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Politics
Democrats introduce bill to fight LGBTQ college harassment on anniversary of Tyler Clementi’s death
LGBTQ college students face twice as much harassment on campus. Democrats are trying to do something about it.
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Bias Watch
Longtime marriage equality opponent is outraged that her organization is a hate group
The same woman who declared herself the “spokesman” for Prop 8 is “madder than a wet hen” and starting a petition.
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Life
Ellen takes responsibility for toxic workplace & cites gay teen in first monologue of new season
“I became known as the ‘Be-Kind Lady.’ Here’s how that happened.”
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Commentary
Tyler Clementi died 8 years ago today & his mom wants to share something with you
Eight years ago this Saturday, my son, Tyler Clementi, died by suicide after vicious cyberbullying at Rutgers University.
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News (USA)
Man pleads guilty to spying on gay roommate who then killed himself
The case stemmed from the 2010 death of Tyler Clementi, a freshman in his first weeks at Rutgers when he jumped off the George Washington Bridge.
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New trial ordered in Tyler Clementi case after convictions tossed out
The appeals court ruled evidence “tainted the jury’s verdict on the remaining charges, depriving defendant of his constitutional right to a fair trial.”
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University webcam spy case ruling expected in 3-4 months
Dharun Ravi secretly broadcast online images of roommate Tyler Clementi in an intimate encounter with another man.
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Life
Tyler Clementi’s legacy: A family fighting on behalf of bullied LGBT youth
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Tyler Clementi’s family could have stayed silent after he killed himself. They could have, understandably, hid from the spotlight and attention thrust upon them when he jumped from the George Washington Bridge after his roommate’s webcam captured him with another man inside his Rutgers dorm room. But four years after his death…
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News (USA)
Family of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi receives gay pride award
NEWARK, N.J. — The mother and brother of an 18-year-old Rutgers University student who committed suicide days after his roommate publicized details of his relationship with another man have received a gay pride award. NJ.com reports Jane and James Clementi received the Pride Award on Tuesday from New Jersey’s Essex County as part of its LGBTQ Pride Month celebration.
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News (USA)
Higher Education Anti-harassment Act reintroduced in U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) on Thursday reintroduced legislation that would require colleges and universities receiving federal student aid funding to enact an anti-harassment policy. The Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2014 would mandate policies that prohibit harassment of students by their peers, faculty and staff based […]