MADISONVILLE, Tenn.–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011. A 17-year-old senior at Sequoyah High School was reportedly shoved, bumped in the chest and verbally harassed by his principal last week for wearing a T-shirt in support of efforts to establish a gay-straight alliance (GSA) club on campus. In response, the American Civil Liberties Union[Read More…]
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Appeals Court to Hear Case of Counseling Student Dismissed from Program for Refusing to Work with LGBT Clients
Cincinnati–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is slated to hear arguments today in the case of a graduate student who was removed from Eastern Michigan University’s (EMU) counseling program because she refused to counsel lesbian, gay and bisexual clients on any issues relating to[Read More…]
‘We are the 99%’ Solidarity March with #OccupyWallStreet at 3 PM October 1
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2011. We the 99% will not be silent and we will not be intimidated. This Saturday thousands more of us will march together as one to show that it is time that the 99% are heard. Join us on the 2nd week anniversary of your new movement.[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, September 30, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2011. Sickest Medicare Patients May Be Greatly Affected by the Super Committee The “Super Committee” in Congress is tasked with finding $1.2 trillion worth of savings by November 23. If its members fail to do so, automatic spending cuts will kick in, taking that amount evenly[Read More…]
CDC awards $1.67 million to Center on Halsted for HIV services
Updated Oct. 4, 11:45 a.m. Chicago-(ENEWSPF)- Center on Halsted’s HIV testing and prevention services were awarded more than $1.6 million this week from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to expand its services for young African American and Latino gay and bisexual men. The award is part of[Read More…]
Getting Wet And Wild In Central Park
(SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- On Wednesday, September 28 the 4th, 5th and 6th grade gifted students from Indiana School made their first trip of the school year to the Wetlands Discovery Center. For the past four years, students from School District 162 have been participating in ME4E’s outdoor classroom programming[Read More…]
Record $20,543 Pick Four Carryover At Balmoral Wednesday
Guaranteed Pool $50,000 – Estimated Pool $75,000 Chicago-(ENEWSPF)- Michael Antoniades, Balmoral Park Racing Analyst Players across North America will get a big reason to play at Balmoral Park’s one mile oval on Wednesday. Waiting for them is a record Pick 4 carryover of $20,543 which will be added in to[Read More…]
Movie Review: Moneyball, Starring Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Chris Pratt
Brad Pitt in Moneyball. (SUPPLIED) Movie Reviews By Bernie Jablonski In my not-so-vast experience of watching sports movies (and right away we can argue if that’s what this is) MONEYBALL is probably the oddest of the genre that I have ever seen. You come from the movie exultant and fully[Read More…]
Jamey Rodemeyer’s parents: After suicide, he’s still being bullied (Video)
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy New York-(ENEWSPF)- From TODAY: Even after a teen-ager tragically committed suicide in suburban Buffalo this month in the wake of constant harassment, the bullying allegedly did not stop with his death. The parents of 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer, who[Read More…]
CDC Awards $55 Million for HIV Prevention Among Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth of Color
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2011. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today awarded $55 million over five years to 34 community-based organizations (CBOs) to expand HIV prevention services for young gay and bisexual men of color, transgender youth of color, and their partners. The awards expand upon a previous program[Read More…]
