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Blog Entries by Noah Baron from 04/2012

Why I'm an Anti-Bullying Activist

| Posted 04.02.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: Bullying, LGBT Youth, Anti-Gay Bullying, Gay Bullying, Lgbt Teen Bullying, Lgbt Bullying, Anti-Lgbt Bullying, Teen Bullying, Gay Teen Bullying, School Bullying, Gay Voices News

Tears welled up in my eyes, not only because of the sheer tragedy of Jacob's story, but because it is, sadly, all too common. LGBT teenagers take their lives on a regular basis, but the reasons are often misunderstood -- and I know, because I've been there.

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Ken Mehlman, I Don't Forgive You

| Posted 04.04.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: Gay Republicans, Ken Mehlman, Kathryn Lehman, Republican Party, Gop, Gay Voices News

As support for marriage equality has grown, more and more public figures who previously opposed it have decided that it is now safe to "come out" for it. The question now facing our community is whether we forgive them.

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Where Did All the Liberal Civil Liberties Advocates Go?

| Posted 04.25.2012 | Politics
Read More: Civil Liberties, Democratic Party, Liberals, George W. Bush, President Obama, Activists, Guantanamo Bay, John Yoo, Politics News

If civil liberties mean anything to liberals, we need to start criticizing violations of those civil liberties regardless of who perpetrates them -- and that criticism must be done with the same urgency as always.

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