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- Tyler Clementi’s family is demanding that the National Organization for Marriage’s Jennifer Roback Morse apologize for claiming that Clementi was troubled because he was gay instead of because he was bullied.
- National Geographic allowed Eagle Scout Will Oliver to write a blog post about the Boy Scouts of America’s anti-gay policy, but refused to show a disclaimer before its new show that provides free publicity to the Scouts.
- A new report shows that 1 in 7 Fortune 500 Companies continues to give money to the Scouts.
- NOM’s Brian Brown received an honorary degree from a non-existent university, the American Urban University, whose corporation status was suspended in 1989.
- A California lawmaker has introduced a bill protecting the rights of transgender students.
- Nevada lawmakers are considering adding gender identity to the state’s list of hate crimes protections.
- Tim Tebow has not learned his lesson; he’s now agreed to speak at the very anti-gay Liberty University.
- San Francisco 49er Chris Culliver is making amends for his anti-gay remarks by supporting The Trevor Project.
- A gay couple was kicked out of a California mall for holding hands and kissing each other on the cheek.
- Friends and neighbors helped repaint a Texas couple’s fence that was vandalized with the word’s “Burn FAG.”
- Marco McMillian, the openly gay African-American Mississippi mayoral candidate who was murdered last week, was apparently beaten, dragged, and set on fire before his death.
- Pepperdine University still refuses to recognize an LGBT student group, but it will start offering a scholarship to students who support LGBT wellness on campus.
- Tokyo Disney has hosted its first same-sex wedding.
- PFLAG China has issued a letter calling for the legalization of same-sex marriage.
- Germany is still haunted by many anti-gay laws and standing convictions under them.
- FLASHBACK: In 1975, the Los Angeles police chief did not want to participate in Gay Pride Week, but he was open to another idea.
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