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Gay Anti-Suicide Activist Kills Himself

Just one month after making an 'It Gets Better' video

(Newser) - A 19-year-old gay filmmaker committed suicide this week, just a month after making an "It Gets Better" video, the Huffington Post reports. In that video, Eric James Borges, who went by EricJames, told a tale of brutal homophobia. He said he'd dropped out of high school after peers...

George Michael: Christian Group Prayed for My Death

Singer slams 'pathetic' religious radicals

(Newser) - Looks like another group is trying to muscle in on the Westboro Baptist Church's turf. George Michael says that during his recent life-threatening bout with pneumonia , a group calling itself Christians for a Moral America prayed for his death, the New York Daily News reports. The group claimed that...

Ron Paul: Ghost Writers Penned Racist Ad, Newsletters

He should have policed mysterious writers, campaign admits

(Newser) - Mysterious "ghost writers" have suddenly popped up in Ron Paul's explanation for racist and anti-gay comments in an investment newsletter and a direct-mail ad that have landed him in the hottest water of his campaign. "Dr. Paul did not write" the ad—which was signed by him—...

Gay Kiss Is Milestone, but Military Must Do More
Gay Kiss Is Milestone,
but Military Must Do More
OPINION
Dec 23, 2011 12:37 PM CST

Gay Kiss Is Milestone, but Military Must Do More

Racism, sexism, homophobia still exist: LA Times

(Newser) - When Marissa Gaeta stepped off the USS Oak Hill after a three-month deployment and gave her girlfriend the "first kiss" , it was just one example of the "exemplary progress" the US military has made in "modernizing its culture," declares the Los Angeles Times in an editorial....

Catholic Paper Yanks Column Blaming Gay Attraction on Devil

US Conference of Catholic Bishops staffer sorry for 'hurt and confusion'

(Newser) - The country's oldest Roman Catholic newspaper has pulled a column suggesting that the devil may be behind gay sexual attraction. "Some Fundamental Questions on Same-Sex Attraction," written by Daniel Avila, an associate director for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, stated that "the scientific evidence of...

Marcus Bachmann Sends Stewart's Gaydar Off Charts

Jon zings 'center square gay' homophobe

(Newser) - Jon Stewart nearly explodes on the Daily Show last night holding in a flood of zingers he'd like to deliver about the apparent sexual orientation of Michele Bachmann's seemingly self-hating gay-bashing husband Marcus. But he holds his tongue as best he can, finally spilling that the mister has...

Twitterverse Titters Over 'Gay' Mr. Bachmann

Observers speculate he protests gay marriage too much

(Newser) - Political observers' gaydar is super-piqued by the intriguing Mr. Michele Bachmann, particularly because the therapist is so rabidly anti-gay. "It's pretty much a given that the most vociferously homophobic men are usually repressing something," chortles actor James Urbaniak . "But, oh Mary, Marcus takes the ever-loving cake....

Cee Lo Green: Gay Bash 'All in Good Fun'

Denies being homophobic, says he is 'most liberal'

(Newser) - Just one month after a coach on the TV show The Voice got into trouble for an anti-gay comment on Twitter, fellow Voice coach Cee Lo Green followed suit, reports the New York Daily News . After his show was criticized by a (female) music editor, Green on Friday tweeted: "...

UN Backs Gay Rights for First Time
UN Backs Gay Rights
for First Time
Jun 17, 2011 5:59 PM CDT

UN Backs Gay Rights for First Time

Human Rights Council orders report on discrimination

(Newser) - The United Nations endorsed the rights of gay, lesbian, and transgender people for the first time today, passing a resolution hailed as historic by the US and other backers and decried by some African and Muslim countries. The declaration was cautiously worded, expressing "grave concern" about abuses because of...

Starbucks Reels After Anti-Gay Incident

But the company is responding well, notes Gawker

(Newser) - Starbucks is in hot water after a customer witnessed what she calls “one of the most brazen and unapologetic displays of homophobia I have ever witnessed in my entire life” at one of its Long Island locations. Missy Alison wrote an open letter to the company, which her wife...

Tracy Morgan: My Dad Died of AIDS

Apologetic comedian talks about bullying, losing father

(Newser) - After his homophobic stand-up rant made headlines, Tracy Morgan is taking things a step or two further than his original apology . He’ll work with GLAAD in Tennessee next week to protest the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill , will film a PSA, and will meet with gay...

Chris Rock Backpedals on Morgan's Anti-Gay Rant

'Tracy Morgan is a tad off,' says Rock, 'we all know that'

(Newser) - Chris Rock is backpedaling after tweeting support for comedian Tracy Morgan, reports the New York Daily News . After Morgan got in trouble for joking that he would stab his son to death if his son were gay last week, Rock initially wrote that he would not "want to live...

Tracy Morgan Apologizes for Gay Jokes

They 'clearly went too far,' he says

(Newser) - Tracy Morgan is up with a quick apology after reports surfaced of a string of nasty anti-gay jokes he made on stage. "I want to apologize to my fans and the gay & lesbian community for my choice of words at my recent stand-up act in Nashville," he...

Tracy Morgan Blasted for Anti-Gay Rant

Says he'd stab his son over sexual preference

(Newser) - Tracy Morgan is facing serious heat for a violently homophobic diatribe he allegedly made at a stand-up show last Friday. According to an audience member’s account of the rant, the comedian said that if his son was gay, he’d stab him to death. For years, Morgan has said...

German Doctors Pitch Gay 'Treatments'

Group offers sugar pills, psychotherapy to curb homosexual 'inclinations'

(Newser) - A group of doctors in Germany is catching heat for advertising homosexuality treatments on its website. The Union of Catholic Physicians offers "homeopathic dilutions," psychotherapy, and sugar pills to keep “inclinations” at bay, reports Der Spiegel . The group acknowledges that homosexuality is not an illness, but “...

'Don't Say Gay' Bill Clears Tennessee Senate

Homosexuality can't be in prepared class material in schools

(Newser) - The "don't-say-gay" bill moves on: A measure aimed at curbing discussion of homosexuality in schools has made it through the Tennessee Senate. The final version got watered down a bit, explains the Tennessean : K-through-8 teachers can respond to questions on gay issues, but they can't make the...

Ex-Rutgers Student Accepts Deal in Suicide Case

Molly Wei gets community service over Tyler Clementi death

(Newser) - Molly Wei admitted her role in the cyberbullying case that led fellow Rutgers student Tyler Clementi to kill himself and agreed to cooperate with authorities. She will likely avoid jail as a result, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer . Wei must complete 300 hours of community service, attend counseling on cyberbullying, and...

School Boots Student Groups After Gay Club Forms

New Mexico district says it's a coincidence

(Newser) - A New Mexico school district has forbidden all extra-curricular clubs from meeting during school hours or using school resources—right after a gay-straight alliance applied to become a club. The Clovis school board says it’s purely a coincidence, and that it had already been reviewing the policy, but the...

Comic Must Pay $16K for Lesbian Insults: Court

Jokes during amateur's show were discriminatory, says victim

(Newser) - A Canadian human rights tribunal has ordered a stand-up comedian to pay a woman $15,700 after he insulted her and her partner at a show. Lorna Pardy says amateur comic Guy Earle discriminated against her based on gender and sexual preference, the Vancouver Sun reports. The owner of the...

'Effeminate Boys' Sent to Macho Malay Boot Camp

Human rights groups scream as official talks of 'right path'

(Newser) - Human rights groups have expressed alarm after some 66 boys determined to be "effeminate" by Malaysian public schools have been picked for re-education at a macho boot camp. The education department in Terengganu state established the camp to help boys deal with "identity issues" and place them on...

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