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Group invites Bachmann to Minneapolis LGBT families conference

By Andy Birkey | 04.09.10 | 3:53 pm

The Family Equality Council, the “lead national organization advocating on behalf of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender families,” invited Rep. Michele Bachmann to this weekend’s Rainbow Families conference in

State’s largest school district ends anti-gay policy

By Andy Birkey | 02.11.09 | 1:02 pm

For more than a decade, the Anoka-Hennepin School Board had a policy that forbade teachers and students from speaking about homosexuality, except to describe it as abnormal or invalid. But the board Monday approved a more inclusive policy after years of work by community members to make the district more accepting of all students.