Activists say prosecutors ignore gay angle in Newark shootings
Qnews Apr 25 08Source: Washington Blade , Associated Press via Newsday Two teens charged with murder in the slaying of three college students in a Newark schoolyard last summer made their first appearance in adult court on Thursday and pleaded not guilty. If convicted, the youths and four other suspects could get life terms for the execution-style shootings that brought outrage and scrutiny to a city struggling to shake its reputation for violence. A fourth student survived. One of four college students shot execution style in a Newark, N.J., schoolyard in August 2007, the day before they planned to attend a. Full story...
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Item: Two indicted for June anti-transgender assault in Queens
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::: Two men who are accused in the June beating of a transgender woman in Queens, NY were indicted by a grand jury and arraigned Friday on multiple charges, including assault as a hate crime, YourNabe.
Reactions to mayor’s comments show clash of faith and tolerance in Vallejo
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Osby Davis, the mayor of Vallejo, Calif. issued a standard semi-apology for remarks he made last week to a New York Times reporter.
Canadian border agency’s seizure of LGBT films raises specter of past censorship
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Montana judge lets two lesbian moms jointly adopt toddler
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A Montana lesbian couple had special reason to be thankful this week along with their three children—two older children and a four-year-old boy, Morrgan.
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Video: 'What do you want from me?' and other Glambertana from Early Show
Qnews 2 days ago
So, after all the pixels of virtual ink (and some of the real oil-based stuff, too) that’s been spilled since Adam Lambert’s American Music Awards performance, this seems the best response: Lambert singing “What Do You Want From Me” on the Early Show:
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[After the break: The Early Show interview]
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Item: Thousands march in San Juan to honor Jorge Steven Lopez
Qnews 2 days ago
::: Thousands of people, many holding candles, marched Wednesday evening in San Juan, Puerto Rico in a vigil celebrating the life of a gay teenager whose brutal murder has shocked people in Puerto Rico and throughout the US, Associated Press reports.
Must listen: Explaining LGBT count on 2010 census – NPR
Qnews 2 days ago
Demographer Gary Gates explains to NPR’s Jennifer Ludden the changes that will be made for the 2010 census which will, for the first time, count same-sex couples who identify themselves as spouses.
Patrons sue police and city for Sept. raid at Atlanta gay bar
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A federal civil rights lawsuit was filed Tuesday against the City of Atlanta, the city’s police department, and up to 45 officers involved in a Sept.
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