Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Tags: westboro baptist church, files, amicus, brief, supreme court, proposition 8, marriage equality, joins, the national organization for marriage, protest, same sex, gay, bigots 
The National Organization for Marriage has unsurprising bedfellows in the Westboro Baptist Church, which has today filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court's Proposition 8 case.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 15 October 2012
Tags: boy scouts of america, oregon supreme court, gays, child molesters, files, witch hunt
So apparently the Boy Scouts of America are just on a gay witch hunt?
An Oregon Supreme Court case forced the Boy Scouts to release files pertaining to "ineligible volunteers." These ineligibles included volunteers that were accused of molesting Scouts..and a few who actually weren't accused on anything.
Well anything other than being gay.
Check out how the BSA worked to confirm their suspicions after the jump.
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Tags: alberto leguina-ruzzi, columbia university, files, lawsuit, sexual harassment, grindr, messages, supervisor, dr. al awqati, gay, new york, chile, fired
Turning down a Grindr hookup has posed some real-life consequences to Alberto Leguina-Ruzzi, a Chilean grad student working toward a PhD at New York's Columbia University. Details follow.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 22 August 2012
Tags: california, clovis school district, lawsuit, gay and lesbian education network, files, sex education, plenty of rest, prevent, std, infections, youth
If plenty of rest could prevent STDs, we'd take a slut siesta twice an afternoon! Unfortunately, this dangerous misinformation is actually being spread by California's Clovis School District, which is teaching its students that "plenty of rest," going out in groups and a host of other silly ideas prevent STD infections. Not taught by the district as a method of prevention? Condoms!
There will be a lot of surprised teens in Clovis in the coming years, which is why a coalition of group has filed a lawsuit against the school district based on its sex (mis)education program. Details follow.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 25 July 2012
Tags: chick fil a, fake facebook profile, abby farle, stock images, damage control, pr, nightmare, jim henson company, creating, pull, toys, anti gay, hate groups
Updated Thursday, 11:30 a.m. EST
Chick-fil-A has responded to accusations that its PR department made a fake Facebook profile to conduct damaga control on the social network.
So, what does Chick-fil-A have to say about "Abby Farle"?
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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 11 July 2012
Tags: ama, apa, medical association, psychological association, pediatrics, file, brief, opposing, fighting, defense of marriage act, doma, golinski case
The American Medical Association, American Psychological Association and others filed briefs today in support of Karen Golinski, who is suing the government for benefits for her same-sex partner in one of the country's leading lawsuits against the Defense of Marriage Act. Details follow.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Tags: fred karger, nom, national organization for marriage, finally, files, pac, maine, anti-gay, marriage equality, election
With the odds and the group's own reputation against them, the National Organization for Marriage has made hate history and (finally) agreed to play by the rules (only in Maine).
Details follow.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 18 June 2012
Tags: benjamine bowers, male models, abercrombie and fitch, suing, lawsuit, filed, masturbate, on camera, wtf, hilburn, photographer
Abercrombie and Fitch model Benjanime Bowers is suing the gay and frat-adored retailer after an odd photoshoot with a photographer who asked the former store associate to drop trou and masturbate on camera in an effort to achieve the perfect "relaxed look." Wouldn't an open bar (not exactly uncommon at shoots) have done the trick?
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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 15 June 2012
Tags: bristol palin, stephen hanks, west hollywood, saddle ranch, whore, gay, argument, video, files, lawsuit, lifetime, life's a tripp, reality show
Stephen Hanks, the West Hollywood area man whose sassy mouth altercation with Bristol Palin over her family's political homophobia went viral last year, has filed a lawsuit against the reality star personality. Details follow.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 14 June 2012
Tags: the pegasus school, matthew edmondson, lawsuit, files, fired, hiv positive, workplace discrimination, teacher, middle school, sexuality, gay, huntington beach, california
A former teacher at The Pegasus School in Huntington Beach, CA has filed a lawsuit seeking damages after he was forced to resign for being HIV-positive and gay. Details follow.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 14 June 2012
Tags: illinois, cook county, state attorny, anita alvarez, files, statement, supporting, marriage equality, lawsuit, same sex, gay, midwest
Cook County State Attorney Anita Alvarez has joined Gov. Pat Quinn and Attorney General Lisa Madigan in support of the fight for marriage equality in the state. Alvarez submitted a filing in support of the two lawsuits against the state of Illinois on behalf of same-sex couples seeking marriage rights.
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