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School faces possible lawsuit for banning student from wearing ‘Gay? Fine by me’ t-shirt
An Alabama high school faces a possible federal lawsuit for banning a student from wearing a t-shirt that expresses the message, “gay? fine by me.”
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Family Research Council statement needs a little ‘editing’
Last year when the Southern Poverty Law Center named several religious right groups as anti-gay hate groups, many of them united (with the Family Research Council – one of the groups named – leading the way) in a campaign with the semi- catchy title of Start Debating/Stop Hating…
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MN’s largest daily newspaper calls Anoka-Hennepin policy on LGBT issues ‘gutless’
In a sharply worded editorial, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune this week criticized the Anoka-Hennepin School District, calling the state’s largest schools district “gutless” for it’s neutrality policy on LGBT issues.
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Gay activist calls for boycott of retailers supporting Christian Values Network
San Francisco based gay activist and blogger Roy Steele is organizing, and calling for a nationwide boycott of retailer’s enrolled in the Christian Values Network (CVN) shopping web portal, including Sears, Walmart, Sam’s Club and Target.
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Hate group ‘Americans for Truth About Homosexuality’ loses tax-exempt status
The blog Ex-Gay Watch reported today that the anti-gay, hate group “Americans for Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH)” has lost its a 501(c)3 tax-exempt status for failing to submit IRS-required filings.
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Minnesota students sue school district over neutrality policy on sexual orientation
The Anoka-Hennepin school district in Minneapolis — Minnesota’s largest school district — is being sued in federal court by five gay and lesbian students over its policy regarding the teaching and discussion of sexual orientation in the classroom.
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Microsoft removes online store from anti-gay ‘Christian Values Network’
Microsoft Corporation on Thursday removed its online store from the “Christian Values Network” after more than 500 people signed a Change.org petition asking the software company to stop allowing the funding of anti-gay “hate groups.”
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Home Depot tells anti-gay hate group AFA what they can do with their petition
Executives at The Home Depot gave a cool reception to representatives of the anti-gay hate group American Family Association at the company’s annual shareholder’s meeting in Atlanta this week.
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Home Depot promoting the ‘gay agenda’ — hate group AFA launches boycott
The anti-gay hate group American Family Association is calling for a nationwide boycott against the Home Depot because it says the home improvement retailer continues to ” promote the homosexual agenda.”
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Obama Administration asks United Nations to support LGBT rights
The Obama administration, on Tuesday, introduced a declaration to the United Nations calling for better treatment and protections for LGBT people internationally.