Tag Archives: gay youth

Memorial vigils for the victims of the shooting at an LGBT center in Tel Aviv will take place around the U.S. this week. San Francisco: Tonight. Monday, from 530-6 @ Congregation Sha’ar Zahav (16th/Dolores — the largely LGBT Synagogue) and marching to the LGBT Center by 6:30 p.m. for a vigil (Market/Octavia). (Via SF Supervisor Bevan Dufty) Washington DC: Tonight. …

The speaker says, in part: “I came here to show my support for those who live in the proud gay community and are grieving over their dead. I hope that this terrible day will also give you strength and mark a turning point. This day should give children the strength to tell their parents ‘I’m gay’. This day should give …

A massive manhunt is underway in Tel Aviv for the masked man who opened fire at the city’s LGBT center yesterday, killing three youths and wounding eleven more. Hundreds of police officers scoured the streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday in a manhunt for a gunman who shot and killed three people at a youth club in the worst ever …

At 5pm Israeli time today there will be demonstrations in several cities. I’ll have photos later today. There will be another protest on Tuesday in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square. A Facebook support group is here. Dr. Michael Brown, the “messianic Jewish conservative leader” who organized last week’s anti-gay protest of gay Pride in Charlotte, North Carolina, has issued a press …

Prosecutors say that Brandon McInerney killed gay teen Lawrence King in part because of the influence of neo-Nazis who had befriended him. A notebook filled with Nazi-related drawings was found in the 15 year-old’s bedroom. “The evidence strongly indicates he had been indoctrinated to some level,” said Dan Swanson, a Simi Valley police detective and specialist in neo-Nazi gangs. On …

The mother of Carl Walker-Hoover, who took his own life at the age of 11 due to anti-gay bullying, testified before the House Education and Labor Committee yesterday in support of anti-bullying laws.

A cute story courtesy of SistersTalk: While the adults in Albany, NY still can’t get it together to vote on the gay marriage bill in the NY Senate, the students of Mott Haven Village Preparatory (Public) High School in the Bronx have already cast their vote – and made history. For the first time at their school (and perhaps in …

Today’s “exclusive!” top story on World Net Daily is a claim from some crackpot psychologist who says that kids with gay parents are “seven times more likely to be homosexual!” A licensed psychologist with both clinical and forensic practice outreaches is warning that it appears children of homosexual couples are seven times more likely to develop “non-heterosexual preferences” than other …

The ACLU has forced the Tennessee public school system to stop blocking educational LGBT websites. Dozens of Tennessee schools have restored access to online information about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues, just over two weeks after the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit against two Tennessee school districts for unconstitutionally blocking student access to such sites. The company that …

The four Florida middle school students arrested last month for raping a fellow student with a broom handle were charged as adults today in a Tampa court. At a bond and arraignment hearing, the defendants appeared before Hillsborough County Judge Wayne Timmerman to hear the counts against them read in court. Prosecutor Kimberly Hindman described to the court how two …

The Second Lady spoke at GSLEN’s Respect Awards event and addressed anti-gay bullying in public schools. “How can expect kids to learn when they are taunted by their classmates?” Biden mentions Lawrence King and two boys who recently committed suicide.

Save Our Kids, an organization headed by the repulsive Karen England, has failed in their bid to repeal the California Students Civil Rights Act, as yesterday a Sacramento Superior Court dismissed their lawsuit. The suit specifically objected to discrimination protection granted to LGBT students. Via press release: The court held that the plaintiffs had failed to show any way in …

Another openly gay student has been elected Prom Queen of his graduating class. Sergio Garcia stood in the gymnasium and told the senior class at Fairfax High School not to worry: If he was elected, he wouldn’t wear a dress. “I will be wearing a suit,” Garcia said, “but don’t be fooled, deep down inside, I am a queen!” Garcia, …

Unbelievable. Over the cries of his mother, who says she complained to the school numerous times, the Dekalb County school district has ruled that there is no evidence that Jaheem Herrera was ever bullied. Herrera’s mother found her 11 year-old son hanging from an extension cord. Retired Fulton Superior Court Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore, who headed the review, said …

A 16 year-old California lesbian has won a $25K settlement from her school district after the ACLU threatened a lawsuit for the way she was harassed by teachers and school employees. The agreement between the Vallejo City Unified School District and the American Civil Liberties Union was reached without litigation, said ACLU attorney Elizabeth Gill. In agreeing to the settlement, …

Remember the Big Fat Gay Anti-Hate Collaboration? Here’s a bunch of French kids doing their version. Almost as cute as the first one, I especially cracked up at the 2:00 mark.

A bill before the South Carolina legislature would authorize public schools to include information about teen dating violence in student handbooks. But one lawmaker wants to be sure that gay-on-gay violence isn’t mentioned. The bill hit an unexpected roadblock Wednesday when Rep. Greg Delleney, R-Chester, introduced an amendment requiring the material to address only heterosexual relationships. “I don’t want the …

The district attorney’s office Dekalb County, Georgia is investigating the case of 11 year-old bullying victim Jaheem Herrera to determine if criminal charges can be filed. DeKalb County DA Gwen Keyes Fleming said she cannot promise that anyone will be prosecuted. “Really what we’re trying to get an understanding on what the law is and what the facts are, and …

I’m quite amazed how much coverage this issue is finally getting. It just sucks that it took the suicides of young boys to get here.

The mother of “bullied to death” 11 year-old Carl Walker-Hoover appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show to demand an end to school bullying.