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Last week Malaysia’s government announced that it would ban gay characters from state television programs and radio shows.

A judge has ruled that a Missouri school district must replace its Internet filter because it blocks several pro-gay websites but allows students to access anti-gay pages.

The anti-gay group One Million Moms is demanding Toys ’R’ Us remove an Archie comic book from its shelves which features a gay character getting married to his partner. The group previously attacked JC Penney for hiring Ellen DeGeneres as its spokeswoman.

The ACLU has intervened at a California school where students were blocked from accessing sites addressing GLBT issues, while filters continued to allow access to sites that condemned gays or said they could be "cured."

The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Michigan and the ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri sent letters to public high schools today demanding that the schools stop viewpoint-based censorship of LGBT web content.

Lady Gaga has urged young Malaysians to protest the censorship of lyrics in her hit song that encourage acceptance of gays.