Monday, June 13, 2016

What It Costs to Be Gay in Public and other top stories.

  • What It Costs to Be Gay in Public

    As the grim news continues to come in from Orlando, as the death toll continues to rise, and the lines at the blood banks continue to grow, and the thoughts and prayers begin to stack up, one ugly phrase clanks around in my head: "angry at two men kissing." Allegedly, during a recent trip to Miami, the Orlando shooter was confronted with the sight of two men kissing one another, in front of his child (and presumably also in front of the heterosexual couples who were also kissing one another in f..
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  • Vigil for Orlando victims at St. Paul's On The Green

    Vigil for Orlando victims at St. Paul's On The Green
    Members of the gay community and others gathered within St. Paul's on the Green Church Sunday night to remember the 50 individuals slaughtered by a gunman at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla. Members of the gay community and others gathered within St. Paul's on the Green Church Sunday night to remember the 50 individuals slaughtered by a gunman at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla. Vigil for Orlando victims at St. Paul's On The Green NORWALK ‒ By the glow of dozens of flic..
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  • Controversy over gay men donating blood resurfaces in wake of shooting

    Controversy over gay men donating blood resurfaces in wake of shooting
    Hours after what is believed to be the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history in Orlando on Sunday, a blood-donation foundation issued a plea for help. "Dozens of people have been injured and taken to area hospitals," OneBlood posted on Facebook and Twitter. "There is an urgent need for O Negative, O Positive and AB Plasma blood donors." At least 50 people were killed in the incident at Pulse, a gay nightclub, and another 53 were injured, authorities said. It was not immediately clear ..
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  • After Orlando Massacre, Donald Trump Reiterates Call for Temporary Ban on Muslim Migration

    After Orlando Massacre, Donald Trump Reiterates Call for Temporary Ban on Muslim Migration
    Photo Donald J. Trump on Friday in Richmond, Va. “When will this stop?” he wrote on Sunday on Twitter. “When will we get tough, smart & vigilant?” Credit Chet Strange for The New York Times WASHINGTON — Donald J. Trump on Sunday sought to capitalize on the mass shooting at a gay club in Orlando, reiterating his controversial call for a temporary ban on Muslim migration to the United States and criticizing Hillary Clinton for what he claimed was her desire to “dramatical..
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  • Utahns mourn, condemn violence after Orlando mass shooting

    Utahns mourn, condemn violence after Orlando mass shooting
    Jermaine Towns, left, and Brandon Shuford wait down the street from a multiple shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, June 12, 2016. Towns said his brother was in the club at the time. Twenty people were killed and multiple people have been wounded, police said Sunday. Phelan M. Ebenhack, Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — Utahns expressed horror at the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando on Sunday and vowed to stand resolute against hate and violence. Many members of the..
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  • Man with weapons was headed to LA gay pride parade

    Man with weapons was headed to LA gay pride parade
    Authorities on Sunday were trying to determine the intentions of an Indiana man with a cache of weapons, ammunition and explosive-making materials in his car and apparent plans to attend the L.A. Pride festival in West Hollywood.Santa Monica Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks initially said on Twitter that the 20-year-old man told one of her officers after he was arrested that he wanted “to harm Gay Pride event.” But Lt. Saul Rodriguez said later the tweet was a misstatement. He said the suspec..
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  • Orlando shooting: 50 killed, shooter pledged ISIS allegiance

    Orlando shooting: 50 killed, shooter pledged ISIS allegiance
    * The gunman, Omar Mateen, 29, of Fort Pierce, Florida, was interviewed by the FBI in 2013 and 2014 but was not found to be a threat, the FBI said.* Mateen called 911 during the attack to pledge allegiance to ISIS and mentioned the Boston Marathon bombers, according to a U.S. official.* Orlando police shot and killed Mateen.Mateen carried an assault rifle and a pistol into the packed Pulse club about 2 a.m. Sunday and started shooting, killing 50 people and wounding at least 53, police said. Aft..
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  • Car runs red light; 2 children critically hurt; arrest made

    Car runs red light; 2 children critically hurt; arrest made
    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say two children were critically injured when five pedestrians were struck by a car that had gone onto a sidewalk after running a red light and hitting another vehicle at a Las Vegas street intersection. Las Vegas police say the driver fled the scene Saturday night but was found less than 2 miles away and arrested on hit-and-run charges. A 9-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl were critically injured and admitted to a hospital. Police say the other three pedestri..
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  • The gun used in the Orlando shooting is becoming mass shooters' weapon of choice

    The gun used in the Orlando shooting is becoming mass shooters' weapon of choice
    A Rock River Arms AR-15 rifle. The weapon is similar in style to the one police say was used in the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando. (Photo illustration by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Last night in Orlando, a man armed with an assault-style rifle killed at least 50 people and wounded 53 others in a crowded nightclub. Six months ago, in San Bernardino, Calif., a man and woman armed with assault-style rifles killed 14 people and wounded 20 others at a holiday party. In 2012, in Auror..
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