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Audio recording emerges of singer Michelle Shocked’s anti-gay rant

Audio emerged Wednesday of folk singer Michelle Shocked’s performance at a San Francisco club on Sunday night, in which her anti-gay remarks have led to a firestorm of criticism among the LGBT community and its allies, and led to an abrupt end to her U.S. tour.

Florida appeals court upholds ruling that posting threats on Facebook is a felony

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida appeals court ruled Monday that posting threats on one’s personal Facebook page can be prosecuted under state law.

In a unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel on the 1st District Court of Appeals found that threatening statements posted by Timothy Ryan O’Leary could be considered “sending” for the purposes of the law.

Davis, Calif., police ID suspect in possible hate crime attack on gay man | VIDEO

DAVIS, Calif. — Police in Davis, Calif., have identified a suspect in a brutal attack on a gay man last weekend, and said they were investigating the violent beating as a possible hate crime.

Police spokesman Lieutenant Glenn Glasgow told LGBTQ Nation on Thursday that a 911 call was received at about 3:50 am Sunday morning reporting a male had been attacked.

The police report indicated that Mikey Partida, 32, was leaving a party when he was “violently attacked and beaten.”

LGBT community, Catholics react to election of Pope Francis

The selection of Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina as Pope Francis stirred immediate reactions by LGBT advocates, both in the U.S. and Argentina.

Anti-gay NARTH loses tax-exempt status

WASHINGTON – NARTH – the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality, the leading anti-LGBT organization advocating for dangerous efforts that falsely attempt to change one’s sexual orientation – had its

Lech Walesa won't be charged with anti-gay hate crime

WARSAW, Poland – Former Polish president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa, accused of homophobia after saying that gay MPs should sit in the back of Parliament, will not be prosecuted on a hate crime charge.

Report: Goal of flawed parenting study was to influence Supreme Court decision on gay marriage

The backers of a flawed, but widely cited academic study critical of gay relationships and their impact on children of gay parents, choreographed its release in time to influence “major decisions of the Supreme Court,” according to documents obtained by The American Independent.

Faith in America: New pope must represent the new moral voice of faith and equality

HUDSON, N.C. - Faith In America - an organization working to end the harm to LGBT youth and families from religion-based bigotry – today expressed its deepest hope that the next pope will end the "immense harm" the Roman Catholic Church has caused to innocent LGBT people, especially vulnerable teens.

While Pope Benedict XVI’s tenure has been marred by his erroneous treatment of the victims of pedophilia within the Church, history will note his other great failing in continuing the religion-based bigotry against the LGBT community worldwide.

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RGOD2: Meet Angeline Jackson, lesbian activist in homophobic Jamaica

Angeline Jackson is a lesbian activist in Jamaica, one of 76 countries around the world where being gay is illegal. Last summer, she attended the Spirit of 76 meeting in Washington, D.C., where she came away inspired to do more for the LGBT community back home.

Jackson returned to Jamaica and founded Quality of Citizenship Jamaica (QCJ), which “recognizes that the concept of citizenship cannot be subjected to personal biases.”

NCAA guide advises on developing LGBT-inclusive college athletics

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has released a guide to assist administrators, coaches and students develop a more inclusive environment for LGBT college athletes.

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