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Thursday, May 15

Fired UT Administrator Dixon Says Column Was 'Divine Mandate'

Former University of Toledo associate vice president of human resources Crystal Dixon, who was fired from her job after writing a column for the Toledo Free Press in which she said gays "violate God's divine order," talked to reporters at...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog - Gay news daily: Towleroad.com - "Hot blog"--Newsweek on 05-15-2008
Tuesday, May 13

Judge: School must allow pro-gay shirts promoting 'tolerance and fairness'

Source: Northwest Florida Daily News , WMBB-TV FL anti-gay schools PANAMA CITY -- Saying "the core message here is of tolerance and fairness," a judge ruled today Heather Gillman can wear a t-shirt with pro-gay messages. U.S. District Judge Richard Smoak decided Tuesday the Holmes County School...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 05-13-2008
Tuesday, May 13

Hyperbole.

We all know anti-gay bullying laws are a lightning rod for conservative fire, but Star Tribune’s Katherine Kersten takes the cake: “…What if that curriculum is really a disguise for a very different agenda brought to Minneapolis by the Human Rights Campaign, a Washington, D.C.-based...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 05-13-2008
Tuesday, May 13

Principal Prefers Confederacy To Gay Pride

Floridian principal David Davis had some explaining to do yesterday - and he didn’t do it very well. The improbably named educator took the stand in day one of a discrimination suit filed by 17-year old Heather Gillman, who accuses Davis and Ponce de Leon High School of violating her and others’...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 05-13-2008
Monday, May 12

Suspended UT Administrator Crystal Dixon Fired, Will Sue

Earlier this month, I posted about University of Toledo associate vice president of human resources Crystal Dixon, who was suspended after writing an article in the Toledo Free Press slamming gays. Late last week, UT decided to fire her. 13ABC...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog - Gay news daily: Towleroad.com - "Hot blog"--Newsweek on 05-12-2008
Thursday, May 08

Students Rally For Trans Student

Here’s a little tonic after the disheartening Lawrence King tale. New York-area teen Michael Loscalzo got a bit of flack after announcing that he wanted to become a woman, but his friends refused to sit back and watch. So, like little go-getters, they organized a wig-wearing, cross-dressing rally...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 05-08-2008
Tuesday, May 06

Angry parents ask Memphis schools to discipline principal who outed students

Source: WLMT-TV ABC24 , WMC-TV , AP via Tenneseean , NBC News via WCSH Memphis, TN - At Monday night's Memphis School Board meeting, a small but vocal group of parents and community members gathered in the back of the auditorium waiting to speak their minds about a high school principal who outed...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 05-06-2008
Monday, May 05

Gay honor student outed by his principal thinks she needs some re-education

Source: WLMT-TV ABC24 Memphis, TN -- One of the gay honor students allegedly outed against his will by his high-school principal told WLMT TV that he thinks the principal, Daphne Beasley, should get some education of her own. The ACLU says Beasley made a list of couples in her school so she could cut...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 05-05-2008
Monday, May 05

Gay Couple Mastering Yale

Times are changing at Yale. The 307-year old school’s about to get its first same-sex college masters. Adjunct music professor Richard Lalli (pictured, laughing) and longtime lover Dr. Michael Rigsby are set to rule Jonathan Edwards College, a fitting turn for the couple, who actually met at the...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 05-05-2008
Friday, May 02

Memphis School Backs "Outing" Principal

Remind us not to send our imaginary children to Memphis public schools. Administrators there have basically cleared principal Daphne Beasley of any wrongdoing in the student outing scandal. Officials released a statement today assuring parents - and press - that Beasley did not intentionally out two...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 05-02-2008

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