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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.

Benjamin Phillips

Was Gay Man The Victim Of Police Brutality In Missouri Hospital Arrest?

by Benjamin Phillips ● 6:16 PM April 12, 2013
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The daughter of the gay man ejected this week from a Missouri hospital while attempting to visit his husband suggests her father may have been the victim of police brutality.

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.

Bigotry Watch

Hospital That Handcuffed Gay Man Visiting Husband Issues Statement Accidentally Showing Wrongdoing

by David Badash ● 5:15 PM April 12, 2013
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A Missouri hospital has released a statement describing events that included their security guards handcuffing and arresting a gay man who was visiting his partner, and it’s an indictment of the hospital’s failure to follow federal regulations — and display common decency.

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.

Bigotry Watch

Santorum: Gay Marriage ‘Discourages’ Straight Marriage (Video)

by David Badash ● 2:50 PM April 12, 2013
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Rick Santorum this week told Fox News host Bill O’Reilly that gay marriage “discourages” straight marriage, “because we’d be saying marriage isn’t about children.”

Discrimination

Petitions To Defund Hospital For Handcuffing Gay Man To Prevent Him From Visiting His Partner

by David Badash ● 12:45 PM April 11, 2013
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There is now a Change.org petition asking the Obama administration to defund the Missouri hospital that used its security guards to handcuff and forcibly remove a gay man who was merely visiting his partner in the hospital.

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.

Discrimination

Harvey: Gay Marriage Will Make All American Children Victims Of ‘Disease, Anxiety, Depression’

by David Badash ● 12:22 PM April 8, 2013
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Linda Harvey claims that same-sex marriage will make “all American children” victims of “more disease, more anxiety, depression, more teen angst in general.”

Bigotry Watch

Dave Agema’s ‘Filthy Homosexuals’ Post Features ‘Research’ By KKK Organizing Holocaust Denier

by David Badash ● 3:55 PM April 7, 2013
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RNC’s Dave Agema posted an article to Facebook that calls gays “filthy.” Research finds the author of some of the “research” was a KKK organizer and Holocaust denier.

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