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Courtesy Campus Pride… Campus Pride Calls on Rutgers University to Immediately Expel Dharun Ravi & Molly Wei for Egregious Invasion of Privacy that led to the Suicide of Tyler Clementi “Now is the time to act decisively and send a clear message at Rutgers and at colleges across the country that LGBT harassment and hate […]
John Shore blogs for Huffington Post and just posted an interview with the Executive Director and CEO of The Trevor Project. Within the interview are some basic suicide facts… In the United States, more than 34,000 people die by suicide each year (2007 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]). Of all American teens who
Cyndi Lauper has started a new campaign and website called We Give A Damn.org. Check out their Issues Page As the website states…"The Give a Damn Campaign is for everybody who cares about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality. But, it’s especially for all you straight people out there! Whether you’re already an active supporter,
From thenewcivilrightsmovement.com In the month of September, 2010, at least nine teens committed suicide, literally bullied to death. At least eight were victims of anti-gay bullying. On Sunday, October 3, thousands converged in New York City’s Washington Square Park, on the campus of New York University (NYU) despite the rain, to show their support, and
Pastor Eddie Long, the Georgia Pastor who’s been accused of sexual misconduct with several young men, has made his first statement in the matter, however vague it may have been. "I have never portrayed myself as a perfect man," he told the massive congregation that turned out to support him over the weekend. He did
T-Mobile has been told by a judge to respond by Sept 22 and to appear at a Sept 30th hearing to explain their actions in blocking a text "short code". Short codes are abbreviated cell phone numbers used for special campaigns. Weedmaps.com was one of the customers using the particular short code to notify their
A national study by the Q Research Institute for Higher Education has released its Campus Pride 2010 National College Climate Survey, which looks at the atmosphere of National Colleges as it pertains to LGBT students. The study found that approximately 25% of lesbian, gay and bisexual students experienced some form of harassment, while for
