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City council votes to rescind LGBTQ protections passed in February
Two of the gay city council members even voted to end the LGBTQ protections.
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Children’s museum receives death threats because drag queens were planning to read there
The event was private and after hours but “overwhelming” threats of violence to the museum forced the event to be postponed anyway.
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Gay 13-year-old kicked out of an “inclusive” church finds true community in love from strangers
Drag queens, a local printer, and LGBTQ people he never met sent him support after hearing his story.
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Investigators trying to determine cause of fire that destroyed gay nightclub
The three alarm fire on Saturday destroyed the Karma Nightclub in Lincoln, Neb. The club’s owner said the bar had been open just over a year.
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Lincoln, Neb., mayor approves benefits for city workers’ same-sex spouses
Lincoln mayor Chris Beutler has approved changes that will allow same-sex spouses of city employees to receive health insurance and other benefits.
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School apologizes for advising bullying victims not to ‘tattle,’ or be a ‘sore loser’
LINCOLN, Neb. — A Nebraska school district is apologizing after sending fifth grade students home with a pamphlet titled “Turning bullies into buddies,” advising bullying victims not to “tattle” on their attackers, and not to be a “sore loser.”
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Man arrested in hate crime attack on female relative because she is gay
LINCOLN, Neb. — Police in Lincoln, Neb., say a 20-year-old man attacked a relative with a crowbar because she’s gay, and investigators are treating the attack as a hate crime.
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Transgender veteran uses experience to reach out to others
Scott Schneider’s mom still calls him Megan. His dad quit talking to him for eight years. After struggling with his identity for most of his life, Schneider — a military veteran – started going by Scott in 2007 and began the medical process of transitioning from a female to a male in 2008. Today, he’s worked at UNL’s LGBTQA resource center for a year and a half.
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Neb. school official fired for performing in community play with gay themes
LINCOLN, Neb. — The superintendent of a Christian school in Lincoln says he lost his job because he performed in a community production of “The Producers,” a Broadway musical with gay characters, Nazi jokes, some coarse dialogue and racy lyrics.
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Lincoln, Neb., anti-discrimination ordinance sits on books, unenforced
LINCOLN, Neb. — As Lincoln’s gay community celebrates its four-day Star City Pride festival, the city’s stalled anti-discrimination ordinance meant to protect gay and transgender residents appears to be heading nowhere fast.