May 2013
9 posts
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High schooler arrested, expelled for same-sex relationship
A teenager in Florida has been expelled from school and charged with two felonies simply because her girlfriend’s parents disapprove of their relationship. She now faces two years of house arrest and a year of probation.
Kaitlyn Hunt was a popular student at Sebastian River High School, participating in everything from...
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Lesbian couple to comply with judge’s order...
A lesbian mom plans to comply with a Collin County judge’s order saying her partner must move out under a “morality clause” that was included in a divorce settlement with her ex-husband, according to a statement from her attorneys.
The statement released Monday afternoon also indicates that Carolyn Compton’s ex-husband unsuccessfully sought to have her jailed for violating the morality clause...
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“The love expressed between women is particular and powerful, because we have had...”
– Audre Lorde (via reclaimingthelesbiantag)
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Delaware Passes Marriage Equality, Lesbian Senator...
In the process of making Delaware the 11th state, plus the District of Columbia, with legal marriage equality, Sen. Karen Peterson came out as a lesbian, telling her colleagues, “If my happiness somehow demeans or diminishes your marriage, you need to work on your marriage.”
Peterson mentioned her partner of 24 years, Vicki. They entered a civil union, which were officially...
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Griner Is Part of Mission to Help All Live in...
by Brittney Griner for the New York Times
When the N.B.A. center Jason Collins announced he was gay last week, I was thrilled. Not only was I extremely happy for him, I thought that maybe, just maybe, his courage and the wave of positive reaction meant that we were on the verge of an era when people accept and celebrate one another’s differences. I think that’s what makes life beautiful:...
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Iowa Supreme Court: Married lesbians have...
Married same-sex couples have the same rights as married heterosexuals to have both parents listed on the birth certificates of their newborn children, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled this morning.
Justices ruled 6-0 to require that the Iowa Department of Public Health begin listing both married parents on a newborn child’s birth certificate, despite state concerns that biological-based parenting...
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April 2013
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WatchWATCH: OH Students Protest Firing Of Lesbian Teacher
Showing their support for fired lesbian teacher Carla Hale, about a dozen Roman Catholic high-school students gathered outside the offices of the Diocese of Columbus on Friday holding signs to protest her dismissal.
Hale, a popular teacher at Bishop Watterson High School, was fired by the Catholic Diocese of Columbus in March after her...
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Employment Non-Discrimination Act Reintroduced In...
Hoping to get a lift from the changing tides on gay marriage, a bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Thursday that would ban job discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA, has been introduced in Congress regularly since the mid-1990s without ever being passed. But given the public discussion on gay rights over...
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New Health Services Standards Ensure Respect For... →
Today the Office of Minority Health at the Department of Health and Human Services released the new National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS). The new CLAS Standards, which have been under development for several years, are a groundbreaking response to increasing awareness of the factors that frequently prevent diverse populations such as the LGBT community...
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Teenage girl injured in attack by teen boys at New... →
Calgary police are treating a late night attack on a teenager as a possible hate crime.
The attack happened Thursday evening in the southeast community of New Brighton.
“I have a black eye, a split lip, the inside of my cheek is cut, a cut on my forehead, and my eye is so swollen I can barely open,” says the victim.
CTV Calgary has agreed to withhold the identity of the victim at the request...
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Zedler withdraws LGBT resource center amendment →
Arlington state Rep. Bill Zedler withdrew his amendment that would defund LGBT resource centers at state universities when it hit the House floor tonight amid cheers from the gallery.
Matthew Posey, Zedler’s legislative director, told Dallas Voice Thursday afternoon that it’d be “pulled down.” He declined to comment on the decision to remove the amendment.
News of the amendment that stated...
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'Gay? Prove it then – have you read any Oscar... →
Have you ever read Oscar Wilde? Do you use sex toys? Why have you not attended a Pride march? These are just some of the questions that have been asked of lesbian asylum seekers in what one academic says shows shocking levels of ignorance and prejudice among tribunal judges.
Over the past year Claire Bennett, a researcher at the University of Southampton, has interviewed a dozen gay women from...
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Measure targets campus LGBT centers, says they... →
An amendment to the Texas Legislature’s general appropriations bill, SB1, would defund gender and LGBT resource centers on the basis that they encourage risky sexual behavior.
State Rep. Bill Zedler, R-Arlington, filed the amendment to cut state funding from universities that have “Gender and Sexuality Centers and Related Student Center[s].” The amendment argues that “to support, promote, or...
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Uruguay's Senate approves legalizing gay marriage →
Uruguay’s Senate on Tuesday voted to legalize gay marriage by approving a single law governing matrimony for heterosexuals and homosexuals.
Senators voted 23-8 in favor of the bill, which was passed by the lower house in December. It must now return to the lower chamber of Congress with changes.
If approved, the law would make Uruguay the second nation in Latin America and the 12th in...
March 2013
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Lesbian couple weds in Oaxaca after Mexico's high... →
Two lesbians last week made history in Oaxaca by becoming the first same-sex couple to marry after Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that the state’s marriage law was unconstitutional.
The Oaxaca Front for the Respect and Recognition of Sexual Diversity, which was a party to the legal challenge to the high court, said the two women got married on March 22 during a private ceremony.
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Scalia’s gay adoption claim: Even wronger than I... →
On Wednesday, I wrote about Justice Antonin Scalia’s comment that “there’s considerable disagreement among sociologists as to what the consequences of raising a child in a single-sex family, whether that is harmful to the child or not.”
It turns out Scalia’s comment was wronger than I thought — and wrong in a way that Scalia, in particular, should have known.
It relied, remember, on the idea...
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QUEENSLAND’S LESBIAN HISTORY ON DISPLAY →
Rock stars, mothers, globetrotters, activists and academics all share their challenges and triumphs in Heather Faulkner’s A Matter of Time, a documentary photo exhibition exploring Queensland lesbian life during the late 20th Century at Brisbane Powerhouse 26 March – 28 April 2013.
A Matter of Time investigates the experiences of eight lesbians who lived in Queensland during the more...
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Historic Russian court ruling: gay pride is legal →
Press Secretary of the Kostroma Oblast Court Julia Medvedeva announced the court ruled illegal a ban on gay pride marches in the region and on two rallies against the local law prohibiting propaganda of homosexuality among minors.
‘The Civil Chamber of Kostroma Regional Court granted the appeal of Moscow Pride and events founder Nikolai Alekseev against the decision of Sverdlovsk District...
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U.S.: One-third of LGBT Immigrants Are... →
Nearly 30% of all LGBT immigrants living in the U.S., an estimated 267,000 people, may be in the country illegally, according to a new study by the Williams Institute. In total an estimated 904,000 LGBT-identified immigrants live in the U.S.
The study released Friday showed that 71% of undocumented LGBT adults are Hispanic and 15% of undocumented LGBT adults are Asian or Pacific Islander....
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Dattch: A lesbian dating app that hopes to provide... →
Dattch, the lesbian dating app, has moved up a level to provide a solid beta for invite-only users.
The earliest version of the app launched last November and Founder Robyn Exton says that there have been weekly adjustments led by the reaction of its community.
The app lets gay women know about other ladies looking for dates in their area. At the moment it has a focus on London but Exton has...
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Lesbian Judge Pamela Chen Appointed to Federal... →
The U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Pamela Chen to be the first openly gay, Asian-American person to preside on a federal bench. Chen was approved by a voice vote for a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
“Pamela Chen has a long and distinguished record of service, and I am confident she will serve on the federal bench with distinction,” President Barack Obama said...
As you may have noticed, we’ve been low on content for a while now. During the school year, I just don’t have the time to go hunting for images like I do during the summer. Eventually, the queue runs out and we’re stuck.
I’ve been trying to post lesbian news more frequently lately. That will be the main focus of the content until my time frees up again, unless you all...
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First lesbian magazine hits shelves in Russia →
Moscow, March 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The pilot issue of a glossy magazine for lesbians has gone on sale in Russia this month, in the face of escalating anti-gay sentiment and a new nationwide law against “homosexual propaganda” expected soon.
Agens, an independent quarterly describes itself as “A Magazine About Women for Women” on its first photo collage cover, as well as...
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Mesquite lesbian brutally beaten defending... →
A lesbian is still recovering from a brutal beating that happened last week while addressing a parent about her girlfriend’s son being bullied.
Sondra Scarber went to the playground at Mesquite’s Seabourn Elementary with her girlfriend, Hillary Causey, and Causey’s 4-year-old son. After other kids began pushing him around, Scarber spoke to a father to address the issue.
But when the father...
February 2013
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NH lesbian mom who sought military benefits dies →
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Charlie Morgan, a chief warrant officer in the New Hampshire Army National Guard who fought to repeal the federal law barring her wife from receiving benefits to help care for their daughter, has died. She was 48.
Morgan died Sunday at a hospice in Dover after a battle with breast cancer, a spokesman for Gov. Maggie Hassan said.
Morgan, of New Durham, was a nationally...
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January 2013
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Republican House Leader Vows To Use ‘Power Of... →
The fifth-ranking House Republican took a shot at the LGBT community at a recent town hall, saying he wanted to use “the power of humiliation” to undermine a program that helps individuals who need substance abuse treatment.
Rep. James Lankford (R-OK), who at the same Oklahoma City meeting earlier this monthblamedgun violence on “welfare moms”, took a question from a constituent irate about a...
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North Dakota leaders introducing legislation to... →
Several North Dakota leaders are introducing legislation to protect the LGBT community. Backers of the bill gathered in Fargo to introduce the proposal.
The bill would amend the North Dakota Fair Housing and Human Rights Acts by adding sexual orientation. Current North Dakota laws do not include sexual orientation on the list of banned discriminatory practices.
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Rural Kentucky town approves LGBT fairness... →
VICCO, Ky. (WHAS11) — A small town in rural, eastern Kentucky has approved an LGBT fairness ordinance. This is the first one approved in the state in the past 10 years.
The town of Vicco in Perry County, Kentucky now has a measure that prohibits discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations based upon a person’s actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender...
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Bill would strike anti-gay and abstinence-only... →
A proposed state law would change the way that Alabama public schools teach lessons on homosexuality and birth control.
Today, the state requires that sex education instruction includes lessons that homosexual conduct is a socially unacceptable, criminal offense and emphasizes that abstinence is the only “completely effective” method to prevent unwanted pregnancy and sexually...
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December 2012
23 posts
New Pen Pal Blog
Hello,
A friend and I decided to create a blog queerpals.tumblr.com and we felt like this was a good blog to put our new blog out there.
Before making this blog we noticed something: the holidays for queer folk can be lonely. And I a lover of snail mail realized while there are a lot of snail mail tumblrs none of them are dedicated to just queer folk. So here we are!
Now there is finally a...
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