COME OUT!.....to 345 Atlas Ave. SE Grand Rapids, MI 49506.  This is at the Lesbian and Gay Community Network of West Michigan.  Also, there will be a POTLUCK afterward.  Bring a dish to pass! See you all there!


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Tolerance, Equality, and Awareness Movement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ### On Monday, July 12, 2010, Founder/President Chris Surfus of the Tolerance, Equality, and Awareness Movement addressed the Jenison Public Schools Board of Education meeting, which was the first meeting of the 2010-11 school year.  Chris Surfus provided the Board of Education with a list of questions TEAM has for the Jenison Public Schools district.  After Chris Surfus provided these questions, Kristen Hansen of GLSEN Grand Rapids presented the GLSEN National Organization to the Jenison Public Schools Board of Education. ...


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2010 AOL Inc. Entire Article Taken From: http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/ohio-6-year-oid-alyssa-thomas-turns-up-on-terror-watch-list/19532082?icid=main|aim|dl1|link3|http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/ohio-6-year-oid-alyssa-thomas-turns-up-on-terror-watch-list/19532082 (June 26) – The father of a 6-year-old Ohio girl who turned up on the U.S. government's terror watch list says the worst thing his daughter has ever done is probably been mean to her sister. But Santhosh Thomas, a doctor from Westlake, Ohio, says he's sure that's not enough to land his 6-year-old Alyssa on the no-fly...


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Prosecutor: Nine teens charged in bullying that led to girl's suicide By the CNN Wire Staff. (C) 2010 CNN. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Group's displeasure of girl's "brief dating relationship" may have sparked harassment Prosecutor: Suicide of Massachusetts girl, 15, is culmination of months of bullying Phoebe Prince's body found hanging in family's apartment building Victim "was subjected to verbal harassment and physical abuse," district attorney says (CNN) -- Nine Massachusetts teenagers have been charged with involvement in a monthslong campaign of bullying that led to the January suicide of a 15-year-old...


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(C) WoodTV.com.  Entire Article from: http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/sw_mich/Anti-gay-graffiti-scrawled-in-Fennville FENNVILLE, Mich. (WOOD) - A local business owner said someone vandalized her business and she considers it a hate crime. Sally Howard noticed the message "Fags don't belong" accompanied by a swastika over the weekend. A neighbor told her about it Saturday morning. It was scrawled on the stockade fence that surrounds Campit Outdoor Resort , a gay and lesbian resort Howard has owned for about 10 years with her business partner. Campit Outdoor Resort has been in operation...


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Too many times we look at poverty in a whole, and do not take the time to morn someone specific. I would like to thank Wood Tv 8 for airing this story. Entire article can be found at: http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/grand_rapids/Muriel-A-look-inside-slain-bag-lady Stoepker's brother speaks with 24 Hour News 8 Updated: Friday, 26 Mar 2010, 9:01 AM EDT Published : Thursday, 25 Mar 2010, 11:11 PM EDT By Leon Hendrix GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - Muriel Stoepker was homeless and kept all her belongings in plastic bags. She lived a life of loneliness plagued with mental illness, but her brother...


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Entire Article from: http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/home/content/87463002.html by: Gale Courey Toensing Story Published: Mar 12, 2010 Story Updated: Mar 12, 2010 WINNIPEG, Manitoba – An ad on a buy-and-sell Web site that characterized Native boys as animals and offered to ethnically cleanse them from the city has sparked a blaze of outrage and prompted a First Nations leader to initiate an investigation by city police and Canada’s Human Rights Commission on a hate crime allegation. The ad, headlined “Native Extraction Service,” appeared on www.UsedWinnipeg.com on March 3 and 4. Underneath...


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