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Benjamin Phillips

New Details On Extent Of Injuries By Missouri Police To Man Visiting Husband In Hospital

by Benjamin Phillips ● 6:10 PM April 14, 2013
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New detail have emerged suggesting Kansas City, MO police inflicted injuries on the man arrested after being ejected by hospital staff for refusing to leave the bedside of his ailing husband.

Civil Rights

Thailand: ‘Phoenix Rising’ For LGBT People — But Questions Remain

by Guest Author ● 4:23 PM April 14, 2013
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Guest author Grace Poore talks with Thailand’s National Human Rights Commissioner about LGBTI Rights at ILGA-Asia Conference.

Civil Rights

Why Is It ‘Policy’ For Some States To ‘Flag’ Birth Certificates Of Children Adopted By Gay Parents?

by David Badash ● 10:00 AM April 14, 2013
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A same-sex couple applying for a social security card for their adopted son were told his birth certificate would be “flagged” until 2033 by the Georgia State Department Of Vital Records. “It’s the policy,” they were told. But why?

Civil Rights

On Our Radar – State Representative Bryce Bennett, Montana’s Anti-Cuccinelli

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 8:17 AM April 14, 2013
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Today we shower some metaphorical rose petals at the feet of the “anti-Cooch,” the young, gay, Montana State Senator who this week, led a successful effort to repeal the repulsive sodomy law still on the books in his state. Rep. Bryce Bennett, is On Our Radar.

Civil Rights

Hospital That Handcuffed Gay Man Owned By Bain Capital, Was Run By Gov. Rick Scott

by David Badash ● 8:06 PM April 12, 2013
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Research Medical Center is the hospital that had a gay man handcuffed and arrested by his husband’s bedside. Its parent company’s largest shareholder is Bain Capital, the company Mitt Romney co-founded.

Civil Rights

6 Petitions That Send A Strong Message To Missouri Hospital: Do Not Discriminate Against Gay Couples

by David Badash ● 5:41 PM April 12, 2013

Petitions are flooding social media in response to Research Medical Center’s handcuffing and arresting Roger Gorley, a gay man — who had legal medical power of attorney while visiting Allen Mansell, his husband in the hospital.

Benjamin Phillips

HCA Employee Uses Shocking Anti-Gay Slur To Defend Missouri Hospital That Handcuffed Gay Man

by Benjamin Phillips ● 4:10 PM April 12, 2013
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An employee of the parent company of the hospital that hancuffed and arrested a gay man who was visiting his husband in the hospital reveal a troubling strain of intolerance.

Bigotry Watch

RNC Votes For Resolution That ‘Affirms Support For Marriage As The Union Of One Man And One Woman’

by David Badash ● 3:22 PM April 12, 2013
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The RNC, in what may be the first effort of its kind, just passed a resolution that re-affirms the Republican Party’s platform that marriage can only be between one man and one woman.

Civil Rights

Hospital Handcuffs And Removes Gay Man Visiting His Partner

by David Badash ● 12:23 PM April 11, 2013
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A Missouri hospital is under fire after using their security guards to handcuff and eject a gay man who was merely visiting his same-sex partner.

Arts

Standing On The Right Side Of History: Lawrence Ferlingetti And City Lights Books

by Stuart Wilber ● 3:45 PM April 6, 2013
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“It is as if,” says City Lights founder Lawrence Ferlinghetti, “the public were being invited, in person and in books, to participate in that ‘great conversation’ between authors of all ages, ancient and modern.”

Civil Rights

Hannity And Malkin Oppose Rutgers Coach Firing: We Were Beaten As Children And Turned Out OK

by David Badash ● 5:05 PM April 4, 2013
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Sean Hannity and Michelle Malkin last night on Fox News discussed the firing of Rutgers head coach Mike Rice, saying they were both beaten as children and turned out OK.

Civil Rights

Martin Luther King Jr. — Lodestar For America’s March Of Justice

by Tanya Domi ● 2:22 PM April 3, 2013
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45 years ago Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was cut down by an assassin’s bullet in Memphis, Tennessee. Today his message is just as relevant in 2013 as it was for a deeply divided American society in 1968.

Bigotry Watch

Rutgers Fires Coach Mike Rice After Homophobic Slurs And Physical Attacks

by David Badash ● 10:18 AM April 3, 2013
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Rutgers has just fired Mike Rice, the university’s basketball coach exposed by an ESPN video showing him using homophobic slurs and physical violence against his players.

Civil Rights

North Carolina Tea Party Republicans File Bill To Establish Official State Religion

by David Badash ● 9:43 AM April 3, 2013
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In a direct assault on the U.S. Constitution, two North Carolina state Tea Party Republican lawmakers have filed a bill to allow the state to establish an official state religion.

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