homophobia

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.

So I needed to post on here because I found out something this morning that has me up in arms... Amazon has decided to classify books with gay themes as "adult" and has removed them from their searches by "de-ranking" them. Amazon's search engine is based on a book's rank, so by de-ranking these books, they are suddenly a lot more difficult to find.

The antigay Adoption.com and ParentProfiles.com stopped doing business in New York, according to a March 4 announcement issued by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo [pictured].

Mark A. Perigard gives a positive review of Prayers for Bobby, a new Lifetime movie which explores the true story of a homophobic mother who discovers her son is gay. It's based on a book of the same title by Leroy Aarons.

Non-profit organization GetToKnowUsFirst.org produced five 30-second commercials featuring gay and lesbian families, with the message "Marriage promotes families. Support marriage equality." The ads, while not tied to any current election, are the result of California's passage of Proposition 8 in November. The group aired the spots in 42 of the states' 58 counties - everywhere the initiative passed by 50% or more - during Tuesday's coverage of the Presidential Inauguration.