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Apple pulls iTunes store from anti-gay ‘Christian Values Network’
Apple has removed their iTunes store from the “Christan Values Network” (CVN) after more than 22,000 people signed a petition on Change.org asking the technology company to stop allowing the funding of anti-gay organizations such as Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council.
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ACLU, lesbian couple sue Vermont inn over its ‘no gay reception policy’
A Vermont inn violated the state’s anti-discrimination law when it refused to host a wedding reception for a lesbian couple from New York City, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
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Southwest Airlines pilot issues written apology: ‘I am forever changed’
A Southwest Airlines pilot, whose profane rant against gays, the obese and the elderly was broadcast over an air-traffic control frequency, has issued a written apology to his co-workers.
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Southwest Airlines reinstates suspended pilot following profane rant at 30,000 feet
Southwest Airlines has reinstated a tenured pilot after being disciplined for making disparaging comments about gays and older flight attendants over an air-traffic control frequency.
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GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios resigns under scrutiny of AT&T endorsement
Jarrett Barrios, the president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has resigned under increasing scrutiny of GLAAD’s recent endorsement of AT&T’s merger with T-Mobile, and conflicting statements related to net neutrality rules.
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Safeway cashier fired after directing anti-gay slur at same-sex couple
A grocery store employee at a Washington D.C.-area Safeway has been fired after directing an anti-gay slur at a same-sex couple last weekend.
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LUSH Cosmetics plans ‘Kiss & Tell,’ shops will become gay marriage ‘campaign centers’
LUSH Cosmetics has partnered with Freedom to Marry on a new campaign to support marriage equality, and will transform its North America shops into marriage equality “campaign centers.”
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Christian hate groups call for boycott of Old Navy over pride shirts
Christian hate groups are taking aim at Old Navy over the retailer’s decision to sell a line of gay pride t-shirts in a handful of stores during June LGBT pride month, suggesting that God-fearing homophobes take their business elsewhere.
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American Airlines’ GLEAM employees join ‘It Gets Better’ project (Video)
The Gay, Lesbian, Bi, Trans and Allied Employees of American Airlines (GLEAM) Employee Resource Group joins the It Gets Better Project to offer encouragement to teens who are struggling with the challenges of growing up, especially if dealing with the extra pressures that can come with being gay.
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Target shareholders pepper CEO over donations to anti-gay politicians
Target Corp. Chairman Gregg Steinhafel on Wednesday faced some unexpected questions at the company’s annual meeting from shareholders who wanted answers about the company’s funding of anti-gay politicians.