The Southern Poverty Law Center and the National Center for Lesbian Rights sent a letter to the Anoka Hennepin School District on Tuesday demanding that the school district abandon its “neutrality policy,” which bars discussion of LGBT issues in district schools, and step up efforts to address bullying and harassment.
The military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy — which bars openly gay men and women from serving in the military — was ruled unconstitutional by a judge in Riverside, Calif., Thursday evening. The suit, brought by the Log Cabin Republicans, argued that the policy violated the First and Fifth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, and the judge agreed, ordering a permanent injunction against the policy. The Department of Justice has seven days to appeal the ruling.
Violent crimes motivated by anti-LGBT sentiment climbed 64 percent in Minnesota, compared to only 7 percent nationwide.
The leaders of You Can Run But You Cannot Hide Intl., Inc., a hard rock ministry that holds Christian assemblies in public schools around the Midwest, said that locking up gays and lesbians in prison is the “right”…
After sometimes angry and emotional debate Monday, the Moorhead City Council defeated an ordinance that would’ve created a domestic partner registry. Some at the council meeting said the registry of same-sex couples would reflect Moorhead’s inclusive values, while others warned it could lead to the breakdown of traditional marriage. “I don’t like queer relationships,” one man said. “Do you want the city of Moorhead to be known as a queer community?”
At an oversight hearing of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division on Tuesday, Sen. Al Franken advocated for laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment of LGBT students in the nation’s public…
Rep. Keith Ellison is one of 60 Democrats urging Congress to include LGBT families in any upcoming immigration reform legislation. Currently, same-sex couples don’t have the option of sponsoring each other…
Granite City Baptist Church raised some eyebrows this weekend when it bought an ad (pdf) in the St. Cloud Times that questioned whether Muslims are a “threat” to America. “How do Moslems seek to take control of a…
Minneapolis Assistant City Attorney Julie Delgado-O’Neil’s discrimination complaint against the city — which the Minnesota Independent aired last summer after the city’s Department of Civil Rights ruled in her favor — is now in court, the Star…
While part of the mainstream media wasn’t big on mentioning the fact in advance of his address today in Memphis, Sen. John McCain’s track record on commemorating Martin Luther King Jr.’s
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