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Google launches ‘Legalize Love’ campaign in support of gay marriage worldwide
LONDON — Internet giant Google announced Saturday the launch of a global campaign aimed at legalizing same-sex marriage around the world.
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LAPD website ‘pride’ reflects ‘commitment to diversity and equality’
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Department celebrated Pride 2012 by changing the banner on the department’s website to reflect its “commitment to diversity and equality.”
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Social media giant Facebook receives recognition award from GLAAD
SAN FRANCISCO — Social media giant Facebook was honored Saturday night at the 23rd annual GLAAD Media Awards, hosted by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.
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Jury finds Dharun Ravi guilty of hate crime against Tyler Clementi
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A jury in New Jersey has found Rutgers student Dharun Ravi guilty of a hate crime against his gay roommate, Tyler Clementi, for using a web cam to spy on Clementi’s intimate encounters with another man.
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Prosecution rests; Defense calls character witnesses in Rutgers webcam spying trial
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Defense attorneys for Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate’s intimate encounter with another man, called seven character witnesses who testified Friday that they never heard Ravi say anything derogatory about gays or homosexuality in general.
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Court orders Missouri school district to stop censoring LGBT websites
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A federal district court has ruled that a Missouri school district must stop using filtering software to censor web content geared toward the LGBT community. The ruling orders the Camdenton R-III School District to discontinue filtering content that includes LGBT-supportive information, including hundreds of websites that are not sexually explicit in any way.
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Detroit radio personality launches LGBT-friendly daily deals website ‘Gaypon’
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.
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ACLU sues Missouri school district for illegally censoring LGBT websites
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.
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GLAAD withdraws support for AT&T merger, affirms supports ‘net neutrality’
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.
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Virginia school district agrees to stop blocking pro-LGBT websites
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 following a warning by the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia back in April, advising the suburban Washington D.C. school district, to stop censoring websites […]