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February 23, 2013
Male gymnasts strip and flip for the Harlem Shake

The Huskers, University of Nebraska's men's gymnastics team, show off their moves in a video filled with thrusts and jumps

A men's gymnastics team is the latest to add their version of the Harlem Shake to the YouTube video craze.

The University of Nebraska men's gymnatics team, the Huskers, have given viewers plenty of reasons to watch their video on repeat, stripping to bare torsos and shorts to demonstrate how they handle the floor with a lot of shake.

The video, meant to promote their match on 3 March, is the latest in a string of home-made videos where people dance along to a 1981 dance song that last year was reinvented by DJ Baauer.

December 30, 2012
Frontiers co-publisher Mark Hundahl is dead

LGBT magazine publisher Mark Hundahl is dead

Mark Hundahl, the straight co-owner of the LGBT magazine Frontiers, died this Thursday (27 Dec.). He was 61 years old.

According to the obituary Frontiers published, Hundahl was born in Nebraska on March 20, 1951. After graduating from Southern Methodist University, he moved to Los Angeles. In 1983, when he was 32, Hundahl, with co-owner Jon Hirsh, opened a club called Probe.

December 11, 2012
Lesbian found guilty for faking anti-gay hate crime

Nebraska woman who claimed three masked men carved anti-gay slurs into her stomach and arms says she's innocent

A Nebraska woman who claimed she was brutally attacked by three men was found guilty of false reporting yesterday (10 December).

Charlie Rogers, 34, pleaded no contest in Lancaster County Court, allowing her to not admit guilt but not offer a defence.

Her attorney says Rogers maintains the attack happened but did not want a court fight, while police say she staged the attack for attention.

August 22, 2012
Alleged hate-crime victim charged with making story up

An American woman who claimed men broke into her house and cut gay slurs into her skin before trying to burn the house down has been charged with making a false complaint to police

A Nebraska woman who alleged she was the victim of a vicious hate crime has been charged with making a false complaint to police after they decided that her injuries were self inflicted.

Charlie Rogers crawled to the house of a neighbor on July 22, naked and bleeding, and told police that three masked men had broken into her home and pinned her down, cutting gay slurs into her skin before trying to burn the house down.

July 27, 2012
Lesbian who had gay slurs carved into skin speaks for first time

Neighbor of gay hate crime victim in Nebraska talks of 'shocking' attack which moved hundreds to hold vigils in support

A Nebraska lesbian whose attackers allegedly carved anti-gay slurs into her skin before setting fire to her house has spoken out about the ordeal for the first time.

Three masked men broke into the house of 33-year-old Charlie Rogers in the early hours of Sunday morning (22 July).

The attackers reportedly tied her up and cut her all over her body, before scoring her skin with homophobic insults. They then covered the floor in gasoline and set it alight.

July 23, 2012
Nebraska lesbian attacked and gay slurs carved into skin

Hundreds attend candlelit vigil for lesbian in Lincoln who was brutally assaulted and had her house set on fire

Hundreds of people attended a candlelit vigil in Nebraska for a lesbian whose attackers allegedly carved anti-gay slurs into her skin before setting fire to her house.

Around 500 gathered with rainbow flags at the steps of the Capitol building in Lincoln last night (22 July), according to the Lincoln Journal Star.

May 12, 2012
Watch: Woman’s delusional homophobic rant goes viral

She says: ‘A high percentage of gay men in school grounds molest boys, partly because they don’t have AIDs yet.’

A video of a woman’s homophobic speech at a city council meeting has gone viral.

Discovered by gay blog Towerload, the American woman identified as Jane Svoboda, a known lobbyist, offers a few graphic, inaccurate remarks about gay people at a non-discrimination ordinance hearing in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Among her many delusional remarks are:

April 24, 2012
Boy George leaves Twitter after homophobic bullying tweets

80s popstar driven from Twitter and calls in lawyers

Boy George announced he is giving Twitter a break until his 'homophobic spam issue' is resolved.

Over the last few days the 80s popstar has been subjected to a string of tweets that sound like homophobic playground bullying. '@BoyGeorge wants ya penis' said one from Tory Fox (@Cornelia_573) from Georgia in the US. '@BoyGeorge lookup ya butt,' said another from Arnetta Siren (@Charise_769) in Nebraska, US.