homophobia

The Chicago Tribune recently ran a piece on Notre Dame's new quarterback Dayne Crist [pictured], and his support for bringing attention to homophobia. Crist participated in a week on campus dedicated to ending hate against GLBT people by wearing a t-shirt with the slogan: StaND Against Hate.

A Mississippi school that canceled its prom because a lesbian teen wanted to bring her girlfriend has agreed to settle its lawsuit. The Itawamba County School District is paying $35,000 to Constance McMillen to settle a discrimination lawsuit filed on her behalf by the ACLU, The AP reports.

When we suffer from internalized homophobia we have two choices: fight it or let it consume us. E.M. Forster’s MAURICE is an incisive study of these choices. The novel is a testament to Foster’s brilliance as a literary psychoanalyst. Written in 1913-14, it wasn’t published until 1971 one year after Forster’s death. The author was writing without a support system. The Gay Rights movement was half a century away; there was no Queer Theory, no Pride marches, and no gay literary canon.

According to ChildCustodyHelp2U.com, a third of all lesbians have children from previous heterosexual marriages, IVF or other means; and most gay custody cases involve lesbian moms where fitness as a parent is contested by the biological dad.

The group highlights the issue of homophobia in child custody cases by offering examples of recent custody decisions, such as Sharon Bottoms - who was sued for custody of her young son by her mother.

The Oceanside, CA lesbian whose doctors denied her infertility treatment based on her sexual orientation has reached a settlement with her former physicians in her historic lawsuit against them.

Diane Cleveland, a Minnesota teacher in Anoka-Hennepin district's "Secondary Technical Education Program" who went on leave after the school paid a $25,000 settlement to the family of a boy allegedly being harassed by Cleveland and another teacher because of his perceived sexual orientation, has spoken out through a lawyer.

Cleveland allegedly told the class "[the boy's] fence swings both ways" and said, also before the entire class, that the boy had a "thing for older men" after he proposed doing a report on Ben Franklin. The boy, Alex Merritt, says he is not gay.

The AP reports: The Castro Valley School District is facing a lawsuit by dozens of parents who want more information about a recent school talk by a lesbian pastor.

Pastor Arlene Nehring of the Eden Church of Hayward spoke at Castro Valley High during its annual Days of Diversity program.