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Compiled by Jim Becker
News Compilation- May 5
Pennsylvanians elect first gay state lawmaker
Philadelphia, PA - Pennsylvania has elected its first openly gay state legislator. Democrat Brian Sims won his bid to represent the 182nd District in the state House, defeating longtime incumbent Rep. Babette Josephs. Sims will not face a Republican challenger in the fall. As of press-time, Sims had 3,681 votes to Josephs’ 3,463 — a difference of 218 votes. Josephs, a longtime LGBT ally, was first elected in 1985.
News Compilation- April 20
Student sues school for banning pro-gay T-shirt
Cincinnati, OH - A gay high school student has filed a federal lawsuit against his school district, claiming they violated his constitutional right to wear a T-shirt declaring “Jesus is Not a Homophobe.” The student, Maverick Couch, is suing the Wayne Local School District and Waynesville High School principal Randy Gebhardt. He is seeking an injunction to restrain the school from interfering with his right to wear the shirt, and monetary damages. The suit was filed April 3 in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati. Lambda Legal is representing Couch with Cincinnati attorney Lisa Meeks. Waynesville is in northern Warren County, about 15 miles southeast of Dayton, in a socially conservative area of the state.
News Compilation- April 6
GLAAD & Trans group organize Trans video project
Boston, MA - The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) announced national launch of the video series I AM: Trans People Speak. The campaign aims to spotlight the stories of transgender Americans and their allies in an effort to educate the public about transgender issues. GLAAD and MTPC are also urging members of the transgender community and their allies to create their own videos. A trailer video of Laverne Cox, actress, producer, writer: Isis King, actress, model, fashion designer; Noah Lewis, lawyer and activist; and, Kit Yan, spoken word artist; as well as more information about the campaign is available here: http://www.glaad.org/transpeoplespeak, http://community.transpeoplespeak.org/
News Compilation- March 23
India cancer ruling opens door for cheaper HIV drugs
New Deli, India - India's move to strip German drug-maker Bayer of its exclusive rights to a cancer drug has set a precedent that could extend to other treatments, including modern HIV/AIDS drugs, in a major blow to global pharmaceutical firms, experts say. The Indian Patent Office effectively ended Bayer's monopoly for its Nexavar drug and issued its first-ever compulsory license allowing local generic maker Natco Pharma to make and sell the drug cheaply in India. It is only the second time a nation has issued a compulsory license for a cancer drug after Thailand did so on four drugs between 2006 and 2008, also on affordability grounds. Thailand also issued licenses for HIV/AIDS and heart disease treatments.
News Compilation- March 09
Harvard group wants justice for 1920 gay students
Cambridge, MA - Harvard University student group Their Day in the Yard is petitioning the institution to award posthumous degrees to seven students who were gay—or perceived to be—and persecuted and expelled in the 1920s by a “Secret Court” because of their sexual orientation. Donald Clark, Eugene Cummings, Kenneth Day, Stanley Gilkey, Joseph Lumbard, Ernest Weeks Roberts, Edward Say, Keith Smerage, and Nathtaniel Wolff were all forced to leave not only Harvard, but the town of Cambridge, after being targeted by the Secret Court in 1920. Gilkey and Lumbard were allowed to return and complete their education, but the remaining seven were not. Cummings took his own life at age 23 after being interrogated by the Court—three weeks shy of his graduation.
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