Tag Archives: LGBT

Lunchbox: Fairness today

October 23, 2009 – 1:00 pm

Don’t Tase me bro: The maker of Taser stun guns sent word to law enforcement agencies that use their product to avoid hitting suspects in the chest, partly “to minimize controversy.” Louisville Metro Police will send out a memo to all officers advising of the change,which will encourage officers to aim for the abdomen, legs [...]

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GaGa Trumps Obama On LGBT Rights

October 16, 2009 – 3:14 pm

Did you know that, during a Human Rights Council-sponsored dinner on the eve of last Sunday’s National Equality March that a pop star (Ms. GaGa) usurped the leader of the free world’s (Mr. Obama’s) mantle as Gay Defender of The Known Universe, a title first created by William Jefferson Clinton?
Well, now you do.

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Lunchbox: Burn your money

October 15, 2009 – 12:01 pm

Cut list: Despite the optimistic economic forecast nationally, Mayor Jerry Abramson says the first quarter is not looking good and more cuts to the budget are likely. After last year’s slash and burn, we are wondering what might be on this year’s cut list and whether the mayor spoke too soon when he canceled the [...]

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U of L trumps Harvard in LGBT studies

June 4, 2009 – 3:35 pm

Yesterday The New York Times reported that Harvard University was endowing a visiting professor in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender studies, a position the Ivy League giant believed was the first at an American college. But it turns out Harvard was wrong: The Associated Press pointed out that in fact the University of Louisville had the first [...]

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Obama Declares June LGBT Pride Month

June 3, 2009 – 2:56 pm

Did Rick “Saddlebacker” Warren put Our Barry up to this? In any event, President Obama has ensured that Summer pride festivals/parades/leather conventions across the nation will pour money into local economies like never before; just listen to Hopey McHopesterson over here:
 I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority [...]

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