GAY TEEN’S HARASSMENT SUIT BEING WATCHED BY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
The bullying by classmates and taunts of “homo” only got worse after Jacob began dyeing his hair and wearing eyeliner in eighth grade. One student scrawled “I hope you die” on his shoe, he said; another drew a pocket knife on him.
Source – MSNBC
MEGHAN McCAIN DEFENDS DAD ‘S POSITION ON DADT
LAMBDA LEGAL CLAIMS LGBT/HIV+ HEALTH DISCRIMINATION
Lambda Legal has released the first nationwide survey that examines health care discrimination experienced by LGBT people and people living with HIV.
“The results of this survey should shock the conscience of this nation and make clear that the system is broken when it comes to health care for many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and those living with HIV,” said Beverly Tillery, Director of Community Education and Advocacy and one of the authors of the report. “No one should be turned away or face discrimination when they are sick or seeking medical care.”
Source – 365Gay
UGANDA DISMISSES OBAMA’S CRITICISM OF ANTI-GAY BILL
Uganda’s ethics minister on Thursday dismissed virulent criticism of his country’s proposed anti-gay law by US President Barack Obama and warned that any interference would be “unacceptable”.
“Somebody should tell President Obama that the parliament is doing its legislative duty in the interest of the people of Uganda,” James Nsaba Buturo, Ugandan minister of ethics and integrity, told AFP.
Source – AFP
NO NEW GAY RIGHTS UNDER BRITISH TORIES
No new legislation is needed to protect gay people, David Cameron has insisted, in an interview discussing his voting record on gay rights.
The leader of the Conservatives apologised for his party’s history of spearheading anti-gay legislation and went further than any previous Tory leader in laying out his belief in equal rights for all regardless of sexual preference.
Source – The Independent
ANDERSON COOPER SAYS NATIONAL ENQUIRER “ADOPTION STORY” IS NOT TRUE
Anderson Cooper has issued a statement in response to a National Enquirer report that he is planning to adopt a Haitian orphan after being moved while reporting on the region’s devastating earthquake for CNN.
“While the plight of children in Haiti has touched us all, and I continue to cover the situation there closely, stories about me adopting a baby are false. I am not adopting a child, Haitian or otherwise.” said Cooper.
Source – Advocate
PASS THE SMELLING SALTS .. FOX NEWS PUNDITS THINK DADT SHOULD END
BULLIED GAY MAN TOO FRIGHTENED TO LEAVE HIS HOME
Most of us take it for granted that we can step outside our front door and walk to the shops for a loaf of bread.
But that basic freedom has been taken away from one man, who is so scared of being beaten up that he has become a prisoner in his own home – all, he says, because he is gay.
You fat c***, you poof, we know it’s you that’s grassing. We are going to get you,’ they say.
“Then a couple of months ago a bloke got battered outside my bedroom window. The same people who are abusing me ran out and started punching him and kicking him in the head. He got battered half to death – I thought he was dead.
Source – Southwark News
