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Human Rights

A Woman’s Abu Ghraib In Rick Perry’s Texas?

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 12:11 AM June 18, 2013
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Two female Texas inmates have filed a federal lawsuit charging Live Oak County, Texas, with running a “rape camp” in the County Jail reminiscent of Abu Ghraib.

ENDA

Tony Perkins Wages War On ENDA: Gay People ‘Want To Put Their Bedroom In The Workplace’

by David Badash ● 8:26 PM June 17, 2013
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Tony Perkins, head of the anti-gay hate group Family Research Council, just cannot stand the thought that gay people couldn’t be fired for being gay.

News

‘Homosexuals Are The Most Violent Of The Abusers Of Children’ Says Baptist Minister

by David Badash ● 12:01 PM June 17, 2013
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William J. Murray unleashes a huge anti-gay, anti-21st century America screed that includes the false and totally unsubstantiated claim that “[h]omosexuals” are “the most violent of the abusers of children in our society.”

Civil Rights

Obama Celebrates LGBT Pride Month In A White House Reception And Announces … Nothing New

by David Badash ● 7:19 PM June 13, 2013
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President Obama hosted his annual LGBT pride month celebration today in the White House but offered the hundred or so LGBT activists and journalists nothing new.

Bigotry Watch

Listen: Mike Huckabee Says He ‘Didn’t Expect’ He’d Have To See Gay Couples On TV

by David Badash ● 2:33 PM June 11, 2013
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Mike Huckabee is a bit shocked he has to see gay people on TV, lamenting, “that’s something I guess I didn’t expect to see anytime soon.”

Celebrities

Jane Lynch, Star Of ‘Glee’ And Broadway, Announces Divorce

by David Badash ● 5:45 PM June 10, 2013
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Jane Lynch is getting divorced. The star of Broadway’s “Annie The Musical” and TV’s “Glee” is separating from her wife of three years, Dr. Lara Embry.

Analysis

How Many Girls Did You Rape When You Were Young And At The Mercy Of Your Raging Hormones, Senator Chambliss?

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 1:52 PM June 6, 2013
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Rape is not a crime of an uncontrolled libido. Rape is a crime of uncontrolled violence. Men in power need to grasp that concept.

News

IRS Hearing: NOM, Tea Party Get Slammed For Playing Victim (Video)

by David Badash ● 11:12 AM June 5, 2013
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At yesterday’s House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the IRS, six conservative groups — five Tea Party organizations and NOM, the National Organization For Marriage — played the victim.

Analysis

Revealing Report Examines Hate Violence Against LGBTQ And HIV-Affected Communities

by Guest Author ● 12:47 PM June 4, 2013
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A just-released report today finds the majority of homicide victims of hate violence in 2012 were people of color, over half were transgender women, and one-third were gay men.

News

Navy SEAL Team 6 Veteran Is Transgender

by David Badash ● 8:38 AM June 4, 2013
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A Navy SEAL Team 6 member who served for two decades before retiring in 2011 reveals she is transgender in a new book, “Warrior Princess.”

News

Breaking: US Senator Frank Lautenberg, Democrat, Dies At 89

by David Badash ● 9:51 AM June 3, 2013
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U.S Senator Frank Lautenberg, Democrat of New Jersey, has just passed away, at the age of 89, of viral pneumonia.

International

Special Report: Philippines National Police Undergo LGBT Sensitivity Workshops — Part II

by Guest Author ● 7:35 PM June 2, 2013
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Last month members of the Philippines National Police went through LGBT sensitivity training, called “Gender, Sexuality and Human Rights workshops.”

Guns

On Our Radar – Clark Aposhian Plays With His ‘Big Boy Toy’

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 8:11 AM June 2, 2013
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The face of Utah’s gun lobby was arrested for domestic abuse this week. His lawyer said in his defense, that he was just having fun with his big boy toy. Today, Clark Aposhian and “big boy toys” are On Our Radar.

Civil Rights

Special Report: Philippines National Police Undergo LGBT Sensitivity Workshops — Part I

by Guest Author ● 8:12 PM June 1, 2013
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Last month members of the Philippines National Police went through LGBT sensitivity training, called “Gender, Sexuality and Human Rights workshops.”

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