Rosie O’Donnell tweets that teen daughter Chelsea is missing

Comedienne Rosie O’Donnell has tweeted that her seventeen year-old daughter, Chelsea, has gone missing. According to O’Donnell Chelsea was last seen Tuesday Aug. 11. O’Donnell posted the following on her Web site: Rosie O’Donnell’s 17 year old daughter, Chelsea O’Donnell was reported missing. Nyack, New York police authorities have been looking for her in the…

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Anti-LGBT county clerk gets time to appeal judge’s decision over her opposition to marriage equality

U.S. District Judge David Bunning temporarily stayed his order requiring Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis of Kentucky to immediately begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples as she appeals his decision to the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Last week Judge Bunning had ordered to issue licenses to two gay couples without…

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Lesbian UPS employee wins $100,000 against UPS for discrimination

NEW YORK– June 18, was a day of celebration for Tameeka Roberts. With the assistance of her attorneys, Alex Umansky and Jessenia Maldonado of Phillips & Associates, Roberts obtained a jury verdict of $100,000 for being discriminated against and by her supervisor, Donald Woodard, due to her sexual orientation while employed at United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS). The jury…

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New campaign aims to stop bullying on ‘Day One’

The  Tyler Clementi Foundation, has launched a new anti-bullying project called Day One. #Day1 is a national anti-bullying campaign that is free, simple and effective. The campaign empowers teachers, managers, coaches and other leaders to prevent bullying before it begins by promoting a no-nonsense message on Day 1 of orientation. #Day1 consists of a Declaration…

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New study reveals smoking cessation drug not boosting number of smokers who quit

The introduction of a new prescription smoking-cessation aid, varenicline, in 2006 has had no significant impact on the rate at which Americans age 18 and older successfully quit smoking, according to a study led by researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. The findings, published online Aug. 17 in Tobacco Control, suggest…

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Nearly half a million Catholics urge Pope to condemn gay unions

Nearly half a million Catholics have signed a petition urging Pope Francis to condemn same-sex unions as unnatural and rule out allowing divorced believers who remarry to receive communion, organizers claim, reports The Manila Times. The petition, The Filial Appeal on the Future of the Family, was launched by a group describing itself as an…

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AHF’s ‘StraightOuttaCondoms’ ad campaign packs serious health messages (VIDEO)

LOS ANGELES — Timed to coincide with today’s release of the widely anticipated new film, ‘Straight Outta Compton,’ AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is launching ‘StraightOuttaCondoms,’ a new safer sex media campaign that includes billboard and bus bench ads in Los Angeles as well as a related public service announcement promoting condom use that will play…

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