Archive for October, 2005
Wednesday, October 26th, 2005
From the Washington Blade:
WNBA's Most Valuable Player comes out
Houston Comets Swoopes says she wants to be honest
Oct 26, 8:52 AM
Houston Comets forward Sheryl Swoopes is opening up about being a lesbian, telling a magazine that she's "tired of having to hide my feelings about the person I care about." ...
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2005
From Equality NC, October 25, 2005
Friends,
We've had busy couple weeks fighting the far-right to protect LGBT students. We've also been on the road and traveling around the state for education and outrearch programs in Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill and a great fundraiser in Winston-Salem.
If we can ...
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2005
Just change everytime it says "Iowa" to "North Carolina" and the city names to places like "Winston-Salem", "Mt. Airy", and "King" and this would fit perfectly in our area:
Don't minimize bullying of gay students
By REGISTER EDITORIAL BOARD
October 23, 2005
When Alison Mollman came out in 10th grade, a lot of friends ...
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2005
Co-Chairs Sheryl Griffin and Stan Kimer invite you to join Human Rights Campaign members and our friends and allies of different races, ethnic backgrounds and religions to celebrate our common values and the progress being made toward fuller civil rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans.
Date: Saturday, October 29, ...
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2005
High schoolers fight for change. Can we?
Posted: 10.25.2005
Riche Wiley
This weekend, I attended a rally in downtown Raleigh at the Capitol building that had the very distinct purpose of petitioning the state government/school board. Information concerning the rally and its purpose was sent across the state and advertised in local newspapers. ...
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2005
From 365gay.com News:
Gay Club Advisor 'Harassed Into Resigning' Teaching Job
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff
Posted: October 25, 2005 12:01 am ET
(Rocklin, California) A teacher who served as advisor to the Rocklin High School Gay Straight Alliance says she suffered so much harassment she has quit the job she loved.
In an ...
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Monday, October 24th, 2005
From MSNBC.com
BREAKING NEWS
Rosa Parks, matriarch of civil rights, dies at 92
Catalyst of U.S. drive for racial equality lived in Detroit
Updated: 11:09 p.m. ET Oct. 24, 2005
DETROIT - Rosa Lee Parks, whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man sparked the modern civil rights movement, died Monday. ...
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Monday, October 24th, 2005
From 365gay.com News:
Third World Anglicans Mount New Gay Challenge To Church
by Peter Murphy, Associated Press
Posted: October 24, 2005 3:00 pm ET
(Cairo) The agenda for this week's gathering of conservative Anglican clerics from the third world includes dialogue with Islam and fighting poverty. But the wider message is expected to ...
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Monday, October 24th, 2005
From the Daily Herald (Provo, Utah)
Herald poll response Gay-straight alliance
The Daily Herald
Editor's note: The Daily Herald asked readers if a gay-straight alliance should be approved at Provo High School. Here are the comments we received:
Homosexuality a 'lifestyle,' not a fleeting interest
Comparing homosexual clubs to any of the other types of ...
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Monday, October 24th, 2005
From the Washington Blade:
Transgender rights at stake in Maine referendum
Gender identity or expression protected in new law
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) | Oct 24, 7:56 PM
If voters in November keep the state's gay rights law, Maine would be the seventh state to bar discrimination against transgender people as well as gays ...
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