Hatebook
Locals react to social networking sites' LGBT hate speech; GLAAD working to combat problem nationally
by Jessica Carreras
It's not the only group of its kind on the popular social networking site, nor is it the only way the word gay is misused. Others include fan pages for "Not being gay" and "Not being lesbian." One group, "Homework is gay," has over 44,000 members. And a search of the term "faggot" yields over 3,200 results for groups - many of which target individuals with the word in a derogatory way.Read More
More Michigan
Tampa City Council Protects Transgender Citizens
Tampa is the latest city in Florida to add "gender identity" to its human rights ordinance that bans discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodation.Read More
More National
- Tampa City Council Protects Transgender Citizens
- Puerto Rico gay slaying investigated as hate crime
- Lutheran body to form in US after gay pastor vote
- Judge says feds must grant gay lawyer benefits pay
- Marriage struggles across the U.S.
- Tampa City Council Protects Transgender Citizens
- Washington Blade, Southern Voice shut down
- Call to action: ENDA
- Senate holds hearing on ENDA
- Health care reform passes House
- Obama ends last vestige of HIV travel ban
- A historic signing
- Anti-gay Reject 71 campaign loses in federal court
- Obama ends last vestige of HIV travel ban
The Church of Sweden consecrated Eva Brunne the world's first openly lesbian bishop in a mainstream denomination Nov. 8. Svenska kyrkan/Magnus Aronson/IKON photo
Lesbian bishop consecrated in Sweden
by Rex Wockner
The Church of Sweden consecrated the world's first openly lesbian bishop in a mainstream denomination Nov. 8.Read More
More International
- Lesbian bishop consecrated in Sweden
- 1,800 march in second Hong Kong parade
- Hungarian Parliament approves unusual adoption bill
- ILGA Latin America confab set for Brazil
- Gay Euro MPs denounce Ugandan bill
- Maltese president meets with ILGA-Europe
- U.N. Human Rights Committee blasts Russia's treatment of gays
- Argentina considers legalizing gay marriage
- Brazilian man barred from living in U.S. with American husband
Nov 2009
Experience Christmas from the Heart with "American Idol" sweetheart David Archuleta at 8 p.m. Nov. 27. Read More