Stories tagged "homophobia" - Page 5

The actions of a lesbian couple and their supporters caused an avalanche of religious fervor, fear and bigotry in the small southern towns of Caser and Shelby, North Carolina. Christian conservatives quickly piled on the women and their supporters condemn

We never anticipated the reaction the story would generate nor the debate that followed on our website. Behind the name Camp Lickalotta are real people who were dealing with real issues seldom seen. In this part of western North Carolina, the story is abo

Students, parents and the school administration at Mount Si High School in Snoqualmie, Washington, are standing united in an effort to make a Day of Silence possible in spite of the vocal opposition of religious fanatic.

Every state has its share of ultra-conservative, ideological bat-brained wingnuts, and North Carolina is no exception. State House Minority Leader Paul Stam (R-District 37) reminded citizens that North Carolina supports employment discrimination based on

A gay rights lobbyist group have successfully deemed the words ‘Boyfriend’, ‘Girlfriend’, ‘Hubby’, ‘Wife’, ‘Husband’ and ‘Spouse’ as homophobic. Those words are now banned from schools in Queensland under anti-discrimination laws.

On this date in 1981, six North Carolinian good ole' boys go out to “beat some faggots.” The result was four gay men severely beaten, one is murdered.

Camp Lickalotta was the creation of open lesbian couple, Nancy Leedy and Joanie Beasley (left). They were hoping the camp would be a safe, peaceful and non-threatening place for LGBT people to enjoy the outdoors. “Then the article appeared in the paper

Homophobic Oklahoma state legislator Sally Kern was secretly taped giving a homophobic speech. The video went viral and millions watched. Today she was busted lying to her local newspaper about a meeting w/ PFLAG members. How? They taped the conversation.

When Kansas University student Megan Vail read about The Million Fag March through the social networking website Facebook, she immediately felt she had to sign up. “I was born and raised in Topeka and the Phelps family was a daily part of my life,”.

Mexico makes a plea for unity after violence against emo kids swept the nation. "At the core of this is the homophobic issue," one youth worker suggests.