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Two Little Boys - By the Numbers Blog - NYTimes.com On April 6, just before dinner, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, a Massachusetts boy who had endured relentless homophobic taunts at school, wrapped an extension cord around his tiny neck and hanged himself. He was only 11 years old. His mother had to cut him down.

On Tuesday - May 26th, he California Supreme Court will issue a ruling in the Prop 8/ Marriage Equality case and decide whether a bare majority of voters can strip a minority group of their basic civil rights. With more than 37 million residents, California is the most populous state in the country and the court's decision is sure to have an immediate and profound impact nationwide. That's why Equality Florida is inviting our members to join an Online Briefing with state leaders from California that will be scheduled within 24 hours of the decision.

A student in a San Diego County school was told that her report on assassinated gay rights leader Harvey Milk was akin to "sexual education" and a "sensitive topic". The school placed restrictions on the student's report saying she first had to receive permission from her fellow classmates parents to present. Only after the principle sent letters to parents notifying them of the "sensitive" subject matter was the student allowed to present her presentation during a lunch recess.

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Aubrey Sarvis: Air Force Boots Their 25 Million Dollar Aviator (He's Gay) VIDEO New President. New Congress. No Change. Here is the latest evidence of what our country is losing under the law that prevents gay men and women from serving openly in the armed forces of the United States.

From the Orlando Sentinel Blog: TALLAHASSEE -- Sources close to Senate President Jeff Atwater, R-North Palm Beach, confirmed he will be announcing his bid for state chief financial officer on Tuesday -- a day after Republican Bill McCollum announces his gubernatorial bid. "We're letting Mr. McCollum get out of the gate first," one source said. Atwater will be on hand Monday in Orlando when McCollum makes his news. The location for Atwater's CFO announcement hasn't been determined yet.

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Slowly but surely the archaic anti gay adoption ban crumbles one court ruling at a time. Today a Florida court of appeals struck down a lower court ruling that disallowed second parent adoptions by gay couples from other states. "Today, the Florida Court of Appeals unanimously reversed a lower court ruling and held that Florida must give full faith and credit to adoptions granted to same-sex couples by other states, holding that Lara Embry, the plaintiff in the case, “must be given the same rights as any other adoptive parent in Florida.”

Alex Sink has just announced she will be running for Governor.

Each year we get a slew of calls from people complaining that AAA refused to provide a family or associate membership to the callers partner. Often a few extra phone calls gets the matter resolved with the partner's name added but in recent years, it appears AAA (at least in Florida) has come down on the side of ignoring gay couples, even those who have been legally married elsewhere or have civil union or domestic partnership status.

Moments ago Charlie Crist announced he will be running for the US Senate. 

Rubio jumped in the US Senate race last week, Crist couldn't let him get too big a head start. News outlets are reporting Crist will announce on Tuesday that he will be running for US Senate. Crist runs for Senate and the political shakeup begins. I wonder which fabulous cabinet member will run for governor? From the Associated Press: The head of the state Republican Party says Florida Gov. Charlie Crist will announce his 2010 political plans Tuesday and hinted that the U.S. Senate is his target.

From Tampa Gala 2009

Of Florida's 7 largest school districts, Hillsborough is the only one that refused to include comprehensive categories in their anti-bullying policy following passage of our new anti-bullying law. You won't stop anti-gay violence if you refuse to talk about it. Read this tragic news story at: http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/article999350.ece#comme…