Queer Notes

In late September, 30 people from the National Union of Students LGBT campaign and Outrage!, two UK gay rights groups, protested at the Ugandan High Commission in London. They denounced the outing of 58 Ugandans, alleged to be lesbians and gay men, by the Ugandan tabloid RED PEPPER. Uganda punishes male homosexuality by up to life imprisonment.

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Most LGBT high school students don't feel safe at school, according to "From Teasing to Torment," a report produced on behalf of GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network. The Harris Interactive poll found that as many as 90% of LGBT students are harassed at school. This, despite 85% of teachers who feel they must keep such students safe, whether or not they have administration support.

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A lesbian has been granted custody of her child by the Georgia Court of Appeals. After Victoria Moses and Kelvin King split up, custody of their child had originally been granted to Moses, but after her same-sex partner moved in with her, a lower court granted King custody, even though he had served jail time for not paying child support for more than a year and a half.