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*[http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/video-young-boy-twerking-pride-has-homophobes-outraged150615 This video of a young boy twerking at Pride has homophobes outraged] | |||
::White supremacists post video as 'proof civilisation is crumbling' (Joe Morgan - Gay Star News, US) <!-- Added 6-16-15 --> | |||
*[http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30248-is-queer-sex-legal-how-sex-laws-have-changed-or-not-since-1964 Is Queer Sex Legal? How Sex Laws Have Changed (or Not) Since 1964] | *[http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30248-is-queer-sex-legal-how-sex-laws-have-changed-or-not-since-1964 Is Queer Sex Legal? How Sex Laws Have Changed (or Not) Since 1964] | ||
::Queer youth are not exempt from [[Criminalization of youth|biased criminalization]] of sex crimes, a cruel irony given that [[sex offender registration]] was purportedly meant to protect children from dangerous predators. Research indicates queer youth are disproportionately targeted as a result of subtle discrimination. (Andrew Extein and David Booth, (Truthout, US) <!-- Added 4-19-15 --> | ::Queer youth are not exempt from [[Criminalization of youth|biased criminalization]] of sex crimes, a cruel irony given that [[sex offender registration]] was purportedly meant to protect children from dangerous predators. Research indicates queer youth are disproportionately targeted as a result of subtle discrimination. (Andrew Extein and David Booth, (Truthout, US) <!-- Added 4-19-15 --> | ||
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From the Gay Community
- White supremacists post video as 'proof civilisation is crumbling' (Joe Morgan - Gay Star News, US)
- Queer youth are not exempt from biased criminalization of sex crimes, a cruel irony given that sex offender registration was purportedly meant to protect children from dangerous predators. Research indicates queer youth are disproportionately targeted as a result of subtle discrimination. (Andrew Extein and David Booth, (Truthout, US)
- Raymond Buys, 15, was beaten, forced to pick up his own faeces with his mouth, and chained to a bed. (The Gay Star News.)
- The ABC Family series broadcast a kiss between two 13-year-old characters named Jude and Connor, which may qualify as the youngest same-sex kiss to ever air on U.S. television. (James Michael Nichols - The Huffington Post)
- A Kentucky Republican State Senator is sponsoring a bill that would entitle students who find transgender individuals in the bathrooms of their chosen gender to collect $2,500 in damages from the school, US News reports.(Scott Kaufman - U.S. News)
- In 1935, Sigmund Freud penned a response to a mother who had asked him for help with her gay son. Despite the broader perceptions of homosexuality at the time, Freud took a different approach, telling the woman it's "nothing to be ashamed of."
(Cavan Sieczkowski - The Huffington Post )
- In 1935, Sigmund Freud penned a response to a mother who had asked him for help with her gay son. Despite the broader perceptions of homosexuality at the time, Freud took a different approach, telling the woman it's "nothing to be ashamed of."
- Country singer Billy Gilman, who shot to stardom at age 11 with "One Voice," has come out as gay. (Curtis M. Wong - The Huffington Post )
- "One of my earliest memories though was of me being in love with our garbage man." ( Noah Michelson - Driftwood)
