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Simply Unacceptable
Bilerico 5 days ago
"While we are grateful to the local law enforcement officials for their swift work to apprehend the suspect in this terrible crime, we remain deeply saddened that yet another family should have to suffer the pain of such a tragedy, and that such breathtaking violence continues to be directed at gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people who are simply trying to live their lives honestly and openly.
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We Gays Sure Are a Funny Lot (More on the DC Pastors’ Attempted Arrest-athon)
Truth Wins Out 6 days agoThe other day, several prominent Fundamentalist Christian pastors/anti-gay luminaries went to Washington DC, attempting to get arrested for preaching against gayness.
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Trans Day of Remembrance 2009
Outtake Online 6 days agoLet's put aside our political agendas & take a moment tomemorialize those who were killed merely because of thehatred & prejudice against our Transgender Community.
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Suspect in Brutal Mercado Slaying Charged
Men of Color Nov 19 0926-year-0ld Juan A. Martinez Matos has been charged with murder and four other counts in the death of 19-year-old Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado.
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'Tenther' Oklahoma Lawmaker Considering Bill To Opt Out Of Hate Crimes Act
Topix Gay News Nov 18 09
A common right-wing objection to federal health care legislation is that it's unconstitutional. So-called "tenthers" argue that the 10th Amendment of the U.
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Oklahoma pol to file bill to counter fed hate crimes law -- or else necrophilia will be protected
Pams House blend Nov 17 09Here we are, back to the land of Sally Kern, where the hot bigoted wind comes sweepin' down the plain.
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Oklahoma Lawmaker Wants State to Legislate Exemption from the Recently-Passed Federal Hate Crimes Bill
Towleroad Nov 17 09Comparing homosexuality to necrophilia, Oklahoma State Sen. Steve Russell (R-Oklahoma City) plans to introduce a bill that would exempt the state from having to abide by the recently passed Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act on the basis of the 10th.
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The WWJD Hate Crime Inciters are Getting Some Support for their DC "Protest"
Bilerico Nov 12 09
Updated: Fundie Scarborough says Anti-Gay Activists Are Just Like MLK (seriously) after the jump.
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The end of DADT?
About.com Gay Life Nov 12 09The end of the military's ban on gays in the military could come as early as next year.
When human rights issues fall at the hands of defense priorities, what better way to reverse discriminatory policies than to attach it to a defense spending bill.
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‘Laramie’ and ‘Rent’ plays go on at Vegas-area high school
Qnews Nov 11 09
Despite the legal objections raised by a group of parents, it’s OK for high school students to perform in and present two plays with gay-related themes, a Nevada district court judge ruled Tuesday.
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Obama Signs Hate Crimes Act: Anti-gays Hyperventilate, Crimes Against Ladies Ignored
Fannies Room Nov 09 09In October 2009, President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act that expands federal hate crime law to include crimes motivated by a person's actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.
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Alix Dobkin New Memoir "My Red Blood"
Outtake Online Nov 09 09Today Alix Dobkin, Gay Activist & Feminist Music Icon will bereading from her new memoir “My Red Blood” in Boston @Barnes & Noble Berklee College of Music Bookstore.
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LARAMIE PROJECT
Disco Damaged London Nov 07 09The Laramie Project is a play about Matthew Shepard who was kidnapped, severely beaten and left to die near Laramie,.
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WWJD? Incite Hate Crimes Against LGBT People, according to this "Pastor"
Bilerico Nov 06 09
The furious explosion of nutjobs over the passage of the Matthew Shepard & James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act continues.
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One step closer to a destiny fulfilled
Washington Blade Opinion Nov 06 09
One step closer to a destiny fulfilled Hate crimes bill finally becomes law, clearing way for more progress ahead By Peter Rosenstein Friday, November 06, 2009 ON OCT.
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ENDA hearing testimony of Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division
Pams House blend Nov 05 09Just received this in the inbox;we'll post the testimony as it comes in. Here is the the testimony as prepared of Thomas E.
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A major landmark in the right for Gay Rights
Google Gay News / The Snapper Nov 05 09
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A major landmark in the right for Gay RightsThe Snapper... the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr.
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Obama deserves praise for signing hate crimes law
Google Gay News / Baltimore Sun Nov 04 09
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Obama deserves praise for signing hate crimes lawBaltimore SunThe bill is named in honor of Matthew Shepard, a gay Wyoming college student who was beaten and murdered in 1998, and James Byrd Jr.
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Obama signs hate-crimes bill
Google Gay News / Windy City Times Nov 04 09
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Obama signs hate-crimes billWindy City TimesHe also singled out the parents of Matthew Shepard, a gay Wyoming student killed in a brutal hate crime in 1998.
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Virginia Foxx: Health Care Reform a Bigger Threat to America 'Than Any Terrorist in Any Country'
Towleroad Nov 03 09Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) continues to provide the WTFs and LOLs. Foxx, who as you remember spoke out against the Matthew Shepard hate crimes bill and said that the Shepard murder was a hoax, says health care reform is a.
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