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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: LGBT

This or That

What’s the plan for healing the chasm between cops and the LGBT community?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 22, 2018, 2:49 PM May 22, 2018
42

The decision by Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo to forbid his officers from being in uniform for the city’s annual Pride parade is certainly going to drive a wedge between the LGBT community and police supporters. Nothing occurs in a vacuum where the police are concerned — as the national crisis over NFL players taking Read more →

Crime and Justice

In Hudson, ‘They can destroy a flag, but they can’t destroy a movement’

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 13, 2017, 12:55 PM Apr 13, 2017
5

Someone has been tearing down and burning rainbow flags in the Wisconsin river town. But they’re going back up faster and more plentiful. Read more →

TV show sparks debate on the ethics of ‘outing’

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 13, 2017, 7:33 AM Apr 13, 2017
27

It’s not often that a TV reality show sparks a national conversation on the ethics of ‘outing’ another person, but it’s not often a TV reality show ‘outs’ an individual as CBS’ Survivor did last night when contestant Jeff Varner — a former news anchor — revealed that fellow contestant Zeke Smith is transgender. Read more →

They waited 50 years to get married, but death robbed them of a first anniversary

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 24, 2016, 4:41 PM Jun 24, 2016
1

A year ago Sunday, Jack Evans and George Harris became the first same-sex couple to be married in Dallas County. But they were icons in the city for more than 50 years, about the length of time the two had been together before finally being allowed to get married.
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Crime and Justice

After Orlando, the hateful double down

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 16, 2016, 9:16 AM Jun 16, 2016
37

There might have been a time when the murder of nearly 50 people might cause the country to step back and re-evaluate how hatred begins. Maybe pull a little closer together. Maybe give each other a break. Read more →

Sports

Another lawsuit in ouster of gay coaches at UMD

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 10, 2016, 6:58 AM Jun 10, 2016
3

Angie Nichols, the former director of the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Services Office, is suing the Board of Regents, claiming the school retaliated against her through months of discrimination based on her sexual orientation and disability.
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Education · Politics · Sports

Protest against N.C. discrimination is no match for baseball

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 6, 2016, 9:31 AM May 6, 2016
17

Some kids who played baseball could have learned a valuable lesson this season: Standing up for values requires personal sacrifice.
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Arts & Culture

Pearl Jam joins growing list of musical acts canceling N.C. concerts

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 18, 2016, 4:47 PM Apr 18, 2016
35

Three days before it was set to perform in Raleigh, N.C.., Pearl Jam has become the latest musical act to cancel a show in the state because of a new state law whose aim was to wipe out attempts in Charlotte to provide anti-discrimination protections to LGBT people. Read more →

Arts & Culture

North Carolina law costs it a Springsteen concert

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 8, 2016, 2:55 PM Apr 8, 2016
9

Bruce Springsteen announced on his website that Sunday’s concert in North Carolina is canceled because of a new law that fails to include sexual orientation and gender identity as protected categories in an anti-discrimination law. Read more →

People doing good

How Canada counters hate

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 14, 2016, 12:08 PM Mar 14, 2016
7

Shelley Bramhoff Sikorski didn’t have a lot of time to get a picture to go viral before Facebook removed it. It was a Valentine’s card her gay son received at the Edmonton party goods store where he worked. A new manager took over recently and his hours, were cut. Read more →

Education

Wisconsin high school ends gender-specific homecoming royalty

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 16, 2015, 4:06 PM Oct 16, 2015
3

In Madison, Wisc., the king and queen are dead. Long live ‘Regent Royalty.’ Read more →

Arts & Culture

A singer of songs tries to end LGBT homelessness

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 29, 2015, 3:09 PM Apr 29, 2015
5

Cyndi Lauper was at the Capitol in Washington today, testifying to a subcommittee about youth homelessness. I know what you’re thinking: Another Hollywood or pop star trying to trade stardom for some political traction, and, it’s true, she’s doing that. But her story is an amazing one, especially if we can set aside politics long Read more →

Education

Prom proposal with a sign of the times

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 24, 2015, 6:36 AM Apr 24, 2015
3

Maybe high school is getting to be a less mean place. Read more →

Arts & Culture

Editor defends front page after ND discrimination vote

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 6, 2015, 6:45 AM Apr 6, 2015
6

Fargo Forum editor Matt Von Pinnon is defending Friday’s front page, which featured the photos of North Dakota House members and their vote on a measure that would have extended discrimination protection to gays. Read more →

Health

Michigan pediatrician refuses to serve lesbian couple

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 19, 2015, 12:51 PM Feb 19, 2015
29

In Michigan, a pediatrician refuses to provide care to the daughter of lesbian parents. It would be illegal in Minnesota. Read more →

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