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Like Alcohol, Religion Disinhibits Violence, Doesn't Cause It

Valerie Tarico | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Homophobia, Child Witches, Christian Violence, Psychology of Religion, Fort Hood, Hasan, Religion, Living News
Valerie Tarico

Religions elicit peak experiences like mystic euphoria, submission, love and joy. They also elicit protective reactions like anger and fear, the emotions most likely to underlie violence.

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Remembering Two-Spirits This Thanksgiving

Irene Monroe | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Lgbt, National Day of Mourning, LGBT Rights, Homophobia, Native Americans, Massachusetts, Pilgrims, Thanksgiving Commentary, Two-Spirit, Living News
Irene Monroe

Historically, I am reminded that for many Native Americans, Thanksgiving is not a cause of celebration, but rather a National Day of Mourning.

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The Problem With Carrie Prejean and Homophobia

Katharine Rust | Posted 11.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Homophobia, Lynn Vincent, Carrie Prejean, Gay Marriage, Sarah Palin, Entertainment News
Katharine Rust

Saying that you have gay friends and that you're not afraid of them doesn't mean you're not homophobic. Saying you don't agree that gay people have the right to be married does.

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Same-Sex Marriage After Maine: What Can We Do Differently?

Isobel White | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Proposition 8, Prop 8, No on Prop 8, Lgbt Education, Lgbt Issues in Schools, Gay, Same-Sex Marriage, Maine, Lgbt, Homosexuality, Gay Issues in Schools, Education, Gay Rights, Family Diversity, LGBT Rights, Maine Gay Marriage, Homophobia, California Gay Marriage Ban, Glsen, No on 1, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, Politics News
Isobel White

If experiences in California are any measure, LGBT residents of Maine can expect higher levels of stress and depression and greater feelings of political alienation. So what can we do differently?

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From "That's So Gay" to "No Homo": A Small Sign of Progress

Michael Kimmel | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Homophobia, Lgbt, Anti-Homophobia, Thats-Gay-No-Homo, Gay Rights, No Homo, Gay Issues, Living News
Michael Kimmel

"That's so gay" is far less self-mocking, far less ironic, far less "nudge-nudge, wink-wink, I know that what I did was so gay, so now I'll declare it not gay and see if I can get away with it."

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Venezuela: Gays Attacked, Harassed By Police

Inter Press Service | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

Read More: Venezuela Homophobia, Venezuela, Gay Rights, Homophobia, Inter Press Service, Gays, Venezuela Gays, Venezuela News, World News

By Humberto Márquez CARACAS, Nov 4 (IPS) - One Friday at around midnight, on Villaflor Street, a favourite spot for gays and lesbians in the Venez...

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Why Is Anti-Gay Violence Soaring in Britain?

Johann Hari | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Homophobia, Equal Rights, Hate Crimes, Intolerance, Gay Rights, Stonewall, World News
Johann Hari

In the past few years, gay people have finally begun to exercise the same rights as their straight siblings, yet there has been a sharp surge in violence against us.

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ReThink Review: Outrage -- One Reason Why the Bird/Shepard Hate Crimes Act Took So Long

Jonathan Kim | Posted 11.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hate Crimes, Homosexual, Rethink Reviews, Matthew Shepard, Gay, Charlie Crist, Jonathan Kim, Larry Craig, Barney Frank, Movie Reviews, Ken Mehlman, Louie Gohmert, Mike Huckabee, Michael Steele, Outrage, Homophobia, Documentary, James Byrd Jr., Glenn Beck, Kirby Dick, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

And the main reason is because hatred/fear of gays is running neck-and-neck with hatred/fear of government for the most defining, unifying characteristic of the "modern" republican party.

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In Their Own Words: Hate Crime Act Supporters Speak (Video)

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homophobia, Wade Henderson, Hate Crimes, Human Rights Campaign, Dennis Shepard, Judy Shepard, Brian Levin, Anti-Defamation League, Politics News
Brian Levin, J.D.

Yesterday, President Obama signed into law the long awaited hate crime bill. Here are short interviews with a variety of people who have fought for this legislation for years.

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Memo to Rome: Some of Us Like the Reformation

Rev. Astrid Storm | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: Liberal-Protestant, Pope Benedict, Women Priests, Catholic Church, Ecumenical, Gay Priests, Ecumenism, Episcopal Church, Homophobia, Anglicans, Rowan Williams, Religion, World News
Rev. Astrid Storm

The Anglicans that the Vatican probably comes into the most (perhaps sole) contact with seem to wish they were Roman Catholic.

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US Senate Passes Byrd-Shepard Hate Crimes Act, Awaits Presidential Signature

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Matthew Shepard, Senate, Hate Crimes, Gays, Homophobia, Politics News
Brian Levin, J.D.

The United States Senate passed landmark legislation today that expands the coverage and protection of federal hate crime laws to now include sexual orientation, gender, identity and disability.

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Homophobia: Healing It From The Inside Out

Jason Mannino | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Government, Lgbt, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay Rights, LGBT Issues, Gay Hendricks, Doma, Enda, Homophobia, LGBT Rights, Dadt, Gay, Defense of Marriage Act, Byron Katie, Living News
Jason Mannino

We still live in a world where too many LGBT people have unconsciously held onto the poisonous, negative beliefs about sexual orientation that our society, churches, and government still force feed us.

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'He's Just Not That Into You' Really?

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Srini Pillay, Homosexuality, Fear, Rejection, Guilt, Brain, Trust, Srinivasan Pillay, Sex, Abandonment, Homophobia, Love, Intimacy, Relationships, Living News
Srinivasan Pillay

What does "not being into you" mean? People assume that it is just about sexual attraction, but is it just this?

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Jan Moir Column On Stephen Gately Death Sparks Row In British Papers Over Homophobia

Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

Read More: The Guardian, England, The Daily Mail, Stephen Gately, Charlie Brooker, Jan Moir, Jan Moir Daily Mail, Daily Mail, Jan Moir Homophobia, The-Guardian, Homophobia, Charlie Brooker Guardian, Boyzone, Stephen-Gately-Dead, Stephen-Gately-Boyzone, Homophobe, Poll, Gately Moir, What Happened to Stephen Gately, Stephen Gately Gay Jan, Jan Moir on Gately's Death, Stephen Gately's Tragic Death, Stephen Gately Moir, Moir, Stephen Gately Death, Stephen Gately News, Daily Mail Column Written by Jan Moir on Gately's Death, Stephen Gately Latest, Stephen Gately's, Jan Moir Stephen Gately, Jan Moir Gately, Jan Moir Column, Stephen Gately Jan Moir, Stephen Gately Jan, Death of Stephen Gately, Jan Moir Stephen Gately Article, World News

The tragic death of former pop-star Stephen Gately has brought two of Britain's most polarized papers to verbal blows this week, as a column by the of...

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As Hate Bill Passes, One Mother's Work (and Ours) Continues

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mathew-Shepard-Act, Hate Crimes, Judy Shepard, Homophobia, Impact, Hate, Gay, Crime, Politics News
Brian Levin, J.D.

All people of good will, no matter where they fall on the political spectrum, have a moral obligation to first and foremost decry the continuing hatred, violence and harassment that the gay community faces.

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Why Do We Want to Be Famous?

Robert Fuller | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Michael Jackson, Princess Di, Dignity, Dignitarian Society, Nobody, Malnutrition, Oscar, Marilyn Monroe, Fame, Malrecognition, Elvis, Sexism, Homophobia, Racism, Somebody, Rank, Rankism, Emmy, Living News
Robert Fuller

When strangers ply us with questions like "And you are?", "Who are you with?", or "Where did you go to school?" they are likely sizing up our power as belied by our affiliations.

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"Why I Support the National Equality March": NFL's Scott Fujita Speaks Out for Gay Rights

Dave Zirin | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Homophobia, Linebacker, Lgbt, Scott Fujita, National Equality March, Gay Rights, New Orleans Saints, Inside DC, Entertainment News
Dave Zirin

Star linebacker Scott Fujita speaks out about why he is supporting the October 11th National Equality March for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender rights in Washington DC.

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Politico's Mike Allen Falsely Claims Obama Official Did Not Report Crime

AmericaBlog | John Aravosis | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mike Allen Homophobia, Gay Rights Movement, Sexual-Orientation Discrimination, Gay Rights, Kevin Jennings, President Obama, Politico Homophobia, Homophobia, Discrimination Against Gays, Kevin Jennings Accusation, Politics News

I'm not one to attack mainstream media journalists for sport. And I've defended Politico's Mike Allen to my readers, just recently in fact, as a "real...

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McDonnell On Gays: Robert McDonnell's Comments On Gays Resurface After Thesis Uproar

Washington Post | Amy Gardner | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mcdonnell, Gays, Verbena Askew, Verbena M. Askew, Governer's Race, Election, Gay, Virginia Governor's Race, Judge, Gay Rights, Mcdonnell Thesis, Robert Mcdonnell, Homophobia, Racism, Discrimination, Thesis, Askew, Politics News

As chairman of the House Courts of Justice Committee, McDonnell sat at the head of the proceedings, with his Senate counterpart next to him and commit...

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"This Comment Has Been Removed"

Norm Stamper | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Barney Frank, Gun Control, Professor Gates, Obama, White Male Privilege, Cambridge Police, Teddy Kennedy, Dr. Tiller, Socrates, Sai Baba, Sexism, Homophobia, Sotomayor, Racism, Drug War, Death Penalty, Health Care, Censorship, Nazi-Baiter, Politics News
Norm Stamper

How long will it be before one of those pistol-packing town-hallers, driven to the brink by publicly aired hate-talk, pulls his gun, and then its trigger?

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Indiana State Police Intimidate and Search Gay Rights Activist

Bil Browning | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Homophobia, Chris Mason, Trooper Brandon Lankford, Indiana State Police, Illegal Search, Indiana, Driving Equality, Gay Rights, Living News
Bil Browning

Gay rights activist Chris Mason from Driving Equality recently did a stretch of road in Indiana and apparently got a dose of Hoosier hospitality.

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Somebodies and Nobodies: Understanding Rankism

Robert Fuller | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nobodies, Ableism, Dignitarian, Dignity, Sexism, Homophobia, Ageism, Racism, Somebodies, Rank, Rankism, Sexist, Rankist, Politics News
Robert Fuller

Whether directed at an individual or a group, rankism aims to put targets in their place and keep them weak so they will do as they're told and submit to being taken advantage of.

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Help Stop Ohio's Sarah Palin!

Howie Klein | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marilyn Brown, Jennifer Garrison, Homophobia, Ted Strickland, Reactionary Democrats, Ohio, Politics News
Howie Klein

As should be obvious, Jennifer Garrison is not a real Democrat, and not someone Ohioans can trust to count votes in a presidential year.

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Masturbation and Gay Sex Cause Swine Flu, Apparently

Disgrasian | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

Read More: Swine Flu Prevention, Gay Sex, Anal Sex, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, H1N1 Influenza, Science, Malaysia, Gay, Masturbation, Homosexuality, Urban Myths, Swine Flu Outbreak, Sex, H1n1 Flu, Homophobia, Gays, H1n1, Swine Flu Malaysia, World News
Disgrasian

"Normal sexual union," though, is perfectly safe! Hurrah! Score another one for heteros!

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Anti-Gay Facebook Group Hacked In Israel, Name Changed To "I Also Love Gays"

Jerusalem Post | Posted 09.05.2009 | World

Read More: Gay Facebook Page, Gay Rights, Foreign Affairs, Homophobia, Homophobic Facebook Page, Gay, Israel, Facebook, Gays, Gay Issues, Advocacy, World News

A Gay and Lesbian union filed a complaint to Tel Aviv police about the establishment of a group on the social networking site Facebook, called 'I also...

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