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ACLU appeals case on same-sex couples’ rights to Montana Supreme Court
The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday appealed a Montana District Court decision dismissing the same-sex domestic partnership case, Donaldson and Guggenheim v. State of Montana, to the Montana Supreme Court.
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Mother of bullied gay teen files wrongful death lawsuit against Calif. school
Just days after federal investigators concluded that a California middle school failed to “adequately investigate” the bullying of a gay teen who killed himself after enduring years of anti-gay harassment, the boy’s mother on Tuesday filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the school district.
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Jury awards gay cop $1.1 million in harassment, retaliation lawsuit
A Los Angeles police sergeant who claimed he was harassed because he is gay, and then retaliated against for reporting the incidents, was awarded $1.1 million by a jury on Thursday.
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Montana judge dismisses suit by gay couples seeking legal protections
A District Court Judge in Montana has ruled to dismiss a case brought by gay couples who were seeking the same legal protections as married couples.
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Judge: LGBT activist group can canvass outside Target stores
A San Diego court ruled Thursday that the grass-roots activist group Canvass for a Cause (CFAC) can continue its canvassing outside Target stores.
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U-M student president files suit against former assistant AG for harassment
A University of Michigan student has filed a lawsuit against the state’s former Assistant Attorney General, alleging the official stalked and defamed him for months.
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Jury awards $3.15 million to gay couple bashed at Burger King
UNION CITY, N.J. — A jury has awarded a gay couple in Union City $3.15 million after they were chased and beaten following a dispute over their order at a local Burger King restaurant.
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Lesbian teen suing Texas school, coaches for harassment, ‘outing’ her
Three Kilgore High School coaches and the Kilgore Independent School District are being sued for outing a lesbian student to her parents, subjecting her to “unnecessary risk of harassment and trauma by disclosing their sexual orientation without consent.”
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Federal appeals court dismisses lawsuit over gay marriage speech
A federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a community college student who claimed a professor violated his right to free speech by stopping him from finishing a speech against gay marriage. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday unanimously overturned a lower court decision allowing Los […]
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Prop 8 next steps: Judge to decide whether to lift ‘stay’ in ruling
U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, the federal judge who struck down California’s voter-approved ban on gay marriage must now decide whether the ban should remain in tact while the ruling makes its way through the appeals process.