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‘Ex-gay’ group accuses Maryland school superintendent of ‘hate speech’

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A group that claims LGBT people can change their sexual orientation has filed a complaint against the the superintendent of the Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland over alleged sexual orientation discrimination. Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX) Executive Director Regina Griggs told Raw Story that School…

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California bill would crack down on ‘ex-gay’ therapy

California state Sen. Ted Lieu (California state Senate)

A California state Senate committee on Monday approved a bill that aims to protect citizens against “reparative” therapies intended to change the sexual orientation of LGBT people. By a vote of 5-3, the state Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development advanced SB 1172, which would ban children under…

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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell? Don’t Work.

It appears that Iowa Republican Steve King is strongly suggesting that if you’re sexual preference is anything other than straight, you should not inform your boss or co-workers or clients at all in order to spare the job creators of the awful, intolerable hell of having to deal with laws…

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Rep. Steve King: LGBT individuals can hide orientation from employers

Rep. Steve King (R-IA). Photo: Public domain.

Rep. Steve King (R-OH) on Wednesday said that LGBT individuals could hide their sexual orientation from employers to prevent being unjustly terminated. “How do you know someone’s sexual orientation?” he said in response to a question by Think Progress reporter Scott Keyes. “I don’t know how you discriminate against someone…

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I get letters

This one was particularly entertaining, from Sharon Kass, whose bigotry has blinded her to the point where she’s joined in on a vicious conservative attack on a 7-year-old who wants to join the Girl Scouts.  Dear Ms. Marcotte: No one is born “gay” or “transgender.” These conditions arise as a…

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Like clockwork – Rushbo makes crass joke about Barney Frank’s sexual orientation

These right-wing gasbags are so predictable. Barren of any original thought, Rush Limbaugh resorts to high school, towel-snapping-boys-in-the-locker room drivel as a response to the verbal beat-down that Rep. Barney Frank gave to a deranged wingnut spewing the “Obama as Hitler” meme. Who’s the one fixated on the anus, Rush?…

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2008 Dem platform: lite on the LGBT, hold the mayo

If you’re looking for a committed, hard-hitting, strong-spined party platform on LGBT rights, you may want to hold off on thumbing through the 2008 Democratic Party platform. In fact, for those of you who want to get an idea of how the Dems are selling themselves on the major issues…

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Gonzales DOJ stooge Goodling fired civil service aide for being gay

This is big news, particularly for people who think that you can’t be fired because your sexual orientation in this country. Even when you think you are protected, you may not be. Monica Goodling and D. Kyle Sampson, key aides to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, violated federal law and…

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