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I Voted (Twice) for Obama, and Apparently I Lost

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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Joe Cutbirth

Warren's selection is a thumb in the eye of every lesbian and gay citizen, and an insult to kind and decent Americans who believed that Obama's presidency was the beginning of a new era.

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"Fagots -- Stay Out"

Tom Gregory | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Tom Gregory

In Barack Obama's silence, he voiced his opinion. Obama quietly let millions of his supporters vote for their political evolution while simultaneously selecting prejudice.

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Newsweek's Hate Crime

Sara Whitman | Posted 08.01.2008 | Media

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Sara Whitman

The article "Young, Gay and Murdered" in Newsweek is one of the poorest examples of journalism I've ever read. To take a kid who is dead and report on how he "asked for it?" That is a hate crime.

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Online and Off, Millennials Redefine Civil Rights Activism

Tanene Allison | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

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Tanene Allison

Many believe that if Millenials are online activists and information seekers, we are not also at rallies or organizing at our schools. This is just patently untrue.

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Ellen Chokes Up Remembering Murdered Gay Teen

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Ellen Degeneres took a moment on her show Friday to remember 15-year-old Lawrence King. King was shot and killed by 14-year-old Brandon McInerney, who...

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CNN Cuts Gay Teen Killing From Cooper Podcast

Dipayan Gupta | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Dipayan Gupta

When one cuts an hour-long show down to 24 minutes, some sacrifices must be made. But excluding this murder while giving ample room to a kid singing in his underwear is a terrible lapse in judgment.

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Gay Teen Shot By Classmate In School Declared Brain Dead

LA Times | Catherine Saillant and Gregory W. Griggs | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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An Oxnard junior high student who was shot in the head by a classmate earlier this week was declared brain dead Wednesday, and the 14-year-old male su...

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