Archive for January, 2006
Friday, January 27th, 2006
A gay business owner in Greensboro has responded to the bias shown in business dealings by Graffiti Ads, a marketing/advertising group based in Winston-Salem, NC (See prior post, Triad company refuses to work with LGBT group; refuses ad for community resources and movie festival).
John Johnson, owner of the Biltmore Greensboro ...
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Thursday, January 26th, 2006
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Originally posted 12:30pm, 01/26/2006
Last Updated: 1:45pm, 01/27/2006
See also Gay Greensboro business owner responds to Graffiti Ads bias in refusing LGBT ad
Grafitti Ads, LLC, (www.graffitiads.com) a company based in Winston-Salem, NC, has refused to work with a local Triad LGBT group.
Alternative Resources of the Triad (www.OUTGreensboro.com), on whose Board ...
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Thursday, January 26th, 2006
According to an article published by the Washington Blade, the United States has aligned itself with such countries as Iran, Zimbabwe, China, Cameroon and other traditional US rivals in a vote on whether to allow the International Lesbian and Gay Association and the Danish Association of Gays and Lesbians to ...
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2006
Updated 01/25/2006 4:30pm: Picture courtesy of Garibaldi Gay
According to an article published by the San Franciso Gate, five teachers have refused to comply with a district order to post safe space posters in their classrooms.
The teachers, who work at San Leandro High School, refuse to put up the rainbow-colored poster ...
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2006
Police in Hendersonville, NC, are investigating a crime which may very well be an anti-gay hate crime:
Hendersonville Investigators are now looking into whether the recent beating of a gay man could be a hate crime. The problem though is North Carolina does not have the hate crime law on ...
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2006
The Following is a post from Good As You regarding Gay-Straight Alliances and the attempts of some abnti-gay groups to stop them from existing and keeping teens from joining them:
Regarding a proposed bill that would require Georgia parents to be notified before their children could join a school club, the ...
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2006
In the ultimate sign of bigotry and prejudice, the Virginia Senate today approved a constitutional amendment which would ban gay marriage in the Commonwealth as well as ban other civil commitments from being recognized.
The Virginia House of Delegates had already approved teh measure when the Senate voted today by a ...
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
As many of you know, I have served in the Student Government Association of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, since my freshman year here.
I started out in August 2004 as an at-large Senator and then became the Organizational Senator for UNCG PRIDE!, our campus LGBTQA student organization. During ...
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
According to an article published by 365gay.com, NBC has pulled "The Book of Daniel" from its Friday night lineup.
With a simple blog entry by creator Jack Kenny, no explanation on the decision made was given from NBC.
When "The Book of Daniel" was first announced a firestorm of controversy erupted, mainly ...
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
According to an article published by 365gay.com, the Administration has refused to honr the Freedom of Information Act request made by Servicemembers Legal Defense Network after it learned that the FBI might have used its power to spy on LGBT groups in America.
According to the article:
The reports said that the ...
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