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Scotland man ordered to pay $61K for calling teacher a pedophile on Twitter
GLASGOW, Scotland — A Scotland man accused of using Twitter to call a former school headmaster and adviser to the Scottish government a pedophile because she campaigned for marriage equality, has been ordered to pay her £40,000 (about $61,000 USD) in damages.
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Madonna, Lady Gaga could face charges in Russia for violating visas
MOSCOW — Madonna and Lady Gaga, two of the biggest pop stars in the world, could face charges in Russia over allegations that they violated their tourist visas when they held concerts there last year, but observers say the warning is a veiled attempt punish them for their vocal opposition to Russia’s anti-gay laws.
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‘Cosby’ kid, ‘That’s so Raven’ star Raven-Symone comes out on Twitter
Raven-Symone, who played 3-year-old Olivia on the 1980s sitcom “The Cosby Show,” and later starred in the Disney Channel sitcom “That’s so Raven,” indicated publicly for the first time on Friday that she is a lesbian.
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Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Justin Mikita marry in New York
NEW YORK — “Modern Family” star Jesse Tyler Ferguson married his partner, attorney Justin Mikita in New York City on Saturday.
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Dallas Stars’ Tyler Seguin says latest anti-gay tweet came from ‘hackers’
DALLAS – Recently acquired Dallas Stars hockey forward Tyler Seguin says an anti-gay comment that showed up on his Twitter account came from “hackers.”
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NY Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard’s apology: Gay slur a Twitter ‘mishap’
Newly acquired New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard issued an apology Tuesday after becoming the latest professional athlete caught for tweeting an anti-gay slur.
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Westboro Baptist Church says it will picket at Sandy Hook funerals
The Westboro Baptist Church, home of anti-gay extremists and the “Gods Hate Fags” fundamentalist movement, announced via Twitter on Sunday plans to picket at the scene of the Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting.
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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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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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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.