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NYC Teachers Sue City for Slander Over Lesbian Sex Allegations
By Dana Chivvis - AOL NewsTwo New York City high school teachers accused of having a sexual romp in a classroom are suing the city for $2 million for ruining their reputations. Alini Brito and Cindy Mauro were fired last month after a state arbitrator's report concluded that the pair of language teachers were having a "sexual encounter" when school custodians walked in on them in November 2009. But the duo filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Manhattan Supreme Court claiming wrongful termination, libel and slander, the New York Daily News reports. "They've had to deal with these false allegations of engaging in lesbian sex," ...
Harvard: Urine on Gay Books Was Accident, Not Hate Crime
By Deborah Hastings - AOL News(Dec. 14) -- Those gay-themed books that were soaked with urine at a Harvard College library were not a hate crime after all, the school says, but a simple accident caused by a staffer who spilled a bottle of liquid waste on 36 tomes. Why a bottle of urine was sitting on a library shelf in the first place has yet to be explained. "This incident was initially reported as vandalism and characterized as a hate crime," Evelynn Hammonds, dean of Harvard College, wrote Monday on the university's website. "We have learned this morning that the books, while indeed damaged, were damaged by our own ...
Turn Purple on October 20 -- and Show LGBT Youth It Does 'Get Better'
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyStand up for gays on Oct. 20. Wear purple. Do it in memory of Tyler Clementi, and all the other young people we've lost. In a harsh and often hopeless world, give hope, if for no other reason than because you can. I'm no fan of silly color memes and Facebook games. I believe the amorphous thing we call "awareness" changes little in the lives of real people, and gives the public a false sense of security and satisfaction. Cancer, for instance, cannot be willed away or "awarenessed" away any more than Tinker Bell can be saved by audience members clapping. But now -- at last! -- along comes a ...
'It Gets Better': Joel Burns' City Council Address Goes Viral [VIDEO]
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(Oct. 15) -- Reacting to a rash of suicides committed by gay teenagers in America who were bullied, a Fort Worth, Texas, city councilman delivered an emotional address that has become an Internet sensation. Joel Burns, who was raised in Fort Worth, delivered his speech Tuesday, detailing the pain he experienced as an adolescent at the hands of anti-gay bullies. "One day, when I was in the ninth grade," Burns told the audience, "I was cornered by some older kids who roughed me up. They said that I was a faggot, and that I should die and go to hell where I belonged. That erupted the fear ...
It Gets Better: Fighting to Save Gay Teens, One Video at a Time
By Sarah Wildman - Politics DailyHope. Obama ran on it. Harvey Milk advocated for it. And for many, it's the one thing they can't grasp at all. Thursday, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and National Center for Transgender Equality issued the disturbing results of a survey: More than half of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender kids who have been bullied have attempted suicide. "From our experience working with transgender people, we had prepared ourselves for high rates of suicide attempts, but we didn't expect anything like this," Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender ...
Constance McMillen Didn't Get The Prom She Wanted, But Will Get $35K
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(July 20) -- A Mississippi school district has agreed to pay $35,000 to 18-year-old Constance McMillen and to amend its anti-discrimination policy to include discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The new policy is the first of its kind in Mississippi schools. "I'm so glad this is all over. I won't ever get my prom back, but it's worth it if it changes things at my school," McMillen, who was backed by the ACLU, said in a statement. "I hope this means that in the future students at my school will be treated fairly. I know there are students and teachers who want to ...
'The Kids Are All Right': A Modern American Family
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailyWith the nationwide opening Friday of "The Kids Are All Right," a nearly perfect movie, a Sundance award-winner now gathering acclaim, we can declare with some certainty that stodgy, conventional Hollywood has finally made the great cultural leap to bring to the screen an exceptional picture of a perfectly normal lesbian couple and their children -- a modern American family. Heartrending, occasionally funny, tearfully profound, "The Kids Are All Right" is the first U.S. film to portray a lesbian couple with kids just like most families -- ordinary, sane, stable, caring, and flawed. We've got ...
'Sexual Preference' Gene Turns Female Mice Off Male Advances
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(July 9) -- Turning off a single gene in female mice appears to eliminate their heterosexual urges and cause them to spurn the advances of males looking to copulate. That's according to research out of South Korea, published this week in the journal BMC Genetics. The gene, fucose mutarotase (FucM), is responsible for the release of an enzyme by the same name, and seems to cause developmental changes in brain regions that control reproductive behaviors. The mice without the enzyme would refuse to let males mount them, and instead tried to copulate with other females. Even though they ...
Wonder Woman Fans Give New Duds a Dressing-Down
By David Moye - AOL News(July 7) -- Wonder Woman turns 70 next year and, in honor of the anniversary, she's getting a new outfit to replace her iconic corset, crown and blue star-studded panties. The outfit, which includes a shiny red blouse, blue blazer and spandex tights, looks more like club wear made by American Apparel than superhero gear. As a result, longtime fans like Katie Wooley are super angry. DC Comics / AP This illustration released by DC Comics shows the new look for Wonder Woman designed by DC Comics co-publisher Jim Lee. Wooley, a lifelong Wonder Woman fan, believes changing the iconic outfit is ...
Crazy Costumes Come Out of the Closet for Gay Pride
By Ben Muessig - AOL News(June 28) -- Forget the holiday season; June is the time of year when people don their gayest apparel. Cities around the world celebrated gay pride parades last weekend, allowing gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer communities to come together, often in costume. Revelers marched through New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Mexico City, Berlin and Guatemala City, among other locations, dressed in elaborate get-ups in all shades of the rainbow. ...
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