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Hate Crimes

25 Violent Anti-Gay Hate Crimes In NYC. Could Mayor Bloomberg Be Any More Absent?

by David Badash ● 10:12 AM May 22, 2013
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Mayor Bloomberg let four days and a rally by thousands of New Yorkers to mourn and protest the hate crime murder of a gay man pass before showing up to say something. Until yesterday, Bloomberg had not made one public comment this year about the anti-lGBT hate crime wave in his city.

Marriage

NOM President Brian Brown ‘Condemns The Murder Of A Gay Man In New York’

by David Badash ● 7:03 PM May 21, 2013
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Brian Brown, president of NOM, the National Organization For Marriage, today issued a statement condemning the anti-gay hate crime murder of Mark Carson, a gay man shot to death Friday in New York City.

Analysis

American Observances Of IDAHO Focus Inward

by Clinton Fein ● 12:34 PM May 18, 2013
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From NYC to San Francisco, America’s LGBT community marked the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) in a far different fashion than our international brothers and sisters.

Civil Rights

Shame, Resentment And San Francisco Pride

by Clinton Fein ● 2:06 PM April 30, 2013
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The removal of Bradley Manning as one of the Grand Marshals of the San Francisco gay pride parade should force a change of theme from “Embrace, Encourage, Empower,” to “Divide, Discourage, Dictate.”

Education

Right Wing Education Reform Org: We Didn’t Know Our ‘Reformer Of The Year’ Was Anti-Gay

by David Badash ● 10:10 AM April 30, 2013
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StudentsFirst yesterday was forced to issue a statement on Tennessee’s infamous “Don’t Say Gay” bill, after having awarded the bill’s author and top House sponsor, Rep. John Ragan, the “Reformer Of The Year” award.

Marriage

Rick Santorum’s Mega Donor Foster Friess Wants A Safer World For Gay People

by David Badash ● 10:26 AM March 15, 2013
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Foster Friess, the billionaire backer of hugely anti-gay Rick Santorum, anti-gay Daily Caller, and anti-gay Governor Scott Walker, says he wants the world to be safer for gay people.

Marriage

Regnerus Anti-Gay Parenting ‘Study’ Created To Influence Supreme Court, Report States

by David Badash ● 9:35 AM March 11, 2013
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The anti-gay parenting “study” produced by Mark Regnerus was created to influence the Supreme Court against supporting same-sex marriage, a report states.

Bigotry Watch

Bisexuals Are The ‘Turd In The Punchbowl’ Says Massachusetts Pastor

by David Badash ● 8:53 AM March 5, 2013
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“Hey, Dude, why don’t you support bi-sexual marriage too? Are you some kind of bigot?,” Lively mocks, claiming that bisexuals are the “turd in the punchbowl.”

News

This Weekend: 2013 LGBT Media Journalists Convening

by David Badash ● 12:32 PM February 22, 2013
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This weekend I’ll be at the 2013 LGBT Media Journalists Convening, generously sponsored by the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association and funded by the Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund.

News

University Of Texas Releases Docs Related To Controversial Regnerus Parenting Study

by Sofia Resnick At The American Independent ● 7:00 AM February 6, 2013
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The University of Texas at Austin has begun releasing university records surrounding UT sociology professor Mark Regnerus’ controversial “New Family Structures Study.”

News

Did Federal Prosecutors Bully Reddit’s 26-Year Old Cofounder To Death?

by David Badash ● 11:25 PM January 12, 2013
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Aaron Swartz was one of those people you wish you had known about when he was alive, instead of when he committed suicide, after an insane federal government prosecution that went beyond overzealous and deep into zealotry.

News

2012 In Review: Obama Coalition Enshrines Liberals As America’s New Moral Majority

by David Badash ● 12:23 PM December 29, 2012
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2012 was a watershed year that historians — and all Americans — will look to as the moment reborn Democratic politics won the nation, and liberals and progressives became enshrined as the voice of America’s new moral majority.

News

Majority Of Men Under 40 Who Support Gay Marriage Use Porn Daily, Says Regnerus

by David Badash ● 9:51 AM December 21, 2012
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The majority of men aged 23-39 who use pornography daily “strongly agree” that same-sex marriage should be legal, according to flawed study author Mark Regnerus.

Actions

Regnerus Scandal Ripped Wide Open As UT Confesses To Major, Systemic Ethics Failures

by Scott Rose ● 12:11 PM December 12, 2012
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There seems to be a pattern developing at the University of Texas regarding lax or even intentionally ignored ethics lapses in research reporting oversight.