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Two Teachers Suspended for Anti-gay Bullying of 14-year-old Boy

A school suspended two teachers after they mocked a 14-year-old boy by implying he is gay. The child’s mother, Jean Mott, claims the teachers, from Shiloh Middle School in Snellville, Georgia, made inappropriate comments about the student’s sexuality in front of his entire class. Speaking to WSB-TV, Mott says her son came home in tears in December 2018 because his teachers made comments that made him appear to be gay. His classmates have teased him ever since. One teacher implied another child was the boy’s ‘boyfriend’ and made fun of him after he was absent from school for a few days. […]

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Man Arrested for Threatening to Kill Every LGBTI Person in Sacramento

A man will be charged for allegedly sending out nearly 50 threatening letters to people, including an LGBTI center. Federal officials took Darnell Ray Owens, 32 from Sacramento, into custody on Friday (22 March). Officials claim he mailed dozens of letters, some containing white powder, to police, churches and an LGBTI center. Sacramento LGBTQ Community Center received two letters on 19 March 2018. Along with hate speech directed at the LGBTI community, he also threatened to ‘murder every fag or queer, lesbian, transsexuals, transgenders in Sacramento.’ He also sent fake threats to the center in June 2018 from a number […]

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LGBTI Detainees Allege ‘Rampant’ Abuse at New Mexico Immigration Center

Staff at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) center in New Mexico allegedly subjected gay and trans people to ‘rampant’ abuse. Advocates and lawyers claimed in a letter yesterday (25 March) that 12 queer migrants at the Otero County Processing Center were threatened and subjected to solitary confinement after complaining about conditions. Or punished for simply sharing coffee. Staff allegedly reassigned the trans women to barracks with heterosexual men – some of whom previously sexually harassed them – as a form of retaliation. What happened? The letter documents the experiences of 12 LGBTI asylum seekers who fled persecution in their home countries. The American Civil Liberties Union […]

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HRC Kicks Off ‘Equality Act’ Campaign with Sally Field and her Son Sam Greisman

Human Rights Campaign launched its new campaign “Americans for the Equality Act,” a video series which features celebrities who support the Equality Act, on Monday. The proposed bill would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The video series, filmed by award-winning directors Dustin Lance Black and Paris Barclay, kicked off with actress and LGBTQ advocate Sally Field and her gay son, Sam Greisman, as they have a video conference conversation on why the Equality Act is instrumental in ensuring that the LGBTQ community has equal rights across […]

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All Charges Are Dropped Against Actor Jussie Smollett

Actor Jussie Smollett was summoned to an emergency court appearance this morning in Chicago to be told all criminal charges against him are being dropped by Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx. Smollett had been charged with felony disorderly conduct for filing a false report. In total, he faced 16 felony charges. In a statement released after his appearance, his attorneys – Tina Glandian and Patricia Brown Holmes – said: ‘Today, all criminal charges against Jussie Smollett were dropped and his record has been wiped clean of the filing of this tragic complaint against him. ‘Jussie was attacked by two people he was unable to identify […]

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Lesbian Couple Turned away from Dance Class

A lesbian couple in Missouri were reportedly denied entry to a dance class. They are now alleging discrimination based on their sexual orientation.W Michelle King and Amanda Shelton are engaged and went to Prestige Ballroom in Des Peres, Missouri to learn how to dance for their upcoming wedding. According to ABC News 13, the couple were looking forward to their dance lessons, which they purchased on Groupon. That is, however, until dance instructor Dave Thompson said he would not accept their business because they are gay. ‘He was like we don’t have accommodations for same sex couples to dance. It would […]

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Brunei to Bring in Stoning to Death under New Anti-LGBT Laws

Brunei is reportedly planning to introduce anti-LGBT laws next month that could see people whipped or stoned to death for same-sex activity. Homosexuality is illegal in the east Asian country and punishable by up to ten years imprisonment. Under the upcoming changes to Brunei’s penal code, punishments could include whipping and stoning to death for people found guilty of adultery, sodomy and rape, according to human rights groups. The country introduced Islamic criminal law in 2014 when it announced the first of three stages of legal changes that included failing to pray on Friday or pregnancy outside of marriage. A subsequent […]

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Local Transgender Community Unifies for Visibility March on March 31

Local Sonoma County transgender community members and their allies are sponsoring a march in Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa at 1pm on Sunday, March 31st.  The purpose of the event is to support a national day of action for transgender visibility in the pursuit of equal protection and inclusion for members of the North Bay community. The theme of this year’s event is DUE equals Trans Rights.  DUE stands for Diversity, Unity, and Equity because our strength is in our diversity; our power is in our unity, and achieving equity needs to happen now. “That the local community needs to see […]

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Only 55% of Americans Think LGBTI People Face a Lot of Discrimination

A new report from FiveThirtyEight reveals fewer and fewer Americans believe LGBTI discrimination is a major issue. Compared to other groups in the United States, people’s impression of discrimination has changed most dramatically in regards to the LGBTI community. While perceived discrimination of Muslims and Jewish people have largely remained the same (with some minor drops and spikes), people see an increase in perceived discrimination of black people. LGBTI people, meanwhile, have seen the biggest drop in perceived discrimination, from 68% in 2013 to 55% last year. Perceived discrimination in the US | Photo: FiveThirtyEight These views are reflected in other recently conducted surveys. A 2019 […]

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Two Shot At Palm Springs Gay Club, Minor Injuries, Suspect Remains At Large, Police Seek Help

The Desert Sun reports: Police are looking for a person who shot two people at a Palm Springs night club early Sunday. The shooting was reported just before 2 a.m. at Toucans Toucans Tiki Lounge, 2100 N. Palm Canyon Drive. Neither victim’s injuries were life threatening, Palm Springs police Sgt. Ryan Raso said. The incident began when two people got into an argument inside the club and were escorted outside. Someone fired two rounds, hitting one person outside and another person inside. Each victim was struck in the lower part of their body, Raso said. Cactus Hugs reports: The unidentified suspect fled […]

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