The Laramie Project

Too Gay For Catholic School?

Bill Augustin | Posted 05.27.2012

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Bill Augustin

I woke up one morning last week to an invitation to a Facebook group alerting me that Notre Dame High School, my alma mater, had just cancelled a planned production of The Laramie Project after some parents complained that the play "promotes homosexual beliefs."

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Redtwist Theatre's Must-see The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later Finds the Hope in the Horror

Robert Bullen | Posted 05.06.2012

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Robert Bullen

See this production. It's why we go to the theatre, folks. It slaps us awake and forces us to examine how we can support change not only as individuals, but as a community.

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Anti-Gay Church To Protest High School Play

Posted 05.25.2011

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One of America's leading agents of virulent homophobia might be dropping into the Chicago suburbs this weekend. Westboro Baptist Church has picketed ...

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The Laramie Project: When Art and Life Intersect

Alicia Anstead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homosexuality, Hate Crimes, Tectonic Theater Project, The Laramie Project, Boston, Matthew Shepard, Cutler-Majestic Theatre, Tyler Clementi, Charlie Howard, Greg Pierotti, Artsemerson, Boston-Theater, Arts News
Alicia Anstead

For The Laramie Project actor and writer, Greg Perotti, the news of Clementi's death added another pall over a show that, each night, retraces the journey of Matthew Shepard's death.

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WorldNetDaily Teams Up With Hate Group to Bash Kevin Jennings

Terry Krepel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Terry Krepel

Most organizations of any stripe would think twice about partnering with another organization that has been designated a hate group by people knowledg...

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Lessons of Hate in the Bible Belt

Reproductive Justice | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reproductive Justice

Any gay student at Grandfield High School has been taught a dubious lesson. They have learned they better keep quiet until they are old enough to leave town.

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Oklahoma Teacher Fired After Showing Movie About Anti-Gay Hate Crime

Towleroad.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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After showing her class the 2002 film adaptation of The Laramie Project, about the hate crime killing of Matthew Shepard, Debra Taylor's high school c...

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Fred Phelps, Daughter Barred From Entering UK

Kansas City Star | Posted 05.25.2011

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The British government has banned Fred Phelps and his daughter Shirley Phelps-Roper from entering the United Kingdom. The Phelpses, whose protests at...

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