Gay Loggers reach goal, to protest as planned

The Green Coalition of Gay Loggers for Jesus will march on Main Street as planned July Fourth, the organizer of the group said Thursday evening.

Organizer Brian Leland had set a 5 p.m. deadline Thursday to reach his fundraising goal of $1,100, the amount of money the city of Bozeman estimates it will cost it to shut down the downtown thoroughfare for the morning protest.

Leland said Thursday evening that he had raised about $1,500. The $400 difference will be given to the local food bank, he said.

The Green Coalition of Gay Loggers for Jesus was formed to protest how the city went about granting the Bozeman Tea Party’s request for a permit march down Main Street on July Fourth.

City staff initially denied the Bozeman Tea Party’s request to cordon off the street for two hours while they protested government spending, the growing national debt and taxes. But following pleas from members of the Tea Party, the Bozeman City Commission recommended 4-1 that staffers reverse their decision, which they did.

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Group wins asylum for gay pos man facing deportation

(New York City) A gay HIV-positive man has been granted asylum after a group associated with the Columbia University Law School intervened in his case.

The man, whose name is being withheld, feared persecution if forced to return to the Ivory Coast in West Africa.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the …

Group wins asylum for gay pos man facing deportation

(New York City) A gay HIV-positive man has been granted asylum after a group associated with the Columbia University Law School intervened in his case.

The man, whose name is being withheld, feared persecution if forced to return to the Ivory Coast in West Africa.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the …

Chicago settles suit over police treatment of gay man

City lawyers reached an agreement Tuesday with a man who said he was arrested and beaten by Chicago police because he was gay, settling the case on the morning testimony was set to begin in the civil trial.

A jury was selected and opening statements given by both sides Monday in the lawsuit filed by Alexander Ruppert, who said he was falsely arrested in March 2006, then viciously beaten by officers while they shouted anti-gay slurs. See Chicago settles suit over police treatment of gay man
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