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Anti-Gay OH Vandals Nice Enough To Spray Paint Smiley Face On Victims’ Home
THE SHOT - Graffiti left by vandals on the garage door of Grove City, Ohio couple David Robins and his partner, Michael. The vandals also defaced their home and fence. Robins said, “It’s extremely...
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OH Student Gets 90 Days In Juvie For Video Gay Bashing
Remember the 15-year-old Ohio student who beat the crap out of his gay classmate on a Facebook video? His name is Levi Sever, he’s 15 years old and he just plead guilty to assault. He’ll get 90 days...
View ArticleVandals Helpfully Suggest That Columbus, OH Gay Couple “Move Or Die”
On Friday morning, David Koch and his partner of 25 years awoke to find the helpful message “Move or Die Faggots” spray-painted on the condo where they’ve lived for almost 15 years. Now Koch is afraid...
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Ohio Legislators Castrate Anti-Bullying Bill Before Approving
We know that anti-bullying laws are a good thing, so we’re happy that Ohio Senate Education Committee just passed the so-called “Jessica Logan Act,” designed to stop harassment of students on and off...
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Cleveland Police Sued For Telling Gay Couple “F*ggots Don’t Deserve To Wear...
Jonathan Simcox and his partner Steven Ondo were walking home from a bar in Cleveland one night last April when they got into an argument on the street—probably typical drunk-couple stuff. An off-duty...
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Ohio Politicians Consider Reversing Ban On Gay Marriage
In Ohio, a ban on gay marriage passed the legislature in 2004 during George W. Bush’s re-election campaign. Now, one openly gay Cincinatti lawmaker says he’s ready to champion the cause, reports WLWT...
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OH Student Sues School For Not Allowing Him To Wear Pro-Gay Tee Shirt
Today, Lambda Legal filed papers in a federal lawsuit against Waynesville High School in Waynesville, OH, after administrators threatened to suspend a student if he wore a tee shirt with the slogan...
View ArticleWATCH: DOMA Goes To Court In MA, Marriage Activists Press On in OH And NC
AFER’s Matt Baume is back with more marriage news and talking points, including the debate over DOMA heading to the Massachusetts’ courts tomorrow, the latest in North Carolina and Ohio, and of course...
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OH Man Shoots, Kills Boyfriend In Apparent Self-Defense
The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) is reporting that Jeffrey Caldwell, 56, was shot and killed by longtime boyfriend John Reed, 54, on April 6 after a heated exchange. The...
View ArticleWATCH: The Search Is On For A Sponsor For Colorado’s Civil-Union Bill
Matt Baume is back with more marriage-equality updates, including a civil-union measure headed to the Colorado Senate, the proposed repeal of Ohio’s marriage ban and news on the trouble in North...
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OH Boy Scouts Board Member Quits After Lesbian Mom Is Ousted
David J. Sims, a board member on the Ohio River Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America, has announced his resignation in solidarity with Jennifer Tyrrell (right, with family), the Ohio mom who was...
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Transgender Student Teacher Fired For Educating High Schoolers About Trans...
A transgender student at Ohio’s Wilmington College was fired from her his student-teaching placement at a local high school on his second day there, reports the Wilmington News Journal. Hillsboro High...
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Equality Ohio Says “Buh-Bye” To Menacing Executive Director
Equality Ohio executive director Ed Mullen has announced his resignation after his arrest for disorderly conduct and menacing behavior on June 16. Responding to a disturbance call, as reported by...
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Arson Suspected In Blaze That Destroyed Gay-Inclusive OH Church
Community members suspect the fire that destroyed the South Bloomingville Christian Church last Thursday night was the work of an arsonist upset that the house of worship welcomed LGBT parishioners....
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EXTRA CREDIT: OH Teen Adam Hoover Isn’t Silent About LGBT Equality
Adam Hoover, 18 Harrison, OH Determined to see same-sex marriage passed in Ohio, then-17-year-old high-schooler Adam Hoover put his grassroots gumption to work last year, co-founding the group...
View ArticleWATCH: Gay Marriage Is Not A “Universal Human Value,” Says Paul Ryan
Addressing a question from an audience member at a town hall in Cincinnati today, Republican VP nominee Paul Ryan defended his stance against same-sex marriage: “The things you talk about like...
View ArticleGOP Senate Hopeful Supports DOMA, DADT, But Says He’s For The Gays
Ohio Senate hopeful Josh Mandel wants gays in Ohio to know he’ll be looking out for them if he gets sent to Washington. Except the 35-year-old Republican treasurer opposes the repeal of Don’t Ask...
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Ohio High-School Students Reprimanded For Wearing Pro-Gay T-Shirts
A group of high-school students in Ohio were threatened with suspension after they refused to take off t-shirts that showed solidarity with the LGBT community. On Tuesday, some 20 students at Celina...
View ArticleJewish Relatives Call Out GOP Senate Hopeful For Opposing Marriage Equality
Senate candidate Josh Mandel Ohio doesn’t support LGBT rights. That’s no so odd—he’s a Republican. But Mandel’s mishpucha was not having his intolerance: His wife’s cousins published an open letter in...
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Ohio School Denies Blocking GSA, Says No One Asked To Start One
We reported on Celina High School in Ohio earlier this month, when administrators ordered students to remove T-shirts supporting the LGBT community. Now the school is in the news again, but this time...
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