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the word “fag” was scratched on his car, the
Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports Oct. 24.
Authorities have not yet determined whether
the assault was a hate crime.
“Mainly, what was written on the car
could he a motive,” Hurst police Sgt. Steve
Moore said. “We
just don’t know at
this time.”
Police said they
do not know the
victim’s sexual ori­
entation. He re­
mains in good con­
dition at Harris
Methodist H.E.B.
hospital in Bedford, a spokeswoman said.
The teen, an employee of C C ’s Coffee
House, was attacked minutes after the establish­
ment closed. He suffered a broken nose and
numerous cuts and bruises.
He told investigators he met two teen-agers
in the coffee shop earlier that evening. They
invited him to a party after he got off work,
police said.
“He remembered walking out of the shop,”
Moore said. “Then, he met two other young
men in the parking lot, and that’s all he can
remember.”
After the assault, he drove home, where his
mother found him bleeding in a bathroom and
took him to the hospital. Police found a pool of
blood in the parking lot after his family called
authorities.
“It appears that someone slammed his head
into his car,” Moore said. “There were dents in
the car.”
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promotions and raises,” said Jennifer Middleton,
ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Project staff
attorney. “His termination strikes at the very
core of why these civil rights laws exist: to keep
bigotry and bias out of employment decisions."
Although existing legal precedent says
employers cannot force people to conform to
rigid gender stereotypes, the A CLU goes further
by arguing the ban protects gender-variant peo­
ple. The lawsuit, filed Oct. 23 in U.S. District
Court in Louisiana, seeks unspecified damages
as a result of lost wages and emotional distress.
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f rotesters from all over the United States will
join together Nov. 12-14 in Washington,
D.C., to ask the National Conference of
Catholic Bishops to stop spiritual violence
against sexual and gender minorities and support
their inclusion into all aspects of church life.
Dignity/USA, the oldest and largest inde­
pendent national lay movement of gay, les­
bian, bisexual and transgendered Catholics,
families and friends, and Soulforce, an inter­
faith network committed to the liberation of
sexual and gender minorities, have joined
forces for the confrontation. Additionally,
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Dixie Stores is facing a federal civil rights
lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liber­
ties Union on behalf of a man who was fired
for cross-dressing away from work. Peter Oiler,
a married heterosexual truck driver, worked
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tune 500 company, which has more than
1,100 grocery stores in 14 Southern states.
Last year, after his supervisors learned he
occasionally expresses feminine aspects of his
identity off the job, he was fired. By terminat­
ing him because he did not conform to its
stereotyped notions of how a man ought to
look and act, Winn-Dixie violated state and
federal laws barring sex discrimination, the
lawsuit contends.
“Peter Oiler followed all company policies,
never violated the dress code and, most impor­
tantly, he did a good job and earned numerous
Equal Partners in Faith, a national network of
religious leaders committed to diversity and
equality, has joined as a co-sponsor of the
event and is helping play host to trainings at
National City Christian Church.
“The anti-homosexual teachings of the
Roman Catholic Church have tragic conse­
quences not just in the lives of Roman Catholics
but in the lives of millions of God’s gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgendered children around the
world,” said Mel White, co-founder of Soul-
force, which was involved in nonviolent civil
disobedience actions at several national denom­
inational meetings this summer. “We are hold­
ing the churches accountable.”
Hundreds of people, including prominent
Catholics and civil rights leaders, will join
with Dignity/USA and Soulforce in silent
vigil as a persistent and visible presence
Nov. 13 outside the National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception as bishops and dig­
nitaries from all over the world gather to cel­
ebrate Mass.
Those same people will return Nov. 14 for a
nonviolent protest and civil disobedience
against church policies of exclusion. Dignity/
U SA and Soulforce are demanding an apology
for the oppression the church has caused and the
establishment of a bishop’s committee to engage
in dialogue with sexual minorities.
Organizers anticipate this protest will culmi­
nate in the arrest of more than 100 Catholics
and allies from myriad faith traditions. In a let­
ter to members, Dignity/USA president Mary
Louise Cervone said, “Through our actions, we
are seeking an end to the teachings that demean
and exclude us from full participation in our
church as whole and holy people, without hav­
ing to hide or deny who we are."
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ormer police officer Elizabeth Bryant’s dis­
crimination lawsuit against New York City