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Anti-LGBTQ hate letter stirs southern Minnesota community
A family in St. Peter, Minn., says they received a threatening anti-gay letter last week. St. Peter Police are investigating the letter which contains a death threat, according to Mankato-based Southern Minnesota News. The family — two women and their daughter — who received the letter are keeping a low profile, according to the Mankato […]
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Lettermandate: Rep Peggy Bennett recites fake top ten list to Freeborn County GOP picnic
Content provided by Bluestem Prairie and republished with permission. For more in-depth news from Greater Minnesota, check out Bluestemprairie.com. Minnesota State Representative Peggy Bennett, R-Albert Lea, campaigns online under the slogan of “People Before Politics” and a public persona who will: Listen carefully to your concerns and represent you reliably in the legislature Engage in […]
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Rep. Heintzeman believes God protected his heart from carrying Explore Minnesota tourism bill because of gays
Content provided by Bluestem Prairie and republished with permission. For more in-depth news from Greater Minnesota, check out Bluestemprairie.com. Tourism may be a big industry in the Brainerd Lakes area, but Rep. Josh Heintzeman, R-Nisswa, refused to carry the Explore Minnesota tourism bill when asked to do so by Republican House leadership, the conservative state […]
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MN school bans ‘Look Beyond,’ ‘Loud & Proud’ t-shirts after National Day of Silence ruckus
Content provided by Bluestem Prairie and republished with permission. For more in-depth news from Greater Minnesota, check out Bluestemprairie.com. Student speech has rarely been free in American high schools, and after “Loud & Proud” t-shirt-wearing Morris High students shouted at their silent peers who’d donned “Look Beyond” shirts for the pro-LGBT National Day of Silence, […]
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Rep. Miller takes break from new career as criminal justice reformer to oppress transgender students
Content provided by Bluestem Prairie and republished with permission. For more in-depth news from Greater Minnesota, check out Bluestemprairie.com. We posted yesterday in CCA’s maximum fanboy undergoes miraculous transformation on criminal justice reform about Representative Tim Miller’s remarkable conversion this month from tweeting that criminal justice reform was crazy to telling TPT Almanac that he’s […]
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Former Open Arms MN director Kevin Winge files as independent candidate in Minnesota’s Seventh
Content provided by Bluestem Prairie and republished with permission. For more in-depth news from Greater Minnesota, check out Bluestemprairie.com. After months of exploring a bid for Minnesota’s sprawling Seventh Congressional District, Montevideo resident and Dawson native Kevin Winge filed his candidacy’s paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on January 27. While earlier articles reported that […]
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Annandale toxic rocker Bradlee Dean still a thing, says gay people never victims of hate
Content provided by Bluestem Prairie and republished with permission. For more in-depth news from Greater Minnesota, check out Bluestemprairie.com. We haven’t posted about Annandale toxic rocker, pastor and radio talker for a while, since he’s not been so much a thing after he dissolved his street teams to focus on captive radio audiences. Right Wing […]
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MN cities score above average on LGBT equality study
The Human Rights Campaign released its annual Municipal Equality Index last week rating the nation’s largest cities on their efforts toward LGBTQ equality. In Minnesota, Minneapolis and St. Paul each scored 100 points, the highest possible score. The average score for U.S. Cities was 56; all Minnesota cities scored above average. Minneapolis and St. Paul […]
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Voters add two openly LGBT candidates to the Duluth City Council
The Duluth City Council will have two new voices representing the LGBT community. Em Westerlund and Gary Anderson won their bids for the Duluth City Council on Nov. 3 by healthy margins. Em Westerlund won in District 3 representing Central Hillside, Lincoln Park, East Hillside, and part of Duluth Heights neighborhoods. Westerlund’s campaign website says, […]
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Fargo-Moorhead LGBT Pride to celebrate 15 years
Fargo-Moorhead Pride has evolved into a full week of events over the last 15 years. Bowling, a film screening, a block party, a parade, a flag raising, a dance party, a worship service, a run and walk, and youth events are all planned for the second week of August. Pride week kicks off on Sunday, […]