Kansas city woman assaulted at Omaha pride

(Omaha) A Kansas City woman was assaulted during Omaha’s Pride Parade earlier in the month reports the Pitch. Kendra Konrady was placed in a headlock by 66-year-old Omaha resident William Crilly after she threw Human Rights Campaign stickers at the man’s float.

Konrady had travelled to Omaha as a volunteer for …

CREDO Action is giving away some awesome stickers about supporting gay marriage -

After a lot of years of devastating setbacks in the fight for marriage equality, it seems like we’re finally moving in the right direction. With marriage legal in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont and Maine, and the fights going strong in New Hampshire, New York and California, this movement is gaining more momentum every day, and I’m excited to be a part of it.

To that end, I wanted to let you know that CREDO Action is giving away some awesome stickers about supporting gay marriage - I think you’d really like them. I just got mine – if you have a minute, click this link to check out the stickers and get one of your own (for free!).

Thanks!

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Students’ silence supports gay rights

More than a third of all Vashon High School students took part in the national Day of Silence April 17, showing their support for the school’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) community by refraining from speaking all day.

They wore stickers indicating their level of participation: completely silent, silent unless speaking was necessary or speaking but supportive of the day’s actions.

Those who chose silence, said teacher Marcella Murphy, did so “because gay and lesbian students feel silenced by their peers. They feel they can’t speak out on who they really are because they feel harassed or bullied.”

The event raises awareness of the LGBTQ community at Vashon High School and nationwide, said Murphy, advisor of the school’s Gay Straight Alliance, which sponsored the event.

More than 100,000 students across the country take part in the national Day of Silence, according to its Web site. Organizers of the day hope to call attention to and stamp out anti-LGBTQ name-calling, bullying and harassment. See Students’ silence supports gay rights

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