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Gay Pride Allowed at Ponce de Leon High

Topix Gay News  9 hours ago

Florida - Yesterday U.S. District Judge Richard Smoak ruled the school board was wrong to enforce a ban on students expressing their support for gay rights.
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Ruling revives Washington gay activists - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Google Gay News  12 hours ago

NDTV.comRuling revives Washington gay activistsSeattle Post Intelligencer - 2 hours agoCalifornia is really going to change the landscape," said Joshua Friedes, advocacy director for Equal Rights Washington, a pro-gay marriage group.
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California Supreme Court Overturns Same Sex Marriage Ban

Rod Online  22 hours ago

A landmark victory for gay rights. The California Supreme Court rules same sex marriage is a basic civil right and cannot be prohibited in the nation's largest state.
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Fla. teen can wear gay-pride symbols to school (Freedom Forum Online)

Yahoo Gay News  less than a day ago

PONCE DE LEON, Fla. — A federal judge has ruled that a north Florida teen should have been allowed to wear T-shirts and stickers that expressed support for gay rights to school.
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Britain's out MEP to march in Turkey for gay rights

Pink News  less than a day ago

Michael Cashman with join authors, journalists and human rights defenders on a march against homophobia and transphobia in Ankara on Saturday.
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"Tar Baby."

Queerty  less than a day ago

Virginian Representative Tom Davis, who previously fought against gay rights, had some choice - and rude - words about Barack Obama in a recent memo: “Hispanic voters are a swing group in this election and future elections.
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On Crystal Dixon & the Problem of ENDA

Gay Patriot  less than a day ago

Reading the thread to my second post on Crystal Dixon, the University of Toledo administrator fired for saying some un-PC things about gay rights on her own time as well as e-mails from readers who had followed the story solidified my opposition to the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), indeed to most legislation which would prevent [.
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California's top court set to issue gay marriage ruling - San Jose Mercury News

Google Gay News  less than a day ago

Javno.hrCalifornia's top court set to issue gay marriage rulingSan Jose Mercury News,  USA - 46 minutes agoIt will set the tone," said Geoffrey Kors, executive director of the gay rights advocacy group Equality California.
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California high court set to rule Thursday on marriage equality

Qnews  less than a day ago

Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel , Associated Press via San Jose Mercury News CA marriage case SAN FRANCISCO -- California's highest court will release on Thursday an eagerly-anticipated decision on whether the state's constitution requires marriage equality.
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Osteen Won't Heed Bakker's Gay Call

Queerty  2 days ago

Rebel preacher man Jay Bakker simply can’t convince Joel Osteen to love the gays. The men met last week to discuss mega-church leader Osteen’s offending silence on gay rights, a cause close to Bakker’s heart.
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MEPs to raise Moldova Pride violence in Euro Parliament

Pink News  2 days ago

Members of the European Parliament’s Intergroup on Lesbian and Gay Rights have spoken of their dismay at events in Moldova at the weekend.
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Bakker and Family Outing group meet Osteen whose church says we're sinners

Qnews  3 days ago

Source: Christian Post , Soulforce press release Houston -- Jay Bakker, a New York City pastor and supporter of gay rights, met privately with Joel Osteen of Lakewood Church to talk about faith and sexuality issues.
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Clarifying my Views on Nondiscrimination policies

Gay Patriot  3 days ago

In his comment to my post on the University of Toledo’s decision to suspend an employee for expressing her un-PC views on gay rights, John (AverageGayJoe) asked me to square my opposition to the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) which would prevent private employers from firing an employee because of his sexual orientation and my criticism [.
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Video: 'Trevor' forever

Good As You  3 days ago

Back in 1998, when gay rights seemed to be on an unstoppable upswing and another Bush presidency seemed less likely than than an entire TV show built around a karaoke competition, HBO and Ellen Degeneres teamed up to air a.
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University of Toledo official fired over column

Topix Gay News  3 days ago

The University of Toledo confirmed yesterday that an administrator who wrote a column critical of gay rights for a local publication has been fired.
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ACLU Opens Case Against Florida School

Joe My God  3 days ago

In a case that I first mentioned here in February, the ACLU has made its opening arguments in its challenge of a Florida high school that prevented a student from wearing items in support of gay rights.
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University Suspends Administrator for Op-Ed on Gay Rights

Gay Patriot  3 days ago

Shortly after Crystal Dixon’s Op-Ed taking “great umbrage at the notion that those choosing the homosexual lifestyle are ‘civil rights victims’” appeared in the Toledo Free Press, her employer, the University of Toledo, suspended her with pay from her position as associate vice president of human resources.
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Pioneering Gay Rights Activist Ruth Simpson Dies at 82

Bilerico  4 days ago

Ruth Simpson, author and gay rights activist since the 1960's, died May 8 in Woodstock, New York. After several years of, as she said, "sampling an assortment of illnesses on the palette of old age," she finally succumbed to her breathing difficulties at the age of 82.
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Federal Judge Hears Gay Button Case - 365Gay.com

Google Gay News  4 days ago

365Gay.comFederal Judge Hears Gay Button Case365Gay.com - 1 hour agoThe school district replied that it would not allow any expressions of support for gay rights at all because such speech would "likely be disruptive.
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Gay Rights For Mad Bi-Polar Bares - Anorak.co.uk (satire)

Google Gay News  4 days ago

JossipGay Rights For Mad Bi-Polar BaresAnorak.co.uk (satire), UK - 1 hour agoThe small slice of this disparate population who have chosen to share their experiences with the public liken their efforts to those of the gay-rights and .
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