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*   The Ignoble Savage
Talk Radio Network Inc. (TRN), an Oregon-based company that syndicates Savage's hate-filled right-wing talk show, "The Michael Savage Show," to 305 radio stations around the country, is suing Julie Sigwart, co-founder of the Web site TakeBacktheMedia.com (TBTM); Thomas and Gunilla Leavitt and Leavitt Enterprises, who produce www.savagestupidity.com; and unknown individual "John Doe," who produces www.michaelsavagesucks.com, Alternet.org (June 9, 2003)

*   Use of 'Gay' May Block AIDS Research
Federal health officials have given undocumented warnings to scientists who study AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases to keep words like "gay" and "transgender" out of their grant applications if they wish to receive funds, the New York Times reported on Friday, PlanetOut (April 18, 2003)

*   Certain Words Can Trip Up AIDS Grants, Scientists Say
Scientists who study AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases say they have been warned by federal health officials that their research may come under unusual scrutiny by the Department of Health and Human Services or by members of Congress, because the topics are politically controversial, New York Times (free registration) (April 18, 2003)

*   Beating Victim May Have Met Killer Online
A year after Ottawa police warned gay men about assaults connected to a telephone dating line, an Ottawa man was found dead in his apartment on Wednesday after what friends believe was an encounter with a man he may have met online or over the phone, Gay.com / PlanetOut.com Network (December 6, 2002)
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*   Graduate Sues Former High School, Claims Free Speech Violation
An Ann Arbor high school graduate is suing her alma mater, claiming the school violated her free speech right to criticize homosexuality during a diversity program, Associated Press via CNN.com (July 31, 2002)

*   Dear Member: You've Been Deleted
OPG Executive Director Will Doherty comments on Yahoo! yanking the Guerilla Queer Bar website, as well as similar activities of other online services providers, Wired News (July 11, 2002)
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*   Cyberspace-Scouring Cops Accused of Suppressing Online Expression
A Web site devoted to homosexual issues in Egypt includes this warning: ``Guess who's watching? Egyptian State Security!'', Associated Press via Mercury News (May 19, 2002)

*   Ex-Lawmaker Settles Lesbian Defamation Suit
A former Hollister, Calif., city councilman reached a settlement with the lesbian owners of the town's weekly newspaper, the Pinnacle, after he admitted to authoring several anti-gay attacks against them, their paper and their leading columnist, Gay.com (May 10, 2001)

*   LGBT Web Sites Blocked
Sunday, May 6, the Electronic Frontier Foundation will sponsor a panel discussion and presentation of Internet blocking technology and policy at the San Francisco Public Library's Koret Auditorium, Bay Area Reporter (May 3, 2001)

*   Fear Comes to Hollister
In a case that pits the privacy of anonymous website authors against protections against potential defamation, gay owners of a small-town weekly sue to discover who is tormenting them, San Francisco Chronicle (December 10, 2000)

*   American Online Chairman Case and Wife Donate $8.35 Million to Private School Run by Anti-Gay Ministry
A roundup of news, controversy, and commentary about the $8.35 million donation made in 1999 by American Online chairman Stephen M. Case and his wife Jean to the anti-gay Westminster Academy in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Various Sources via Online Policy Group (December 7, 2000)
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*   AOL Boots Gay Newspaper Site
America Online booted the Web site for Memphis-based publication THE TRIANGLE JOURNAL NEWS because of complaints about adult content on the site, a violation of AOL's terms of service [yet] the newspaper has a new host and can be found at http://www.memphistrianglejournal.com, PressPassQ (November 17, 2000)

*   GayLebanon.com Case Causes Stir
Lebanese government charges ISP owner and human rights organizer with defaming the nation even though they had no role in hosting a GayLebanon.com website, Beirut Daily Star (September 25, 2000)

*   When You're Blocked Online, Where Can You Go?
Virginia is bisexual, and her support group at Oasis Magazine is one of the many sites for gays, lesbians, and bisexuals blocked by the software being promoted last week at the heavily publicized Internet/Online Summit: Focus on Children in Washington, American Reporter via oreilly.com (December 9, 1997)

*   Blocked Online? Where Can You Go?
Virginia is bisexual, and her support group at Oasis Magazine is one of the many sites for gays, lesbians, and bisexuals blocked by the software being promoted last week at the heavily publicized Internet/Online Summit: Focus on Children in Washington, American Reporter (December 9, 1997)

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