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LIVESTREAM: Rally to Restore Sanity

LIVESTREAM: Rally to Restore Sanity
Watch live streaming video from cbsnews at livestream.com If your Friday was a little rough, but you still wanna be a part of the change, never fear. Pull up your covers, crack open a bottled water, and snuggle up to the LIVESTREAM!
October 30th, 2010 | NewsBites, Society & Culture | Read More

[WATCH]It’s A Wrap

[WATCH]It’s A Wrap
I don’t know about you, but this past week has just been a roller coaster of emotions, setbacks, and small victories. Let’s share a few headlines that maybe you missed, but definitely deserve your attention: Anderson Cooper interviews anti-gay Arkansas administrator following resignation Arkansas...
October 29th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

Golden Girl Betty White supports gay marriage

Golden Girl Betty White supports gay marriage
Veteran actress Betty White says she supports gay marriage and doesn’t understand how people can oppose it so much. The 88-year-old former star of Golden Girls and The Mary Tyler Moore Show said people should mind their own business. She told Parade magazine: “I don’t care who anybody sleeps with....
October 29th, 2010 | NewsBites, Society & Culture | Read More

Education Department cites some bullying as violation of the law

Education Department cites some bullying as violation of the law
In a recent showing of its preference for reaction, as opposed to proaction, the U.S. Department of Education is FINALLY issuing a so-called warning to schools, colleges, and universities across the country regarding their methods for addressing incidents of bullying on their campuses. According to...
October 26th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

FREEP: Standing up against school bullying

FREEP: Standing up against school bullying
Student suicides spur spur supporters to press Legislature for passage By PEGGY WALSH-SARNECKI Free Press Education Writer Matt Epling was a 14-year-old with plans for his future: He was looking forward to driver’s ed, had found a job and was about to start high school in East Lansing. But in a...
October 26th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

R.I.P. — Joseph Jefferson, volunteer, advocate, and friend to so many

R.I.P. — Joseph Jefferson, volunteer, advocate, and friend to so many
According to lezgetreal.com and Rod 2.0, yet another LGBT youth has been tragically lost to suicide over the weekend. Joseph Jefferson, viewed by many as a true youth pioneer, graduated from Harvey Milk High School in 2002. His volunteer efforts spanned community advocacy, AIDS/HIV advocacy, and even...
October 25th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

BREAKING NEWS: Beaverton School District teacher reinstated

BREAKING NEWS: Beaverton School District teacher reinstated
JustOUT Portland recently released information via their web-site that Seth Stambaugh, a teacher dismissed earlier this month following a complaint from a parent regarding his sexuality, has been officially reinstated this afternoon. The Beaverton School District released the following statement this...
October 22nd, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

BREAKING NEWS: DADT ruling causes political whiplash

BREAKING NEWS: DADT ruling causes political whiplash
The last week has been an absolute roller coaster for LGBT servicemembers, recruits, veterans, and family members. Tens of thousands sit back, comb the headlines, and wait with baited breathe. The most recent news to hit CNN doesn’t sound promising. In fact, it sounds like the Justice Department...
October 20th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

U.S. military copes with the inevitable

U.S. military copes with the inevitable
This week marks a victory in a battle our country’s LGBT activists have been fighting for over four decades, and conversely the first step in ending an oppression that has existed in our country for lifetimes. The Defense Department issued an order to the U.S. Army Recruiting Command to begin...
October 20th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

AP: “US urges delay in ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ ruling”

AP: “US urges delay in ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ ruling”
(Washington) After two days of silence, the Obama administration urged a federal judge on Thursday to let the military press on with its “don’t ask, don’t tell” ban on gays serving openly in the military. Still, President Barack Obama insisted the policy that has divided the nation for two decades...
October 15th, 2010 | NewsBites | Read More

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