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Liberty Counsel’s Matt Barber: AIDS a metaphor of ‘God’s love for gays’
Matt Barber, Director of Cultural Affairs for the anti-gay organization Liberty Counsel, marked World AIDS Day with a tweet on Friday declaring that AIDS is a metaphor of “God’s love for gays,” with a link to a photograph of a young AIDS victim on his deathbed.
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News (USA)
Lesbian candidate called ‘ugly dyke’ in North Carolina House race
An Asheville-area Republican political operative has taken to Twitter to call Susan Wilson, an openly lesbian contender for a N.C. State House seat, “an old ugly dyke.”
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Life
University researchers track millions of anti-gay slurs on Twitter
EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada — The University of Alberta’s Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services in Edmonton has created a new Canadian social-media experiment that found millions of anti-gay slurs on Twitter within the past two months.
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Life
CNN suspends Roland Martin over perceived anti-gay tweets
Cable News Network (CNN) on Wednesday announced it has suspended commentator Roland Martin over a series alleged anti-gay Twitter “tweets” on Sunday in response to a Super Bowl commercial by retailer H&M that featured soccer player David Beckham.
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Life
CNN commentator Roland Martin under fire for perceived anti-gay tweets
CNN commentator Roland Martin has come under fire by gay rights advocates and GLAAD — the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation — for perceived homophobic Twitter “tweets” following an advertisement of retailer H&M’s Super Bowl commercial featuring soccer player David Beckham.
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News (USA)
Millions expected to dress in purple, in person and online, for Spirit Day
Millions of Americans will dress in purple on Thursday — both in person and online — to mark the second annual Spirit Day, a day demonstrate support for LGBT youth and to speak out against bullying.
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Commentary
Cher goes Twitter crazy on Bachmann’s ‘gay hating, bully loving, poser Christian ass’
LGBT ally Cher does not like GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann, and she’s not afraid to tell you either — or her 290,000+ Twitter followers.
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Life
Cee Lo Green’s homophobic tweet: ‘I shouldn’t have to apologize’
Cee Lo Green, who on Friday took to Twitter and called a reviewer “gay” for writing a negative review of his June 16 performance in Minneapolis, said he said shouldn’t “have to apologize for speaking my mind or defending my performance.”
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Life
Cee Lo Green tweets homophobic comments following negative review
In response to a negative review by City Pages’ Andrea Swennson, Cee Lo Green on Friday took to Twitter, calling the reviewer gay for writing the review.
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News (World)
Safe sex ads to return in Australia after backlash by LGBT community
One of Australia’s biggest outdoor advertising companies reversed its decision to ban billboards promoting safe homosexual sex, just one day after ordering their removal from Brisbane-area bus shelters.