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Last Updated: Apr 27, 2008 |
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Hate Crimes
Students Nationwide Observe Day of Silence for LGBT Tolerance
What started as a class assignment at the University of Virginia in 1996 has grown into the largest student led event in the LGBT community. Today, more than half a million students at 5,000 schools across America will take part in the Day of Silence, calling attention to the hate and harassment LGBT students are subjected to nationwide.Apr 27, 2008
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Larry King Speaks Out for Larry King, Day of Silence in Schools
Fifteen year old Lawrence King was gunned down by fourteen year old Brandon McInerney earlier this year in Oxnard, CA because he was gay. Now students nationwide are honoring the life of Lawrence 'Larry' King with a day of silence... a day that finds the deceased with an unlikely ally in a man who shared more than his namesake—talk show host Larry King.Apr 25, 2008
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Gay Men in Jamaica Attacked by Mob
In the latest in a wave of attacks on gay men in notoriously homophobic Jamaica, three gay men in the Jamaican town of Mandeville were violently attacked by an angry mob of approximately 20 people who broke into their home last week after having threatened them with violence just days before if they did not leave the community. After the incident, two of the attacked men were hospitalized, one with serious injuries including a severed ear, while another man is still missing and feared dead.Feb 6, 2008
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Gay Rights Groups React to Congress' Decision to Drop Hate Crimes Bill
Congressional aides are reporting that a House-Senate conference committee has dropped the hate-crimes legislation co-sponsored by Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., from a defense authorization bill because it did not have sufficient support in the House.
Dec 7, 2007
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Gay Gamer Attacked While Playing On Line
The point is to move your player around a make believe world killing bad guys, but as the online gaming community continues to become big business, it may also be a new anonymous place to breed homophobia. This week, a self proclaimed gay gamer was verbally attacked for his sexuality while a participant in the Xbox on line game Halo3.
Nov 28, 2007
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Senators, Congressman Demand Investigation Into Death of Lesbian Service Member
Senators Edward Kennedy and John Kerry and Congressman William Delahunt called on Pentagon officials yesterday to investigate the death of Specialist Ciara Durkin, a lesbian service member who was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head on Sept. 27. Durkin was serving in Afghanistan at the time.
Oct 5, 2007
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Vermont Teens Face Up to Five Years in Prison for Hate Crime Against Relative
Two Vermont teens are being charged with a hate crime and face up to five years in prison for allegedly spray painting antigay slogans on and slashing the tires of a pair of vehicles belonging to two men joined in a civil union.
Oct 5, 2007
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ENDA Vote Postponed Over Reaction from Gay Rights Groups
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) won’t be coming up for a vote yet in the U.S. House of Representatives, after all, thanks to the ruckus created yesterday by gay rights groups across the country. Late last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Rep. Barney Frank split the original bill into two parts, one offering protections for gays, lesbians and bisexuals and the other supporting trangendered people.
Oct 3, 2007
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