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• in Lifestyle
  Pastor Claims Half of all Urban Murders Committed by Gays
  As the Oklahoma City Council passed employment discrimination protection for homosexuals, a pastor verbally stepped in it.
  by dopodomani / on Nov 17, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “sexual orientation”

 

• Straights Struggle When Asked "When Did They Choose to be Straight?"

  
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  The Christofascist - and the Catholic Church through its bogus "Courage" program - routinely describe being gay as a "lifestyle choice" as if LGBT people at some point make a conscious decision to be attracted physically and romantically attracted to those of the same gender.   If this were true, then obviously at ...
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• Male, Female, Transgender? How Does One’s Sexuality Determine Happiness And Success In Life?

  
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  By Mahitha Kasireddi : The first question we usually ask new parents is: “ Is it a boy or a girl ?” There is a great answer to that one going around: “ We don’t know; it hasn’t told us yet. ”’ – Kate Bornstein, 1995 Identity is one prerequisite because of which you could belong to a society or you ...
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• What is GLSEN?

  
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  GLSEN stands for Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network and it is an organization founded by Kevin Jennings back in 1990 to promote a discrimination-free environment in schools regardless of one’s sexual orientation.  GLSEN basically works to help all students have a normal life in school and not be ...
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• New Zealand Guesthouse Refuses To Allow Engaged Lesbian Couple Sleep Together; Owner Mrs Ruskin Says “We Don’t Want Sodomy”

  
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  In Northern New Zealand, a lesbian couple have been turned away from a Whangarei guesthouse that refused to let them share a bed. Jane Collison, 30, and Paula Knight, 45, made an online booking for a room with a king-sized bed at the Pilgrim Planet Lodge. But when they arrived on Tuesday, they were told only rooms ...
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• PA LGBT Civil Rights Bill Introduced!

  
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  Brian Sims is the first openly LGBT person  elected to the Pennsylvania legislature Good news from Pennsylvania on the gay rights front . Although most of the legislative action that has been happening recently has focused on the rapid developments in marriage equality, an even more important issue facing LGBT ...
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• When did you choose to be straight?

  
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  Some believe that sexual orientation is a choice. So why not ask some straight people when they decided to be straight? (via Dangerous Minds)
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• WATCH: “When Did You Choose to Be Straight?” Perplexes, Enlightens Heteros

  
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  Uploaded to the YouTubes four years ago — but with those fashions, maybe filmed some time in the late-90s — this video by Travis Nuckolls and Chris Barker is making its way around the interwebs due to a very simple and surprisingly effective question: “When did you choose to be straight?” Conducted in ...
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• Zambian Police Arrest Gay Couple And Charge Them With “Having Sex Against Order Of Nature,” Anglican Bishop Of Auckland Tells Human Rights Tribunal “Considerable” Opposition From Church Leaders To Gay Men Entering Priest Training Program, Vancouver Author

  
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  In Lusaka, Zambian police on Monday arrested a gay couple after the family of one of the men reported the relationship to authorities, who made the first arrest of its kind under tough anti-gay laws. James Mwape, 20, and Philip Mubiana, 21, from the northern town of Kapiri Mposhi, are said to have been living together ...
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• New Zealand Human Rights Tribunal Hears Gay Rejected For Priesthood Training Because Of Sexual Orientation “Humiliated,” More Movement On Minnesota Same Sex Marriage Measure, Former Iowa Official Found Guilty Of Forging Marriage Certificate For Florida Sa

  
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  In New Zealand, Eugene Sisneros has described his hurt and humiliation after allegedly being rejected for a priest training programme because he was in a same sex relationship. A Human Rights Tribunal hearing into the alleged discrimination opened at Auckland District court Monday. Sisneros is taking the Anglican ...
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• Rally At Saskatoon Bridal Shop That Refused Service To Transgender Female, New Zealand Human Rights Tribunal Hears Case Against Anglican Bishop Of Auckland After Man In Committed Same Sex Relationship Rejected For Priesthood, Despite Having Only One Month

  
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  In Saskatchewan, dozens of people gathered in front of Jennys Bridal in downtown Saskatoon to show their support for a woman who says she was refused service at the store because she is transgender. The crowd cheered as Rohit Singh and her husband approached Saturday afternoon. "I am damn happier than the day of my ...
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• Wisconsin’s Regis Catholic Schools Accused Of Anti-Gay Discrimination After Rescinding Promotion And Revoking Contract After Suspecting Tim Nelson Was Gay; Regis Schools Mistakenly Concluded That Male Name Listed In Nelson’s Father’s Obituary Was Gay Part

  
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  In Wisconsin, a day after Regis Catholic Schools announced Tim Nelson would not become its next president, he charged that Regis officials pulled the job offer based on speculation he may be gay. Nelson, 48, who was announced April 4 as the choice to lead the local private school system, said Friday he was ...
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• Transgender Bride To File Complaint With Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission After Bridal Boutique Refuses To Allow Her To Try On Wedding Gowns, Re/Max Fires Mississauga Realtor Who Distributed Anti-Gay Materials In Flier, Cape Town Gay Couple Refused Se

  
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  In Saskatchewan, a transgender bride who was not allowed to try on wedding gowns at a shop in Saskatoon says she will be filing a formal human rights complaint. Rohit Singh said her experience, at Jennys Bridal Boutique, deeply affected her, in part because she had higher expectations of Canada. "I like to say Canada ...
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• Why it matters that Jason Collins came out as black and gay rather than simply gay

  
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  - by Saeed Jones ‏@theferocity, reprinted with permission - Image by Michael Dwyer, File / AP About 10 minutes after Jason Collins coming-out essay in Sports Illustrated hit the internet, one thing became clear: No statement, however sincere, is sacred in the social age. Even an essay as heartfelt as Collins — and ...
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• The Nuance of Heteronormativity

  
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  Clearly depicting a sexual encounter between two women, this billboard — posted on Doheny Drive in Los Angeles — looks like it would undermine heteronormativity: an invisibility of same-sex sexual and romantic relationships. In fact, I don’t think it does.  For one, the aim of the advertisement is to ...
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• Harvey Notes Homosexual Youth HIV Surge, Asks: Are Boy Scouts Buying ‘Gay Child’ Myth?

  
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  Linda Harvey wonders why the CDC did not ask about the partners of homosexual teenage boys who admitted to sex with males before age 13. Folks, my friend, Linda Harvey of Mission America — a Christian expert on the radical homosexual-bisexual-transgender agenda targeting youth — is right on in the WND.com ...
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• Jason Collins Becomes First Out Gay NBA Player

  
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  Jason Collins is the first current male member of a U.S. professional sport franchise to come out of the closet as openly gay The veil has been lifted ! Jason Collins , a 34-year-old player on the National Basketball Associations Boston Celtics has become the first major league athlete to come out as a gay man ...
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• Former Chairman of Exodus International Turns His Back on the “Ex-Gay” Movement

  
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  LGBTQ Nation reports that “John Paulk, the former chairman of Exodus International, a Christian ministry devoted to performing controversial gay-to-straight “reparative therapy” has formally renounced his past and says he is “truly, truly sorry” for the pain he’s caused by advocating that... [[ This is a ...
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• For Discussion: Fourth Grader Writes Essay On Why Gay People Should Be Allowed To Get Married….Should Children Weigh In On The Debate?

  
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  Should kids weigh in on the gay marriage debate? Fourth Grades Pens Essay Supporting Marriage Equality As the controversial debate over marriage equality continues to pick up across the United States, one fourth-grade student is gaining national attention after submitting an essay to his teacher in support of gay ...
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• Despite District Claims, Terminated North Gresham Oregon Elementary Principal Tom Klansnic Has Not Settled With School District; Although Scheduled To Work Until End Of School Year, Today Is Openly Gay Klansnic’s Last Day

  
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  In Oregon, Thursday will be the last day on the job for the principal of North Gresham Elementary School, and he claims the reason he is losing his job is because he’s gay. The Gresham-Barlow School District last year announced it would not renew Tom Klansnic’s contract. The district said the reason was a ...
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• Fired After Mother’s Obituary Outs Her, Carla Hale Files Grievance Against Bishop Watterson High School; Hale Will Also File Complaint With Columbus Community Relations Commission Under Law That Criminalizes Employment Discrimination Based On Sexual Orien

  
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  An update on a previous post: In Ohio, a lesbian teacher seeking reinstatement to a Roman Catholic high school in Columbus said she hopes the support she has received from around the world will encourage young people who question their sexuality. Physical-education teacher Carla Hale referred to such youths, ...
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