Volume One, Issue Three THURSDAY March 1, 2012
Greetings from the Creator

The publication date for HOOSIER LGBTQ has been changed from Friday to Thursday! 

I hope you enjoy this week's issue--Kim Flowers

Flaming National Headlines

Friday Feb. 24 -- Dahrun Ravi, a former Rutgers University student, went on trial in New Jersey on hate crime charges and other counts for allegedly using a webcam to spy on his roommate Tyler Clementi's sexual encounter with another man.  Clementi committed suicide just days after Ravi allegedly streamed the encounter remotely and allowed others to view it.  If convicted, Ravi could face up to 10 years in prison.  --CNN.com

Tuesday Feb. 28 -- Anti-gay state group Minnesota for Marriage has posted 6 reasons on their web site that gay marriage should not be legalized.  The reasons are:
1.  Sex between a man and a woman has the unique capacity to create a child.
2. Pregnancy can occur regardless of whether the couple intends to create a child or not.
3.  The new human life that is created is vulnerable and needs the protection of adults.
4.  The man and woman who created the new life typically have the most interest and are best at protecting and guiding that child.
5.  They agree that they will both be held legally responsible for any child concieved during that marriage.
6.  Couples must work for decades together to raise a child from conception to adulthood. 

They also made a shorter version of the list:

1.  Society needs babies.
2.  Sex makes babies.
3.  Babies need a mom and dad.
4.  Marriage is society's attempt to insure babies have both a mom and dad. 
--Human Rights Campaign, thenewcivilrightsmovement.com

Wednesday Feb. 22 -- Truth Wins Out, a non-profit organization that fights LGBT extremism, has filed a defamation lawsuit against Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX) and its president, Greg Quinlan, after Quinlan claimed on a television show that Truth Wins Out Executive Director Wayne Beasen tried to have him killed.  --PR Newswire/US Newswire

Wednesday Feb. 29 -- Kenyata White and Aeimee Diaz were celebrating their anniversary at the District American Kitchen & Wine bar in Phoenix, Arizona this week when they were asked to leave the restaurant for "inappropriate behavior." But after an uproar on Facebook and other social media sites, the lesbian couple has been welcomed back. --azcentral.com

Community News
INDIANAPOLIS (WISHTV.com) -- The Indiana Senate passed a statewide smoking ban, but the House and Senate must work out a compromise before it can be made law.  One of the biggest issues is whether bars and taverns should be exempt.  Local bars that have gone smoke-free voluntarily say that it has not hurt their businesses, and that they believe going smoke-free is a good decision.

IMO:  From Bullying to Discrimination

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This week's Rainbow Highlighter featured March 2, Talbot Street, Girls Rock! and March 3, Greg's, Disco 2012 Freaks Re-United

It's On . . . March 4, "World's Worst Place to  be Gay?" on LOGO