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March 31, 2012
Was Major League Baseball pitcher Carl Pavano being blackmailed?

Childhood friend being investigated for threatening to go public with details of what he said was a gay relationship

A childhood friend of Minnesota Twins pitcher Paul Pavano is being investigated for an alleged extortion plot in which he expected to be compensated for not going public about a relationship he says he and the major leaguer had in high school.

Christian Bedard, 36, had been allegedly posting comments about Pavano on the Facebook page of  the athlete's sister, Michelle DeGennaro, who contacted police.

March 7, 2012
Homophobia victims receive $270,000 cash settlement

Minnesota school district makes national case for anti-gay bullying 'blueprint'

Six American students will share $270,000 (£171,679, €205,495) after being harassed in their school because of ‘nonconformity’.

This has resulted in ground-breaking changes in Minnesota, designed to prevent gay bullying in what federal officials are calling a national model.

Minnesota’s largest school district, Anoka-Hennepin, approved a legal agreement with the federal government which has been investigating the district for human rights violations, The Star Tribune reported.

February 15, 2012
Minnesota school district drops anti-gay policy

Minnesota district school board votes to no longer ban homosexuality from being taught as a valid lifestyle

On Monday night (13 February), Minnesota’s Anoka-Hennepin school district voted to eliminate a contentious policy which explicitly banned homosexuality from being taught or addressed as a normal, valid lifestyle.

February 13, 2012
It's Howard Stern versus Michele Bachmann

Radio host and anti-gay congresswoman ratchet up war of words

In a radio broadcast last week, Howard Stern refered to U.S. politicians Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum as 'the two worst people on the planet' for their aggressively anti-gay rhetoric.

February 2, 2012
Mitt Romney glitter bombed by gay activist

Presidential hopeful calls glitter "victory confetti" and goes on with speech

Fresh off his primary victory in Florida, an upbeat Mitt Romney began campaigning in Minnesota on Wednesday where he was glitter-bombed by a gay activist.

A man tossed glitter on the Republican front-runner because of his record on equality for gay and lesbian Americans, according to ThinkProgress.org,

January 27, 2012
Gay kids more likely to be poor

A new report reveals gay families in the US are more likely to live in poverty and experts call for changes in the law and government policy

Children raised by gay parents in the US are more likely to live in poverty, a report has revealed.

The All Children Matter report, co-authored by several national organizations, including The Center for American Progress and the Family Equality Council, claimed youngsters raised in LGBT families are twice as likely to be poor as those raised by married heterosexual couples.

January 11, 2012
When Michele Bachmann met Glee star Darren Criss

Opponent of LGBT equality asked to pose for photo with actor who plays gay

Before dropping out of the race to become the Republican nominee for president, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann made no secret of her opposition to LGBT equality.

So it's somewhat surprising to find out that when Bachmann met Darren Criss, who plays one of the highest-profile gay roles on television, she was eager to get a photo with him.

December 23, 2011
Gay man mocks politician’s marriage

Minnesotan man apologies to Amy Koch for the mistakes she made

Anti-gay US politician Amy Koch has received an open letter ‘on behalf of all gay and lesbian Minnesotans’ from local resident John Medeiros.

The ex-state Senate Majority Leader of Midwestern state Minnesota recently resigned after it was alleged that she had engaged in an illicit affair with a male staff member.

December 20, 2011
Bachmanns dispute Kinsey Scale during campaign stop

Michele and Marcus Bachman call Kinsey Report on number of gays in the population 'a myth'

Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachman and her husband, Marcus, say they don't believe in the Kinsey Scale frequently used to support the common estimate of 10 percent homosexuality in the general population.

'It's been a myth for many years,' Marcus Bachman said to a female voter who approached the couple at a campaign stop in Iowa on Sunday and asked the candidate to autograph a sign she was carrying which read: 'Gay-friendly Iowan.'

December 18, 2011
Marcus Bachmann stakes a First Spouse agenda

Marcus Bachmann promises to support families

If his wife gets elected to the White House, Marcus Bachmann promises his First Spouse agenda will be about families.

As Rep. Michele Bachmann continues looking for Iowa caucus voters, her husband promised in an Le Mars speech to step away from one issue First Lady Michelle Obama is associated with.

December 13, 2011
School district argues sexuality policy

But gay rights campaigners and opponents both hate ‘controversial’ policy replacement

Opponents and supporters who have spent months divided over a so-called neutrality policy on sexual orientation in schools in an American state now appear united in opposition to a new idea being proposed to replace it

About 60 people attended an education board meeting on Monday night (12 December) to speak against the proposed change in the Anoka-Hennepin school district of Minnesota.