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LGBT Issues

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Target tries to atone for anti-gay missteps with new pro-marriage equality promotion

    In August 2010, news of Target's $150,000 donation to the anti-gay, pro-Tom Emmer Minnesota Forward organization created a shit-storm of bad PR. The company's handling of the controversy didn't help -- from CEO Gregg Stienhafel's non-apology apology, to reports that Target kept on giving to anti-gay ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Support growing for gay marriage in Minnesota, new polling suggests

    Mark Dayton dreams of Vikings stadiums and Minnesota becoming the first state to vote down a constitutional amendment against gay rights. This year, both dreams may be fulfilled.A new SurveyUSA poll suggests there is more support for gay marriage in Minnesota than there was four or six months ago. H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Bradlee Dean attacks Dan Savage for calling parts of the Bible "bullshit"

    Bradlee Dean is on the offensive again, launching a vicious and inane attack on Dan Savage for being critical of the Bible. Savage spoke to high school students recently and talked about how it's possible to "ignore the bullshit" in the Bible about gay people "the same way we have learned to ignore ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Senate rejects effort to block tax dollars from being used for ex-gay therapy

    Here's a head-scratcher: Yesterday, Sen. Scott Dibble, D-Minneapolis, introduced an amendment that would've blocked tax dollars from being used to fund the type of controversial ex-gay therapy practiced at Marcus Bachmann's clinics.The motion failed after senators like David Hann, R-Eden Prairie, ra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    President Obama comes out against Minnesota's proposed gay marriage ban

    Today, President Obama made clear that he does not support a proposal that would enshrine a gay marriage ban in Minnesota's constitution.Kristen Sosanie, spokeswoman for Obama's Minnesota campaign, said today in a statement: "While the President does not weigh in on every single ballot measure in ev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Minnesota for Marriage decries straight couple divorce in making anti-gay marriage case [VIDEO]

    In the latest Minnesota Marriage Minute video, host Kalley Yanta begins with the following observation, which she then supports by referencing a number of studies: "It is an accepted truth of human existence, really, that while death and divorce too often prevent it, children do best when they are r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    Parents Action League listed as a hate group

    ​The Southern Poverty Law Center recently released its annual "Hate Map" which identifies over 1,000 groups all over the U.S. that it considers to be hate groups.Debuting this year is the Champlain-based group Parents Action League, which testified at many Anoka-Hennepin school board meetings agai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Mitt Romney Glitter F-Bomb: Did he say "fuck," "faggot," or something else? [VIDEO]

    YouTubeMitt Romney said a word beginning with "F," and he was angry.​As you've no doubt heard, Mitt Romney got glitterbombed twice yesterday in Minnesota.The second glitter shower provoked genuine anger on Romney's face, and he appeared to utter a word starting with "F."Although the video is incon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Anoka-Hennepin school board unveils newest "neutrality policy" replacement

    ​Less than a week after ditching the incredibly controversial "Controversial Topics Policy," the Anoka-Hennepin School Board took another crack at rewriting its "Sexual Orientation Curriculum Policy." Conservative Christian parents and LGBT rights advocates gathered once more to hear the language ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    Anoka-Hennepin school district ditches new "controversial topics" policy

    ​After two contentious school board meetings, it appears the Anoka-Hennepin school board is backing away from a rewritten version of the so-called neutrality policy. The Sexual Orientation Curriculum Policy currently on the books was going to be renamed the "Controversial Topics Policy," which r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Jeff Wilfahrt, Cpl. Andrew Wilfahrt's father, running for House seat on anti-"marriage amendment" platform

    ​Jeff Wilfahrt, the father of an openly gay soldier who was killed in Afghanistan a year ago next month, has announced he is running for a seat in the House of Representatives.In a fund-raising letter announcing his candidacy, Wilfahrt writes that he wants to represent Senate District 37B in order ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Parent group demands ex-gay therapy training in Anoka-Hennepin schools

    ​Gay rights advocates may not have liked the language of the "controversial topics policy" that may replace the Anoka-Hennepin school district's "neutrality policy," but at least there appeared to be movement on the issue. Now, conservative Christian parents are hoping to move things in just the ... More >>

  • News

    December 28, 2011

    Amy Koch gay apology

    Sorry for ruining your marriage

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Anoka-Hennepin School Board holds contentious reading of revised "neutrality policy"

    Janet Boynes speaks in support of keeping the "no homo promo."​Last night's Anoka-Hennepin School Board meeting was the first time the public was able to react to the language replacing the district's controversial Sexual Orientation Curriculum Policy. The so-called "neutrality" policy's most stal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    The most gay-friendly Twin Cities employers

    The Human Rights Campaign assessed companies' GLBT-friendliness​The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has released a study measuring hundreds of companies' friendliness to gay employees. If their survey is any indication, Minnesota companies tend to do well by their GLBT employees. Thirteen Mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Michele Bachmann responds to Anoka-Hennepin suicides without addressing gay-bullying

    ​It took a while, but Michele Bachmann has finally addressed the anti-gay bullying and suicides in her district. Uh, sort of. In response to a petition delivered to her St. Cloud office three weeks ago, the congresswoman sent an email to 6th district constituents who signed it. In it, she ackno ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    Even without gay marriage, Minnesota has 1,300 married gay couples

    Next November, Minnesota will put on its most heterosexual clothing and head to the voting booths to finally vote down gay marriage in a state that already doesn't allow it.But! Oh no! Gay Minnesotans have found a loophole that is already devastating the sanctity of blah blah blah: Just dr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Gay marriage ban voted down at the State Fair

    Minnesota State Fair fans are not afraid of gay marriage.​There aren't many places more heterosexual than the Minnesota State Fair: Jean shorts and sandals with socks are worn without irony; everything is fried, put on-a-stick, and fried again; and young married couples walk around with whole broo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    Meet Warren Blumenfeld, the man who confronted Marcus Bachmann [VIDEO]

    Fred KargerMarcus Bachmann, and his confronter. ​Warren Blumenfeld was in his office at Iowa State University on Saturday, trying to prepare his syllabi for fall classes. But the noise from the Ames Straw Poll, which was taking place just a few blocks away, was distracting him. Blumenfeld decided ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Bradlee Dean suing Andy Birkey of Minnesota Independent as well as Rachel Maddow

    Photo by Nick Pinto, Village Voice.Sporting a Minnesota Twins t-shirt, Smith and his lawyer announced the lawsuit in New York this morning.​Controversial pastor Bradley Dean Smith announced this morning that, in addition to MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, he is also suing Minnesota Independent writer An ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Michele Bachmann's district sees rash of gay teen suicides

    The controversial policy mirrors Bachmann's position on homosexuality in schools​The teenagers who have committed suicide in the school district Michele Bachmann represents have begun to haunt her campaign like activist ghosts.Bachmann's district includes the Anoka-Hennepin County School District, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Al Franken slams Focus on the Family head for lie about gay families[VIDEO]

    C-SPANFranken knew Minnery was in trouble.​Al Franken made Focus on the Family's Tim Minnery look like a fool during this morning's hearing on the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act. Not that Minnery needed much help.Minnery had claimed that studies proved opposite-sex parents had healthier, ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Justice Dept. investigating Anoka-Hennepin schools for harassment of gay students

    Justin Aaberg is one of four gay teen suicides in two years.​The Department of Justice is investigating allegations of a hostile environment toward gay and lesbian students against the Anoka-Hennepin County school district.The DOJ, along with the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Minnesota gay marriage donors can't hide identities, judge rules

    Gay marriage foes with fat wallets want to stay in the closet.​Minnesota corporations can't make secret donations in favor of or against a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board ruled Thursday. Target, you've been warned. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Chrishaun McDonald says transgender status means unfair murder trial ahead

    ​Chrishaun McDonald, charged with stabbing David Schmitz to death earlier this month outside The Schooner Tavern in South Minneapolis, is claiming that her status as transgender jeopardizes her ability to receive a fair trial. McDonald is also claiming self defense.

  • News

    June 15, 2011

    Queer in the Twin Cities

    Eight important local LGBT leaders

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Basilica Block Party boycotted over Church's gay marriage opposition

    Steve CohenThe block party gets sucked into the marriage debate.​We've got more than 16 months to go before Minnesotans vote on whether to make gay marriage unconstitutional. But the battle lines are already being drawn, and they're showing up in some surprising places. Like this year's Basi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Target now neutral on gay marriage

    Target's Steinhafel is a serious contortionist.​Target is still struggling to get the optics right on gay rights. To recap: It sponsors Twin Cities Pride in 2010, but then it backs an anti-gay marriage candidate for Minnesota governor. There's outrage, the dust settles, and now Target is back ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Target sues gay rights group

    Mr. T in DCTarget's gay-rights public-relations meltdown just keeps on going.​The Target Corporation just can't seem to make nice to gay folks. After months of terrible publicity over its funding of anti-gay-marriage political candidates, its subsequent sorry-if-you-took-that-the-wrong-way ap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Bachmann raises cash off Obama's call to abandon Defense Of Marriage Act

    Bachmann finds another way to make a buck.​When the Obama administration announced that it would no longer defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, Michele Bachmann didn't take to her microphone at Fox News, and she didn't rant on the House floor. She asked supporters for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    Westboro Baptist Church skips "Laramie Project" protest in Hastings

    WikiNot in Hastings.​The "God hates fags" people from Topeka's Westboro Baptist Church failed to show for a production of "The Laramie Project" at Hastings High School over the weekend. Maybe the haters seen cruising town in their van with Kansas plates took a look at the hundreds of counter-pro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Tim Pawlenty would reinstate Don't Ask Don't Tell if he could [VIDEO]

    Pawlenty wants military gays back in the closet.​If he's elected president, Tim Pawlenty says he would put military gay folk back in the closet by reinstating Don't Ask Don't Tell, putting himself at odds with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Pentagon brass and members of Congress who suppor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    Target kept on giving to anti-gay politicians after Emmer fiasco

    mmtzjr69out​The dust has settled in the wake of the 2010 elections, and the hot white glare on Target's controversial support for anti-gay Republican Tom Emmer's gubernatorial campaign has faded. But FEC records show that the Target political action committee kept up its donations to anti-ga ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Constitutional ban on gay marriage hits the fast track

    Unemployment? Foreclosures? Massive budget deficit? Take a number.​Remember how Republicans kept telling us this election was supposed to be all about jobs, jobs, tax breaks and more jobs? The crappy economy gave conservative Christians cover from having to talk too much about over-sharing the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2010

    John Nienstedt denies communion to gays again

    Politics for me, but not for thee.​More anti-gay activity from Archbishop John Nienstedt: He has denied communion to gay and lesbian student activists at St. John's University and the College of St. Benedict. He presided over a Mass they attended Sunday night, Sept. 26, at the Catholic campus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Human Rights Campaign counters Target's Emmer donation

    mmtzjr69outNew campaign cash aims to counteract Target's Emmer donation.​Target set off a good-sized ruckus this summer when it dropped $150,000 on a political fund backing GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer. Gay rights advocates were incensed, arguing that by backing such a nakedly homophobic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    Target's gay problem keeps getting worse [UPDATED]

    mmtzjr69outEven less LGBT-friendly than you thought​Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel wants us to believe that when his company threw money into Tom Emmer's campaign for governor last month, it wasn't because Emmer's a raging homophobe, but because he's a raging pro-business tax-cutter.But Steinhafel's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Target's tea bag-loving CEO lands company in hot water

    Gregg Steinhafel loves Michele Bachmann, too​GLBT groups were pissed off last week when they learned that Target Corp., which they thought of as gay-friendly, was backing anti-gay marriage Republican candidate for governor Tom Emmer through $150,000 in seed money to MN Forward. But Target's pu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Teacher Diane Cleveland's rights violated by Human Rights department

    Photo: dave mcmtDiane Cleveland had a right to privacy, a judge says.​Anoka-Hennepin teacher Diane Cleveland's privacy rights were violated when her name was made public by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights during its investigation of comments she made about a straight student's perceiv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    John Townsend blasts Star Tribune on outing articles

    Do the ends justify the means?​The reporter who outed a homophobic pastor as secretly gay on the cover of Lavender has penned a letter accusing the Star Tribune of misrepresenting his investigation.John Townsend infiltrated a support group to get the goods on Rev. Tom Brock, who has famously blame ... More >>

  • News

    June 30, 2010

    Like Trying to Stop the Sun

    Lost-cause cowboys battle the Bible blues

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    National Organization for Marriage plans gay marriage ban road trip

    Photo: Micke LichtStop that. Stop that right now​The National Organization for Marriage, an anti-gay marriage group, has announced a 6,000-mile, 23-state road trip by bus aimed at informing scaring folks about the evil conspiracy to force same-sex marriage on us poor, unsuspecting trolls. And, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Top 5 homophobes who turned out to be gay

    Pastor Tom Brock reaped a whirlwind of self-loathing​Pastor Tom Brock became a viral sensation this week after he was outed by the local gay magazine, Lavender.Brock famously blamed the the tornado that struck downtown Minneapolis a church's embrace of gay clergy. He's taken a leave of absence, bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Kelliher, Dayton, Entenza, Horner targeted by anti-gay marriage agitators

    Anti-gay marriage forces characterize democracy in action as an imposition​That didn't take long. The nominating conventions are over. The Legislature has wrapped up business. The November elections are the Next Big Thing on the political calendar. Must be time for out-of-state right wingers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    Gay man harassed by group of kids after Twin Cities Pride

    As one gay man left the Twin Cities Pride festival near downtown Minneapolis, a group of young kids followed him for quite awhile, taunting the man and yelling homophobic slurs.

  • News

    March 4, 2009

    Transgender kids: How young is too young for a sex change?

    Delving into the often tumultuous worlds of transgender youth

  • News

    September 27, 2006

    What's Your Favorite Color: Blue or Lavender?

    is the MPD's psychologist using a gaydar detector on wanna-be cops?

  • News

    August 11, 1999

    Fall Out

    The military turned Ron Falcon into an officer, a gentleman, and a doctor. When the brass discovered he was gay, they kicked him out and sent him the bill.

  • Feature

    December 1, 1998

    The National Agenda

    These four Minnesota women are shaping the way the GLBT movement thinks about politics, AIDS, and grassroots organizing. Can they change a nation?

  • Feature

    December 1, 1998

    Unnatural Law

    Chances are, what you do in bed is criminal

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