Archive for the ‘Western U.S.’ Category
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
From The LA Times:
The food fight is over.
Nearly a month ago, opponents of Proposition 8 -- which would amend the state Constitution to ban gay marriage -- started a "soft boycott" of Bolthouse Farms, among the largest producers of fresh-cut carrots in the world and the maker of juices and ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) issued the following statement regarding the memorials planned for openly gay, 15-year-old hate crime murder victim Lawrence King:
“I was deeply saddened by the recent death of 15-year-old Lawrence King who was killed at his school in Oxnard , CA . No one should face ...
Posted in Civil Rights, Democratic Party, Hate Crimes, LGBT Youth, Politics, United States, Western U.S. | 1 Comment »
Friday, February 15th, 2008
The issue is too emotional for me to say anything worthwhile... I guess this is what is meant when it is said, "their blood shall be upon them."
OXNARD, VENTURA COUNTY
Boy, 14, charged with murder, hate crime
Police say he shot classmate -he'll be tried as an adult
Associated Press
Friday, February 15, 2008
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Posted in Anti-LGBT, Hate Crimes, High School, LGBT Youth, United States, Western U.S. | 6 Comments »
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
A blogger quotes a story of a man suing the Boy Scouts of America for not dismissing two child molesters after learning of their abuse of boys in the program.
He then states:
And if they had dismissed the two Scoutmasters would they be getting accused of discrimination against gays?
Probably not. Gays ...
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Saturday, January 26th, 2008
The Arizona Republic has promoted an openly gay man to the position of Vice President and Editor. Wow. The gays really do control the media!
Posted in LGBT, Media, Politics, United States, Western U.S. | No Comments »
Monday, July 2nd, 2007
Um... just kidding. So not true, but maybe it is close?
Guess which state was the first to have a student anti-bullying and anti-harassment bill including sexual orientation & gender-idenitity pass its state house in 2007?
Did you guess California? You are wrong.
California passed just such a bill this month in its ...
Posted in Civil Rights, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, United States, Western U.S. | No Comments »
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
A teenage lesbian couple was kicked off a public bus in Portland, Oregon, last week. The girls, both aged 14, say that they were kissing, a female passenger complained and the driver told them to "knock it off" and called them "sickos." When the girls then hugged, the driver stopped ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Politics, Republican Party, United States, Western U.S. | 7 Comments »
Thursday, January 25th, 2007
According to an article from The Union-Tribune (San Diego), a federal judge has ruled in favor of high school administrators who disallowed student Tyler Chase Harper (who has now graduated, although his sister, Kelsie Harper, is still at the school) from wearing an anti-gay T-shirt during the Alliance Defense Fund's ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Ex-gay, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Politics, Sexuality, United States, Western U.S. | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007
News notes to fit all tastes!
Back on January 2nd I told you about a bill that had been submitted to the Virginia State Legislature. The bill would require parental permission for a student to participate in an extracurricular activities. The bill is thought by many to be an attack on ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Global, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Politics, United States, Western U.S. | 2 Comments »
Friday, January 12th, 2007
From 365gay.com:
A San Diego judge has ruled there is enough evidence against a U.S. Marine for him to stand trial for murder with a hate crime enhancement in the slaying of a gay man in 2006.
James Hardy, 19, was ordered to remain in jail in lieu of a million dollar ...
Posted in Hate Crimes, LGBT, Western U.S. | No Comments »
