Happy Valentine’s Day
Posted on February 13th, 2008 by Freckles Cassie
Open post to see sparkly valentines.
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Open post to see sparkly valentines.
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Filed under: FrecklesCassie, LGBT Rights, Secondary Featured Stories, love
Today during my social studies class, we had a debate over the Supreme Court case, Wade vs. Boy Scouts of America. In the case, a man that had been in boy scouts for 12 years, earning the coveted rank of Eagle Scout, began to tell people that he was gay. because of this he [...]
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Filed under: Boy Scouts, Featured Stories, LGBT Rights, Lucas, Moral Issues, Religion, Young Adult Issues, freedom of speech, gay rights, kids, teens
The Democratic Leadership in Congress has recently decided to split the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) bill, which originally protected Americans from discrimination workplace discrimination due to sexuality or gender identity. Essentially, this bill would have meant that people can’t be denied employment, fired, or denied career advancement because they’re gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered.
However, the [...]
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Filed under: Brittany Leach, Congress, Democrats, Featured Stories, LGBT Rights, Sexism/Racism, equality
photo from ABC News
General Peter Pace is the chairman of the joint chiefs, making him the most elevated military office in the United States. He is not our priest-in-chief or our parent-in-chief, but he seems to think he is, and that his “upbringing” and his beliefs make him qualified to tell the rest [...]
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Filed under: Featured Stories, First Amendment, FrecklesCassie, Government, LGBT Rights, Moral Issues, Opinion, Pentagon, Politics, Religion, U.S. Military, War on Iraq, equality
It’s very hard to stand up to a bully on your own. Bullies can be very intimidating, which is why bullying works until someone stops the bully. This is a wonderful account of how some high school kids in Canada reacted to a bully in their school, and how they worked as a [...]
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Filed under: Featured Stories, FrecklesCassie, LGBT Rights, Young Adult Issues, schools
This press release is from . Congratulations to all of the winners. It is horrible the amount of child abuse, hatred, and discrimination that these people endured.
FOUR LGBT YOUTH WIN NAT’L “COURAGE” GRANTS FROM COLIN HIGGINS FOUNDATION
Winners include former homeless child prostitute, child of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Muslim American gay rights [...]
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Filed under: Activism, Child Abuse, FrecklesCassie, LGBT Rights, Moral Issues, Opinion, Politics, Secondary Featured Stories, Sexism/Racism, Young Adult Issues
Since the “don’t ask, don’t tell,” policy was instituted, more than 58 English-Arabic translators have been fired because of their open homosexuality. This comes at a time where the government is in desperate need of such linguists, who save hundreds of soldiers’ lives every day by translating intercepted messages and other such things. So [...]
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Filed under: Aryeh, Featured Stories, George W. Bush, LGBT Rights, Opinion, U.S. Military, War on Iraq, War on Terror
As the candidates vying for the nomination to the Democratic Party’s presidential ticket begin to differentiate their stances on the issues, one of the areas to consider is candidate’s stances on LGBTIQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered/Transsexual, Intersexed, Queer) rights.
Here’s how they stand so far.
Hillary Clinton: Supports civil unions on the principle of fairness; opposes [...]
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Filed under: Brittany Leach, Democrats, Election 2008, LGBT Rights, Opinion, Politics, Secondary Featured Stories
(Cross posted at Our Descent Into Madness.)
Researchers have been experimenting with making sperm cells from stem cells in bone marrow. This technique could allow infertile men to have biological children. It’s also raised the possibilty of lesbian couples having children together, with no man involved. The researchers are seeking ethical permission to try the procedure [...]
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Filed under: Daisy Bond, Featured Stories, LGBT Rights, Medical News, Stem Cell Research
(Cross posted at Our Descent Into Madness.)
You may have heard about Steve Stanton, the city manager from Florida who got fired because he’s planning on transitioning from male to female. From Pharyngula, one local pastor attempts to speak for Jesus…
“If Jesus was here tonight, I can guarantee you he’d want him terminated,” said Pastor Ron [...]
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Filed under: Daisy Bond, LGBT Rights, Religion