-intorduced. This brings the total 15 the number of pro-LGBT bills introduced to the House and Senate in the 112th Congress.
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Virginia Attorney General advises against allowing gay couple adoptions
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has advised the State Board of Social Services it does not have the authority to change regulations that would permit gay couples to adopt.
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Illinois Senate committee kills anti-gay adoption measure
The Illinois Senate has voted down a controversial measure that would have allowed religious and faith-based groups deny same-sex couples from adopting or fostering children.
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Delaware passes same-sex civil unions bill; Governor expected to sign into law
Delaware’s House of Representatives on Thursday evening passed a same-sex civil unions bill by a vote of 26-15. The bill was previously approved in the state Senate just one week ago.
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Lakers’ Kobe Bryant apologizes for gay slur, says he will appeal NBA fine
Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant issued an apology on Wednesday after being fined $100,000 by the National Basketball Association for calling a referee a gay slur. But not everyone thinks Bryant’s apology is enough, and now the NBA star said he will appeal the fine.
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Complaint alleges LGBT immigrants abused while in U.S. custody
The Heartland Alliance National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) on Wednesday filed 13 complaints alleging human rights abuses against LGBT immigrants recently and currently held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers.
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Hawaii Senate approves transgender workplace protections bill
The Hawaii state Senate on Tuesday voted to extend employment protections to transgender people.
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ACLU warns Virginia school district to stop blocking pro-LGBT rights websites
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.
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Former GOP Sen. Alan Simpson: ‘We’ve got homophobes in our party’
Appearing on MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews” on Monday, former Senator Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.), railed against social conservatives in the Republican party, admonishing male legislators for voting on abortion issues, and “homophobes” like Rick Santorum who say “cruel, cruel things” about gays and lesbians:
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Maryland Senate kills gender identity bill, sends measure back to committee
The Maryland state Senate on Monday voted to send the Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act back to the Judicial Proceedings Committee during the bill’s second reading, effectively killing the bill in this year’s legislative session.