After bullying, Nashua, N.H. superintendent says transgender policy not necessary district-wide

Although the issue has already caused a transgender third-grader to be transferred from one school to another due to bullying, the Naushua School District in New Hampshire says it doesn’t need a district-wide policy on the subject of bullying of transgender students. “We don’t have a specific policy on transgender students, but we do have…

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Russian politician claims ‘fasting and prayer can cure homosexuality’

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – A deputy of the St. Petersburg city legislature has claimed in an interview that homosexuality can be ‘cured by fasting and prayer.’ Vitaly Milonov, the author of the St. Petersburg bill banning gay propaganda continued his anti-gay crusade in an interview on the popular Russian talk radio show Ekho Moskvy. According…

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‘Follow the yellow (red, purple, green … ) brick road:’ WeHo installs Pride flag-colored crosswalks

Construction has begun of two landmark crosswalks along Santa Monica Boulevard and San Vicente Boulevard in West Hollywood, which will install permananent versions of the wildly popular “rainbow” Pride-flag themed crosswalks that were installed as temporary features honoring Pride month last June. The Rainbow Crosswalks, as the city has officially dubbed them in a press…

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HRC to host event featuring leading religious spokesperson for LGBT rights

WASHINGTON – Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC)  announced details of an event featuring Bishop Gene Robinson as part of its Equality Talks speaker series.  Bishop Robinson, who oversees the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church in the United States, will be speak at the HRC headquarters in Washington about his new book, God Believes…

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Chick-fil-A president: ‘There’s no change in our practices’

(CNN) – A Chicago alderman says Chick-fil-A’s president is publicly contradicting what company executives personally assured him for months — that the fast-food chain is changing its stance on gay marriage — and he asked the company Sunday to clarify. Alderman Joe Moreno made news last week when he announced Chick-fil-A has ceased making donations…

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Malaysia drops ‘educating’ parents how to spot LGBT traits, will teach gay ‘prevention’

Malaysian Deputy Education Minister Mohd Puad Zarkashi said the government plans to go ahead with an effort to “prevent, overcome and correct symptoms of homosexuality in children,” but won’t – as it had planned to do prior to an international uproar in many western countries – publish a list of identifying characteristics for spotting potentially…

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