Fredette's Maine "Bathroom Bill" defeated
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- Published on Friday, 10 June 2011 00:30
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Maine Representative Ken Fredette, a Republican from Newport, did not achieve a legislative victory. Fredette passed an earlier bill that would have restricted the access of transgendered individuals to public showers, bathrooms and other facilities. Fredette said he only introduced the bill.
AARP unveils LGBT site
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- Published on Tuesday, 07 June 2011 20:09
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The American Association of Retired Persons opened a new website that is dedicated to the issues older Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Americans face. The launch of the new website corresponds with the celebration of LGBT pride month.
A reader can find information of interest to older LGBT Americans. Travel, finances, and health care articles address the most common areas of interest to the reader. A visitor can find guides to dating as a gay man or woman after 50 and estate planning. Although the AARP did not include Asexual or any mention of Asexuality in this launch, many of these same issues are ones older Asexuals face.
Virginia delegate asks Federal Reserve to remove Pride Flag
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- Published on Saturday, 04 June 2011 16:21
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A Gay Pride flag flies underneath the American flag at the Federal Reserve in Richmond Virginia. The flag went up in honor of President Obama's declaration that June is LGBT pride month. Robert G. Marshall, a Republican delegate to the sate Assembly has called upon the organization to remove the flag. Marshall claims the display of the gay pride flag shows a lack of judgment on the part of the Federal Reserve. Marshall added that the lack of judgment by the Federal Reserve is shown in more than just social issues.
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NAGAA can limit heterosexual players, Judges ruling does not address actual issue
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- Published on Sunday, 05 June 2011 18:54
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The lawsuit against the NAGAA and its exclusion of three Bisexual men will continue, according to the Court House News Service. District Judge John Coughenour ruled that the team has the right to exclude heterosexual players, but thought the team may have violated the rights of the men who were kicked from a San Francisco softball team for being Bisexual.
The ruling, as confused as it is, seems not to have addressed the core of the lawsuit. The plaintiffs were not removed from the team for being heterosexual, but because the people who voted on their orientation felt that the players were not gay enough. Complicating the issue is that the complaint was leveled by a rival team initially.
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Bisexual Softball players file suit against NAGAA
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- Published on Friday, 03 June 2011 12:47
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Three African American bisexual men were prohibited from playing in 2008 Gay World Series because they were bisexual and not gay enough. The reasons given by the team for dismissal were that the League only allows 2 straight players per team, according to the Bilerico project.
The men filed a lawsuit after they were forced to answer questions about their sexual orientation in a room full of strangers. The North American Gay Amateur Athletic Association operates as a 'public accommodation' by inviting public attendance, charging a fee and providing a service and therefore must comply with the state's anti-discrimination laws, according to U.S. District Judge John Coughenour.
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