Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
Andrew Shirvell fired from job at Michigan Attorney General's Office
Andrew Shirvell fired from job
Breaking News
Breaking News
UPDATED WITH COMMENTS FROM MIKE COX: Andrew Shirvell fired from job at Michigan Attorney General's Office
Monday, October 11, 2010
Eighth arrested in Bronx gay-bash, torture
Eighth arrested in Bronx gay-bash, torture
The faces of shame! Take a good look at them! Shame on them!
The faces of shame! Take a good look at them! Shame on them!
Remember theses faces and these names...
Suspects under arrest were identified as David Rivera, 21; Nelson Falu, 17; Steven Carballo, 17; Denis Peitars, 17; Bryan Almonte, 17; and Brian Cepeda, 16. They were being held by the police in the Bronx on Friday night, with no arraignment scheduled. Still being sought, the police said, are Elmer Confessor, 23, and Ruddy Vargas-Perez, 22.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Anderson Cooper To Host Town Hall On Gay Bullying Epidemic
Anderson Cooper To Host Town Hall On Gay Bullying Epidemic
By On Top Magazine Staff
Anderson Cooper To Host Town Hall On Gay Bullying Epidemic
By On Top Magazine Staff
Published: October 06, 2010
Anderson Cooper, host of CNN's Anderson Cooper 360, will host a town hall Friday focusing on the the bullying epidemic facing gay teens.
The one-hour special, titled Bullying: No Escape; an AC 360 Special Report with People Magazine and Cartoon Network, will air Friday on CNN at 10PM.
“Bullying is not just in schools anymore,” Cooper told People. “It is after school, at night, in social media networks and mobile devices. It's a 24-hours-a-day thing now.”
The special is expected to focus on the recent rash of teens who committed suicide after being harassed by other kids for being gay.
“The fact that 11 year olds are hanging themselves is unacceptable,” he added.
Participants in the panel include author, psychologist and host of his own television show, Dr. Phil, Phil McGraw and Rosalind Wiseman, author of Queen Bees and Wannabees, which inspired the film Mean Girls.
People's next issue will also focus on the issue of bullying. Cartoon Network on Monday launched its own anti-bullying initiative, Stop Bullying: Speak Up, which combines PSAs with an interactive website.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Chris Armstrong will be a guest on Anderson Cooper's 360 Wed 06 Oct 2010
andersoncooper Verified Account
From ac: chris armstrong the college student targeted for months by an asst attorney gen in michigan will break his silence on 360 tomorrow
Expect Respect in Michigan Rally.
Expect Respect in Michigan Rally
Press Release: Rally Friday in Lansing in Support of Michigan’s LGBTQ Community
For Immediate Release
Contact: Adrian Delmont, Event Organizer
Expect Respect Michigan
adelmont@umich.edu
Rally Friday in Lansing in Support of Michigan’s LGBTQ Community
Capitol East Steps, October 8, 2010, 1:00-2:00 PM
On Friday, October 8, 2010, a student-organized community rally will take place on the East Steps of the Capital Building in Lansing, Michigan, in support of the University of Michigan’s Student Assembly President, Chris Armstrong. Escalating attacks on Chris’s public and private reputation, by a State official, coincide with a shocking spike in Gay teen suicides over the past month. Many of these deaths have been attributed to on-line bullying. This coincidence cannot help but give us pause.
“Along with many student peers, I was simply dumbfounded watching CNN last week. Who wouldn’t be shocked that a member of Michigan’s Attorney General’s office would obsess on college politics for no better reason that an apparent hatred of gay people? This is exactly the kind of rhetoric that makes teens think it’s OK to bully their peers, and contributes to an increased risk of suicide in LGBT youth,” says Adrian Delmont, founder and event organizer for Expect Respect in Michigan.
This state-wide rally aims to demonstrate the clear message that the members and allies of Michigan’s LGBTQ community Expect and Demand Respect by all elected officials, and their employees, in a manner befitting the office. “Expect Respect in Michigan” is a student-organized group formed to convey that simple message, to mourn the loss of too many young people for such a personal experience, and to parrot the voice of many others to let them know, “It Gets Better.”
Press will be able to both cover the event and speak firsthand with the roster of presenters about this nationwide crisis, as well as their particular connections to the cause.
Who: Expect Respect in Michigan
What: A rally in support of Michigan’s LGBTQ community.
When: Friday, October 8, 2010, 1:00 to 2:00 PM
Where:
East Steps, Michigan State Capitol
Lansing, MI 48922
Why:
The members and allies of Michigan’s LGBTQ community Expect and Demand Respect by all elected officials, and their employees, in a manner befitting the office. Expect Respect in Michigan mourns the loss of too many LGBTQ young people, and, to parrot the voice of many others, wants to let them know, “It Gets Better.”
To demonstrate:
That the nationwide crisis of LGBTQ teen suicide carries a local analogue, and a local community that demands better of its leaders.
Directions to event: The event will take place on the East Steps of the Michigan State Capital Building.
If westbound from I-96 or I-69: exit onto US-127 and proceed to downtown Lansing via I-496. From I-496, take the Walnut Street exit and proceed north.
If eastbound from I-96: exit east on I-496. From I-496, take the Walnut Street exit and proceed north.
Press Release: Rally Friday in Lansing in Support of Michigan’s LGBTQ Community
For Immediate Release
Contact: Adrian Delmont, Event Organizer
Expect Respect Michigan
adelmont@umich.edu
Rally Friday in Lansing in Support of Michigan’s LGBTQ Community
Capitol East Steps, October 8, 2010, 1:00-2:00 PM
On Friday, October 8, 2010, a student-organized community rally will take place on the East Steps of the Capital Building in Lansing, Michigan, in support of the University of Michigan’s Student Assembly President, Chris Armstrong. Escalating attacks on Chris’s public and private reputation, by a State official, coincide with a shocking spike in Gay teen suicides over the past month. Many of these deaths have been attributed to on-line bullying. This coincidence cannot help but give us pause.
“Along with many student peers, I was simply dumbfounded watching CNN last week. Who wouldn’t be shocked that a member of Michigan’s Attorney General’s office would obsess on college politics for no better reason that an apparent hatred of gay people? This is exactly the kind of rhetoric that makes teens think it’s OK to bully their peers, and contributes to an increased risk of suicide in LGBT youth,” says Adrian Delmont, founder and event organizer for Expect Respect in Michigan.
This state-wide rally aims to demonstrate the clear message that the members and allies of Michigan’s LGBTQ community Expect and Demand Respect by all elected officials, and their employees, in a manner befitting the office. “Expect Respect in Michigan” is a student-organized group formed to convey that simple message, to mourn the loss of too many young people for such a personal experience, and to parrot the voice of many others to let them know, “It Gets Better.”
Press will be able to both cover the event and speak firsthand with the roster of presenters about this nationwide crisis, as well as their particular connections to the cause.
Who: Expect Respect in Michigan
What: A rally in support of Michigan’s LGBTQ community.
When: Friday, October 8, 2010, 1:00 to 2:00 PM
Where:
East Steps, Michigan State Capitol
Lansing, MI 48922
Why:
The members and allies of Michigan’s LGBTQ community Expect and Demand Respect by all elected officials, and their employees, in a manner befitting the office. Expect Respect in Michigan mourns the loss of too many LGBTQ young people, and, to parrot the voice of many others, wants to let them know, “It Gets Better.”
To demonstrate:
That the nationwide crisis of LGBTQ teen suicide carries a local analogue, and a local community that demands better of its leaders.
Directions to event: The event will take place on the East Steps of the Michigan State Capital Building.
If westbound from I-96 or I-69: exit onto US-127 and proceed to downtown Lansing via I-496. From I-496, take the Walnut Street exit and proceed north.
If eastbound from I-96: exit east on I-496. From I-496, take the Walnut Street exit and proceed north.
UM-Flint Rally To Support Student Body Leader
UM-Flint Rally To Support Student Body Leader
"UM-Flint Rally To Support Student Body Leader Event To Celebrates Diversity, Student Government Says."
"UM-Flint Rally To Support Student Body Leader Event To Celebrates Diversity, Student Government Says."
Mormon leader gives anti-gay sermon after suicides -- sign the open letter!
Article:
"Many of us are familiar with the struggle that so many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender teens face. Anti-LGBT bullying in schools is out of control and has led to a number of recent teen suicides.
Yet a top Mormon Church apostle has chosen this precise moment to broadcast a message of intolerance to millions.
Boyd K. Packer, the second-highest Mormon leader, said same-sex attraction is "impure and unnatural" and can be overcome, and that same-sex unions are morally wrong and "against God's law and nature."
Please add your name to our open letter showing the Mormon Church hierarchy that it has risked further alienating vulnerable LGBT youth with potentially devastating consequences – and after you sign the letter, please post it on Facebook and share it with your friends so people everywhere know that these views are scientifically wrong and misguided."
Source:Human Rights Campaign
Equality and freedom for all.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Assistant AG Andrew Shirvell case delayed 3 weeks
Assistant AG Andrew Shirvell case delayed 3 weeks Read more: Assistant AG Andrew Shirvell case delayed 3 weeks |
Breaking News Hearing involving U-M student body president, assistant attorney general delayed 3 weeks
Hearing delayed over restraining order against assistant attorney general
Breaking News Hearing involving U-M student body president, assistant attorney general delayed 3 weeks
Hearing delayed over restraining order against assistant attorney general
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Staff University of Michigan student body president, assistant state attorney general face off in court Monday
University of Michigan student body president, assistant state attorney general face off in court Monday
Excerpt from article:
"Shirvell was one of a handful of paid consultants on Cox’s reelection campaign as he ran for attorney general. Campaign finance records show Cox’s campaign paid Shirvell $13,478.42 in fees and reimbursements from August to November 2006.
Campaign finance records also show Shirvell has given more than $400 in donations to Cox campaigns, including Cox’s unsuccessful run for governor this year."
Excerpt from article:
"Shirvell was one of a handful of paid consultants on Cox’s reelection campaign as he ran for attorney general. Campaign finance records show Cox’s campaign paid Shirvell $13,478.42 in fees and reimbursements from August to November 2006.
Campaign finance records also show Shirvell has given more than $400 in donations to Cox campaigns, including Cox’s unsuccessful run for governor this year."
Saturday, October 2, 2010
This headline has brought me to tears...
Suicides of gay teenagers: Four dead in three weeks...
I'm sorry I won't be posting anymore tonight...until tomorrow... take time to remember who was lost this week...love who you are and love one another.Peace and Blessings to you all.
More of Andy's Homophobic Behavior.
Gay pride sticker sparks controversy at pizzeria
Excerpt from the article....
Excerpt from the article....
"...Wright said that Shirvell does not have any official status as a spokesman for the church and that Shirvell’s view on this matter is in opposition to the majority of the parish.
Wright added that of the people he had spoken to about Shirvell’s statements, he could not find many who agreed with him.
“Most of the people — at least of the people I’m at work with — more were outraged and indignant about (Shirvell’s) posture than (the sticker itself),” he said..."
2 Other faces for the Hall of SHAME! Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei
Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei, who knew each other in high school college, have been charged with invasion of privacy. Ravi had even tweeted that he watched his livestream of Tyler Clementi from a computer in Wei's room. Both Ravi and Wei face up to five years in jail.
Tyler Clementi comitted suicide by jumping off the George Washington bridge as a result of Ravi's and Wei's hateful actions.
Shame of the two of you. Hopefully other charges and civil lawsuits will be brought against you two.
The Tragic Story of Tyler Clementi, Rutgers' Webcam Voyeurism Victim
How a College Kid Livestreamed His Roommate's Gay Sexual Encounter, Causing a Suicide
Is This Webcam Spying Victim Tyler Clementi's Last Call for Help?
Mike Cox Backtracks, Andrew Shirvell To Face Hearing For Attacks On Gay Student
Mike Cox Backtracks, Andrew Shirvell To Face Hearing For Attacks On Gay Student
By On Top Magazine Staff
Mike Cox Backtracks, Andrew Shirvell To Face Hearing For Attacks On Gay Student
By On Top Magazine Staff
Published: October 02, 2010
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox has reversed himself, saying Friday that Andrew Shirvell will face a disciplinary hearing for attacking gay student Chris Armstrong.
The Detroit Free Press reported Friday that Cox will look into Shirvell's actions after all.
Shirvell is facing mounting criticism and calls for his immediate resignation after he appeared on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 on Wednesday to defend his actions.
Shirvell began attacking Armstrong after he was elected president of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor Student Assembly in April. He's criticized and belittled Armstrong at Chris Armstrong Watch, a website he runs, now sealed off behind a password protected page.
The University of Michigan has banned Shirvell from its campus. And Armstrong, 21, has filed a personal protection order against him.
Earlier this week, Cox called Shirvell's actions “offensive,” but defended his right to express his opinions.
“He's clearly a bully. Absolutely,” Cox, a Republican, told Anderson Cooper. “And is he using the Internet to be a bully? Yes. But is that protected under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution? Yes.”
Cox now reasons that the university's actions, among other things, justifies disciplinary action.
“Standing outside anyone's home in the middle of the night … is not an action he would recommend to any state employee,” John Sellek, a Cox spokesman, told the Detroit Free Press.
University officials and students have rallied to Armstrong's side. Its president, Mary Sue Coleman, decried the attacks in a statement: “As a community we must not and will not accept displays of intolerance.”
“Chris, your mother and I are thinking of you every minute,” Steve Armstrong wrote. “We cannot begin to express the pride we feel in your strength, intelligence and leadership.”
** Here is another link on the same story Assistant AG to face a hearing
** Here is another link on the same story Assistant AG to face a hearing
The intolerance MUST stop. Equal Rights for ALL
Explain why Shirvell was using government computers for personal attacks???
Michigan Log Cabin Republican Treasurer, Tyler Whitney has again been the victim of lewd and harassing email by Andrew Shirvell
Explain how Mr Shrivell was allowed to use government computers for harassment and stalking purposes? In corporate America this isn't allowed....Why is it allowed at our governmental level? I don't believe it is. Mr Shirvell and Mike Cox just feel they are above the law.
Article copy (just incase the link disappears)
Fred Phelps works for AG Cox??
Michigan Log Cabin Republican Treasurer, Tyler Whitney has again been the victim of lewd and harassing email by Andrew Shirvell who Michigan Messenger reported works in the appellate division of Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox’s office.
You would think that the below emails were sent by militantly anti-gay Pastor of Westboro Baptist Church, Fred Phelps.
Be aware before you continue that the emails are very lewd and unbecoming of a government employee of his rank.
This first email is in response to the fake Log Cabin Republican email that went out last week whom we believe to have been sent out by a Kim Meltzer for State Senate operative. Below is Shirvell’s response to the email:
From: Andrew Shirvell <shirvell@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Join Leon Drolet as He Leads Protest for Our Rights @ State Capital Tom
To: redacted, redacted, redacted
Explain how Mr Shrivell was allowed to use government computers for harassment and stalking purposes? In corporate America this isn't allowed....Why is it allowed at our governmental level? I don't believe it is. Mr Shirvell and Mike Cox just feel they are above the law.
Article copy (just incase the link disappears)
Fred Phelps works for AG Cox??
Michigan Log Cabin Republican Treasurer, Tyler Whitney has again been the victim of lewd and harassing email by Andrew Shirvell who Michigan Messenger reported works in the appellate division of Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox’s office.You would think that the below emails were sent by militantly anti-gay Pastor of Westboro Baptist Church, Fred Phelps.
Be aware before you continue that the emails are very lewd and unbecoming of a government employee of his rank.
This first email is in response to the fake Log Cabin Republican email that went out last week whom we believe to have been sent out by a Kim Meltzer for State Senate operative. Below is Shirvell’s response to the email:
From: Andrew Shirvell <shirvell@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Join Leon Drolet as He Leads Protest for Our Rights @ State Capital Tom
To: redacted, redacted, redacted
You all are sick freaks. Absoluetly shameful, Leon. Your e-mail is beyond offensive. The grassroots will NEVER let you and your butt-buddies Tyler Whitney, Joe Sylvester, and James Justin(e) Wilson hijack our pro-life, pro-family party in pursuit of your PERVERTED radical homosexual agenda.
P.S. Justin(e), a persistant rumor in D.C. circles is that you and Illinois Log Cabin “Republican” Congress”man” Aaron Schock hooked-up together. Sick. Sick. SICK!!!!! Does your homosexual lover Steve know? Freak.
The second email is a follow up to the first:
From: Andrew Shirvell <shirvell@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Join Leon Drolet as He Leads Protest for Our Rights @ State Capital Tom
To: redacted, redacted, redacted
Date: Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Join Leon Drolet as He Leads Protest for Our Rights @ State Capital Tom
To: redacted, redacted, redacted
Miss Whitney: Shut the f—-up, f–. Got it? Good!
Also, for the record, what I do on my own time – during lunch or here at home – is my business. Stop trying to intimidate me and block my 1st Amendment right to speak out against your group’s wickedly insane agenda. You might remember a certain member of your group – Jason Vorva – sent out a disgusting hit piece about AG Cox last fall. So, if I were you or Justin(e), I’d shut the f—-up and stop your whining. I’m just so sick of your bull**** lies!! Your non-stop persecution of Christians like me, AG Cox, Paul Scott, and Glenn Clark is disgusting. Why are you even in the GOP? You’re nothing but a couple of perverted, spoiled rich kids who’d rather d— around than man-up.
That’s it; I’m done wasting my time with you two vermin.
Andrew Shirvell, Esq.
“Never Underestimate the Motivation of a True Believer”
“Never Underestimate the Motivation of a True Believer”
This email was Whitney’s response to Shirvell
From: Tyler D. Whitney <tylerdwhitney@gmail.com>
To: Andrew Shirvell <shirvell@sbcglobal.net>
Cc: redacted; redacted
Sent: Wed, February 3, 2010 12:52:08 PM
To: Andrew Shirvell <shirvell@sbcglobal.net>
Cc: redacted; redacted
Sent: Wed, February 3, 2010 12:52:08 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Join Leon Drolet as He Leads Protest for Our Rights @ State Capital Tom
Andrew,Are you deranged enough to actually think that was sent out with Leon’s consent by the actual LCRs?While we’ve never met, I always appreciate our exchanges. At least you don’t hide behind a fake address like Glenn Clark. Hugs,
Tyler
xoxo
Andrew,Are you deranged enough to actually think that was sent out with Leon’s consent by the actual LCRs?While we’ve never met, I always appreciate our exchanges. At least you don’t hide behind a fake address like Glenn Clark. Hugs,
Tyler
xoxo
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Fred Phelps or a senior member of the Michigan Government in the AGs office, you decide?
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