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Hundreds Gather At NYC Memorial For Murdered Gay Teen Jorge Mercado

Joe My God  4 days ago

Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered on the chilly Christopher Street Pier tonight to honor the memory of murdered gay teen Jorge Mercado and to call on the federal and Puerto Rican governments to charge his killer with a hate crime.
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Anti-Gay Artur Davis was the Only Black Vote Against Health Care

Rod Online  Nov 09 09

In April, the predictably anti-gay Artur Davis—the black conservative Democrat from Birmingham, Alabama who boasts an abysmal 45 percent Human Rights Campaign score—was the only member of the Congressional Black Caucus to vote against the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes.
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Obama to Make Remarks on Enactment of Hate Crimes Bill at White House Reception on Wednesday

Towleroad  Oct 26 09

President Obama will sign the Department of Defense authorization bill containing the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act (aka the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr.
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Report: Hate Crimes Bill to Get Senate Vote Today

Towleroad  Oct 22 09

A federal hate crimes bill, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, also known as the Matthew Shepard Act, which was passed by the House on October 8, is expected to get a final vote in the Senate today,.
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Stephanie Pratt arrested for DUI

EyeGossip.com  Oct 18 09

Seen here in her only useful form, Stephanie Pratt just got snagged for DUI early this morning, according to TMZ: Law enforcement tells us Pratt, who appears frequently on MTV's "The Hills," was busted this morning at 3:45 AM.
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House Votes to Expand Hate Crimes to Include Sexual Orientation

Towleroad  Oct 08 09

The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act was passed by the House today as an attachment to a Department of Defense appropriations bill: "Democrats and advocates hailed the 281-to-146 vote, which put the measure on the brink of becoming.
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Dear Wynonna Judd, There’s Something Called a CORI Check …

The Evil Beet  Sep 30 09

Country star Wynonna Judd better find someone new to tutor her kids, because the teacher hired to homeschool her kids was just arrested on child pornography charges.
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UN General Assembly Begins Under Massive Security Lockdown

Joe My God  Sep 22 09

The annual United Nations General Assembly begins today and NYC is under a tight security lockdown. Midtown subway stations are swarming with cops and ominous men in dark suits and many East Side streets are closed.
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My Hometown Hero: Holger Lienhard

Definition of a Man  Sep 16 09

*all pretend* I've introduced many heroes in my life, including Nick Auger the Superhero and Bryce Thompson the Action Hero.
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Was Atlanta's Leather Bar 'Drug' Raid Just Another Stonewall?

Queerty  Sep 11 09

Because local law enforcement does not stay up to date with the happenings of their peers in other towns and counties, Atlanta police just made the same mistake as Ft.
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Wanna Be A Gotti Juror?

Joe My God  Sep 10 09

The NYC district attorneys' office is having a hard time finding New Yorkers willing to serve on the jury for the murder trial of notorious mobster John Gotti, Jr.
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Gay rights attorney Albert Gordon has died

GaySocialites  Sep 08 09

Attorney Albert Gordon, a leading gay rights activist, has died. He was 94 years old. Gordon is considered a pioneer in the gay rights movement having used publicity to highlight hypocritical law enforcement and anti-gay persecution.
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Pioneering Gay Rights Attorney Albert Gordon Dead at 94

Google Gay News / EDGE Boston  Sep 08 09

Pioneering Gay Rights Attorney Albert Gordon Dead at 94EDGE BostonLos Angeles attorney Albert L.
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Albert L. Gordon dies at 94; attorney fought for gay rights

Yahoo Gay News / Los Angeles Times  Sep 05 09

A heterosexual whose twin sons were gay, he battled bigotry in law enforcement and successfully argued for the revocation of laws against consensual homosexual acts.
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Anti-Gay Minnesota Teachers on Leave

Gay Agenda  Sep 03 09

According to reports from Anoka-Hennepin School district officials, the two teachers at a Minnesota high-school, who were accused of repeatedly harassing a student they thought to be gay are on leave without pay from their jobs.
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DJ AM OxyContin Overdose Prompts Suicide Speculation

EyeGossip.com  Sep 01 09

In a disturbing new report from PEOPLE Magazine, a law enforcement insider with the NYPD reveals that DJ AM had eight undigested OxyContin pills in his stomach and a ninth in his mouth when he was discovered dead on the seventh floor of an apartment building on Lafayette Street in Manhattan last Friday.
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Texas liquor board fires 2 agents and their boss over raid at Fort Worth gay bar

Topix Gay News  Sep 01 09

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission said Friday it has fired the two agents, as well as their supervisor, who took part in this summer's raid of a Fort Worth gay bar that resulted in law enforcement clashing with hundreds of patrons and leaving one man hospitalized with a serious head injury.
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3 liquor agents fired after raid on g...

Google Gay News / Chicago Tribune  Aug 29 09

On Top Magazine 3 liquor agents fired after raid on gay barChicago Tribune... summer's raid of a Fort Worth gay bar that resulted in law enforcement clashing with hundreds of patrons and left one man with a serious head injury.
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Texas ABC fires 2 agents and their boss over raid at Fort Worth gay bar

Yahoo Gay News / Los Angeles Times  Aug 28 09

The Alcoholic Beverage Commission agents were part of a raid at the Rainbow Lounge that led to clashes with hundreds of patrons on the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall raid in New York.
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Gay captain’s promotion in SoCal shows barriers are falling for gay cops

Qnews  Aug 26 09

Being openly gay and working in law enforcement hasn't always been easy, the highest-ranking openly gay man in one of the nation's largest sheriff's departments, told his local, generally conservative, newspaper after his recent promotion to captain in the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.
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