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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri has ruled that a Camdenton High School must cease its practice of using web filtering software that bars students from accessing LGBT affirming websites. The lawsuit, brought by the American Ci
First Posted: 02/16/2012 5:28 pm Updated: 02/16/2012 5:37 pm Having previously picketed services for Matthew Shepard, Michael Jackson and Steve Jobs, Westboro Baptist Church now has its sights set on Whitney Houston's funeral. The Christian Post is repor
Dennis Shepard, father of hate crime victim Matthew Shepard, left, H.G. Stovall of the Tennessee Equality Project, speaks out against pending anti-gay legislation in a news conference at the legislative office complex in Nashville, Tenn. , on... View Photo »
Barney laid the groundwork for all the successes we have had - from the repeal of the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell, to the passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention act
Westboro leader Margie J. Phelps appears to have confirmed the reports on her Twitter account: It is unclear why Westboro would have such an issue with Houston, who was known as a devout Christian and started singing at Newark's New Hope Baptist Church,
A federal judge has ordered a central Missouri school district to stop using its Internet filtering software to restrict access to educational websites about gay, lesbian and transgender issues.U.S. District Judge Nanette Laughrey issued the preliminary
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Feb. 15, 2012 – A federal district court ruled today that the Camdenton R-III School District must stop censoring web content geared toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities through discriminatory filtering
LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 09: President of the Matthew Shepard Foundation Judy Shepard and actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson onstage at the American Giving Awards presented by Chase held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on December 9, 2011 in Los Angeles, California... View Photo »
As the first openly gay member of Congress, Barney defied stereotypes and kicked doors open for LGBT Americans. Repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' and passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act would never have happened without his leadership. ... America, Massachusetts ...
AZTEC — The final two men who branded a swastika on the arm of a Navajo man with mental disabilities were sentenced Tuesday in district court, bringing closure to a case nearly two years in the making. August plea agreement, was sentenced to 8.5 years fo
As part of our effort to profile more authors within the LGBT community, we present Lesléa Newman. Lesléa is the author of 64 books for readers of all ages including the children's books, Heather Has Two Mommies and Donovan’s Big Day, the poetry collecti
Matthew Wayne Shepard was a gay American student at the University of Wyoming who was tortured and subsequently murdered near Laramie. He was attacked on the night of October 6–October 7, 1998 and died at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, on October 12, from severe head injuries. His murder brought national as well as... Full Article
LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 09: President of the Matthew Shepard Foundation Judy Shepard and actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson onstage at the American Giving Awards presented by Chase held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on December 9, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.
View Photo »LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 09: President of the Matthew Shepard Foundation Judy Shepard onstage at the American Giving Awards presented by Chase held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on December 9, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.
View Photo »Judy Shepard, right, mother of the late Matthew Shepard and co-founder of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, is presented an award by actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson at the first annual American Giving Awards, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, in Los Angeles. The awards show granted two million dollars to...
View Photo »LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 09: President of the Matthew Shepard Foundation Judy Shepard and actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson onstage at the American Giving Awards presented by Chase held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on December 9, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.
View Photo »Barney laid the groundwork for all the successes we have had - from the repeal of the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell, to the passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention act
As the first openly gay member of Congress, Barney defied stereotypes and kicked doors open for LGBT Americans. Repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' and passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act would never have happened without his leadership. ... America, Massachusetts ...
