Gender/GLBT

Twin Cities Quakers won’t sign marriage certificates until gays can marry

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent

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A meeting of Twin Cities Quakers has decided to stop signing marriage certificates until all couples in Minnesota are allowed to marry.

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Report released on abuse of Minnesota Indian women

By Allison Herrera, KFAI Radio

The Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center released a report in September entitled, "Shattered Hearts." It details the sexual abuse and trafficking of Native American women on and off Minnesota's

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World AIDS Day in Minnesota

By Nekessa Opoti, TC Daily Planet

Every twenty seven hours a new case of HIV is reported in Minnesota. There are currently 6220 people living with HIV and AIDS in Minnesota and an estimated 2.500 people are believed to be living with HIV without knowing their status. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) reports a steady increase in the number of new HIV cases in the state: The number of HIV (non-AIDS) diagnoses has remained fairly constant since the mid-1990s at approximately 200 cases per year. However, over the past four years there has been a moderate increase from 198 cases in 2004 to 245 cases in 2008, a 24 percent increase. 

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Fifteen Minnesota churches leaving ELCA over gay pastor vote

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent

More than a dozen Lutheran congregations in Minnesota have vowed to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) after a vote in Minneapolis this summer to MORE »

Catholics, evangelicals pledge to ignore LGBT and abortion rights laws

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent

Religious right leaders announced Friday that they won't abide by laws that support gay marriage or abortion.

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Anoka teacher accused of harassing student sues state human rights department

By Anna Pratt, Minnesota Independent

After late-August protests, Cleveland and Filson were put on leave from their jobs. Photo: Andy Birkey, MnInd

Anoka-Hennepin School District 11 teacher Diane Cleveland filed a lawsuit against the Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) in Ramsey County District Court Monday, alleging that earlier this summer it wrongly disclosed that she had been accused of harassing a student over his perceived sexual orientation. 

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Two Twin Cities women escape abusive teen relationships

By Elise Purkapile, ThreeSixty

Carolyn Phillips, 46, got out of an abusive relationship as a teen. Photo by Elise Purkapile

When 17-year-old Carolyn Phillips, now 46, of Minneapolis, brought her new 19-year-old boyfriend, Rick, to meet her parents, he was charming and sweet. Carolyn's mom was especially charmed by Rick. So when he started being abusive they were on his side.

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MN VOICES | Minnesota's Peg Chemberlin heads National Council of Churches

By Karen Hollish, TC Daily Planet

Growing up in rural Carver County, Rev. Peg Chemberlin was steeped in a faith that's harder to find today.

"It's not a faith of fear, it's not a faith of judgment, it's not a faith that gets a lot of headlines. And yet it's the best part of the faith: the love, the acceptance, the justice and the community," said Chemberlin, 60.

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MOVIES | "Straightlaced" documents gender pressures on teens

By Deirdre McGarrity, TC Daily Planet

Straightlaced is a documentary not only—as its title suggests—about GLBT issues, but about gender i

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Minneapolis approves affirmative action plan

By Paulina Yanez, KFAI Radio

Three weeks ago, the City Council approved a new Affirmative Action Plan for the City of Minneapolis.

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