 Gothamist | Among Gay Men, Arrests Spark Concern About Being Singled Out New York Times, United States - Mr. Pinter, who is gay, said he found it odd for a younger man to want to pay him for sex. “Then I got this weird feeling and thought if he continues to ... Protesters Say Cops Target Older Gay Men with Bogus Charges at XXX ... Gay Men Protest Arrests and Prostitution Charges Protesters: Police target gays as prostitutes |
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Hollywood's gay forays Los Angeles Times, CA - His clenched-fist joy in the scene where Milk becomes one of America's first openly gay elected politicians? His robust articulateness at a mass rally, ... |
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Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez adds LGBT protections to ... Pegasus News, TX - Nationally, hundreds of local governments and about 20 states have adopted protections for LGBT workers. LGBT legal experts say government employees are ... |
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As many of you may have heard, there has been an anti-gay discriminatory adoption ban posed by 2 legislators from Tennessee, Senator Paul Stanley and Representative John DeBerry. The bill states:“The public policy of this state is to favor marriage, as defined by the constitution and laws of this state, over unmarried sexual cohabitation. It is also the public policy of this state to place children into adoptive families that provide the most stable familial relationships for that child and will foster an appreciation for the policies of this state that favor marriage over unmarried cohabitation. The general assembly specifically finds that it is not in a child’s best interest to be adopted by a person who is cohabitating in a sexual relationship that is not a legally valid and binding marriage under the constitution and laws of this state. Therefore: a minor may not be adopted if the individual seeking to adopt is cohabiting outside of a marriage that is valid under the constitution and laws of this state.
Senator Stanley has added his own thoughts to the bill, saying that
“"We were having a lot of [unmarried] individuals apply to adopt children from state custody.....And while single people can make very good parents, what we were finding is that some of those individuals were in same-sex relationships," he points out. "And we just thought it was not advantageous to have children who are the responsibility of the state being placed in such homes." Stanley believes married, heterosexual couples provide the best climate for raising children. "I don't think you can put a child in a home with two individuals of the same sex and meet the needs -- the emotional, the physical, the mental needs of that child to be a well-developed child as they move into adulthood," he contends.
We are encouraging you to act â€" contact your legislator or write a letter for your local newspaper. When contacting your legislator, please make sure you correctly identify the bills: SB0078 in the Senate and HB0605 in the House. To contact your representative, click here. Tell them you do not support these anti-gay and anti-family bills. Encourage your representative to only support legislation that supports all of our families, including our LGBT loved ones.
The Tri Cities, TN chapter (covering the Bristol, Kingsport, and Johnson City areas) has sample letters that you can use to write your legislator or your local newspaper. For copies of these letters, please visit their blog.
-Erin Cranford Williams
From the Minnesota Independent today:
"For more than a decade, the Anoka-Hennepin School Board [the state's largest school district] 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."
It seems shocking that today in many places across the country, teachers are forbidden to even mention homosexuality. Such policies, usually a feature of so-called "abstinence only" sex education, leave lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) young people alienated and uninformed. It also sends a subtle message to young LGBT people that they are not as equal and valid as their straight peers.
Stephanie Hazen of Rainbow Families agrees: “The implied message to GLBT students, staff, and families was that they are ‘invalid’ or ‘abnormal'... This was an incredibly harmful and discriminatory message to send, and contributed to a school environment in which GLBT students, staff and families felt marginalized.â€
Kudos to the Anoka-Hennepin school district for taking a step towards including and education all of its students.! Read more about the story here.
Also be sure to check out PFLAG's new program Safe Schools: Cultivating Respect, full of tips and resources on how to make schools safer and more inclusive in your community!
"For more than a decade, the Anoka-Hennepin School Board [the state's largest school district] 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."It seems shocking that today in many places across the country, teachers are forbidden to even mention homosexuality. Such policies, usually a feature of so-called "abstinence only" sex education, leave lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) young people alienated and uninformed. It also sends a subtle message to young LGBT people that they are not as equal and valid as their straight peers.
Stephanie Hazen of Rainbow Families agrees: “The implied message to GLBT students, staff, and families was that they are ‘invalid’ or ‘abnormal'... This was an incredibly harmful and discriminatory message to send, and contributed to a school environment in which GLBT students, staff and families felt marginalized.â€
Kudos to the Anoka-Hennepin school district for taking a step towards including and education all of its students.! Read more about the story here.
Also be sure to check out PFLAG's new program Safe Schools: Cultivating Respect, full of tips and resources on how to make schools safer and more inclusive in your community!
Last month we called our PFLAG allies to action, encouraging everyone to write to the South Carolina Department of Probation, Pardon and Parole to ask that they deny parole for Stephen Andrew Moller.On May 16, 2007, Sean Kennedy, a 20-year old gay man, was attacked by Moller on the streets of Greenville, South Carolina. He died of his injuries later that night. Yet, because of the lack of hate crimes legislation, Moller was eligible for parole this February!
Fortunately, according to News Channel 7 in Spartanburg, SC, his request has been denied.
Thank-you to every PFLAG member and ally who wrote on behalf of justice for Sean Kennedy.
At times, we all become upset about one thing or another, its human nature. Being upset however can be very destructive and counter productive. That is why I would like to share with you my “10 Ruleâ€. Find out what it is at gayaspirations.com!
Gay Pioneers Frank Kameny and Lilli Vincenz will lead the March for Equality at the National Equality Rally at Independence Hall on Sunday, May 3, 2009. Kameny and Vincenz were among the Gay Pioneers who organized the first gay and lesbian civil rights demonstrations. These demonstrations called “Annual Reminders†were held at Independence Hall and [...]
Bus fare…$1.00. The sign on the bus…priceless!
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