Fake Wedding Announcement = $1.5M

Two New York men have filed a $1.5M defamation lawsuit against American University after their alumni paper published a fake wedding announcement stating that the two “life partners” had married in Boston. American Magazine published the announcement apparently without fact-checking with the two men, who are not gay. The announcement also noted that one of the men was a founder of the non-existent Gay Rights Brigade. Saying they are not anti-gay and that their lawsuit “has nothing to do with homophobia”, the men are nevertheless claiming they have been harmed by the “gross negligence” of the publication.

It will be interesting to see how this suit fares.