Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 31 May 2012
Tags: slander, new york, appeals court, rules, being called gay, falsely, lgbt, that's gay, language, slurs 
It is not slander to falsely call someone "gay," an appellate court in New York state ruled today. Details follow.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 06 March 2012
Tags: kirk cameron, responds, reacts, update, speaks out, homosexuality, bigot, slander, victim, lgbt, gay, anti, maggie, dbags
Kirk Cameron pulled the victim card on Tuesday in a statement sent to ABC News days after he came under national criticism for calling homosexuality "unnatural." So, how many violins should we queue for Kirk?
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Tags: north carolina, pro shots, gun range, billboard, pansies converted daily, wtf, dbags, equality nc, kathy clark, slander, language, gay, lgbt, winston salem
Updated Friday, 3:20 p.m. EST
The North Carolina gun range under fire for its "Pansies Converted Daily" billboard has reportedly promised to take down the sign following a salvo of outrage from the LGBT community. Details, after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 09 August 2011
Tags: glsen, family research council, tony perkins, slander, little black book, students, lgbt, gay, documentary, conservative right wing, anti-gay christians
Update Wednesday 1:50 p.m. PST
Holy Bullies reports that after GLSEN sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Family Research Council regarding their false information about the LGBT youth organization, FRC has quietly edited the video. Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters write:
"The new video (seen below) does not say that GLSEN had anything to do with distributing The Little Black Book. However it continues to refer to Brian Camenker regarding GLSEN and repeats the nonsense regarding "Fistgate," a controversy which Camenker played a huge role in."
They add that "FRC didn't even have the good Christian grace to apologize. Instead the organization takes the tone of 'we may have been wrong about that charge, but these new charges prove... FULL STORY
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Tags: horrible bosses, fag, slurs, slander, anti-gay, language, hollywood, movie, jennifer aniston, jonathan goldstein, screenwriter, defends, what's your instinct
Anti-gay slurs in big-budget Hollywood films have been put under the microscope in recent years, but rarely do we get to hear from the screenwriter who puts the ink behind the slander. Follow the jump to hear how Horrible Bosses co-screenwriter Jonathan Goldstein defends the use of Jennifer Aniston's character uttering "fag" in the upcoming film, and chime in to the comments to let us know if you agree.
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Tags: sean avery, athletes, sports, slurs, slander, fag boy, wikipedia, hate, marriage equality, advocates, new york rangers, straight allies, hotties, anti-gay
Even our straight friends are targets of the cowardly anti-gay slurs the LGBT community encounters on a regular basis. Case in point: the Wikipedia page for hot hetero hockey star Sean Avery (of the New York Rangers), who recently visited Albany to campaign for marriage equality, was hacked to call the LGBT-ally "FAG BOY." Details follow.
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