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 When we cry 'hate crime'04 Aug 2011Street preacher told us to burn in hell, gay couple claim.
Worrying claim in Pink Paper here. This surely is not a hate crime? LGBT people need to find strength within themselves to deal with this kind of comment/abuse. A quick back-handed compliment, sarcastic tip-off or wry smile should suffice. Sometimes a blown kiss to those pesky street preaches help. Remember: homophobia is not a crime and to be homophobic is not illegal. It is a state of mind.
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 Museum guard cracks down on hand holding04 Aug 2011San Francisco, CA
July 2011
Jane Levikow was in the Contemporary Jewish Museums' gallery with her partner when she noticed a young
lesbian couple in heated conversation with a security guard.
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 George-Louis Tin, Founder of IDAHO, supports A Day In Hand23 Jun 2011RecentlyLouis-Georges Tin, French Black academic and activist who created the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) in 2004/5, held a seminar at Conway Hall in London. In the picture Adam Knowles, GALHA Chair (left) with Louis-Georges showing his support for A Day In Hand by h...
 News report on hand holding debacle28 May 2011An interesting non-hysterical video news report from the US about the recent news story about 2 lesbian hand holders who have been threatened with suspension at their school. Anyone know how to get in touch with these girls?
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 Pupils threatened with suspension for holding hands23 May 2011The Broward County School District, US plans to investigate an incident earlier this month in which a high school principal reportedly threatened a lesbian couple with suspension for holding hands on campus and then outed one of the girls to her parents.
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 Hand holding across Germany23 May 2011And here from our long time supporter Jens Parker:
"Greetings from Germany! As I did last year, I organized a same sex hand holding flashmob at the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. Again I used Facebook in order to promote it.
Unlike last year, I haven not just organized this event ...
 Hand holding in Leipzig23 May 2011Our first post in brief hiatus and we're in Leipzig for a mass hand holding. See the video here. Thanks to Katharina Schenk for organising this. Perhaps you could do the same where you are.
 Gay couple ejected from pub17 Apr 2011A gay couple are asked to leave a pub in Soho, London, UK when they engage in a public display of affection. A first date kiss!
"Jonathan Williams says he and his date, James Bull, were asked to leave after sharing what they described as a "hands-on-the-table" kiss at the John Snow pub in London's Soho...
 Kent SSHH Flash Mob04 Apr 2011On SSHH Saturday for February's LGBT History Month, citizens of Kent took to the streets for a same-sex hand holding flash mob. Note the cool T-shirts as modelled by Jo Frazer and Beth James (center). If you want to get you hands on these items, email i
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