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PREVIEW: ‘The Amazing Race’ 21 — Meet the newest members of ‘team gay’
“The Amazing Race 21,” the 21st race-around-the-world for a million bucks, kicks off on CBS on Sunday, September 30, and in a welcome change from last season’s gay-free Race, this installment sees mixed in among the usual dating couples, twins and… monster truck drivers? — three known members of Team Gay.
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Sixth annual Network Responsibility Index finds LGBT stories central part of TV landscape
LOS ANGELES — The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) on Thursday released its sixth annual Network Responsibility Index (NRI) — a report that maps the quantity, quality and diversity of images of LGBT people on television — and for the third year in a row, The CW was the top broadcast network with 29 percent of its prime time programming hours being LGBT-inclusive.
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RNC 2012: Ryan praises Romney as ‘defender of marriage’
TAMPA, Fla. — Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan devoted a key speech Wednesday evening to attacking the current administration while praising Mitt Romney and his record as a “defender of marriage.”
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Radio station cancels public affairs program over interview with LGBT advocate
RENO, Nev. — A Fox Radio affiliate in Reno, Nev. has cancelled a public affairs program because the show’s host conducted an interview on Aug. 12 with social commentator and LGBT advocate Will Kolb.
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New Zealand approves first of three votes to legalize same-sex marriage
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The New Zealand Parliament on Wednesday voted 80-40 in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage, the first of three votes which lawmakers must hold before the bill can become law.
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Washington advises Catholic diocese that anti-gay marriage collection is illegal
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The state of Washington has advised the Catholic diocese in Yakima, Wash., that its plans to conduct a special collection to benefit the campaign to defeat the state’s marriage equality law is illegal under the state’s campaign finance laws.
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Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch breaks with Romney, GOP over federal ban on same-sex marriage
TAMPA, Fla. — Utah’s senior U.S. Senator and an influential voice in the Republican party broke ranks Tuesday with GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and the party’s platform, differing on support for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
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California Assembly passes landmark bill to protect LGBT youth from reparative therapy
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Assembly on Tuesday voted 52 to 21 in favor of a bill that will protect LGBT youth from treatments by mental health practitioners who falsely claim to be able change their sexual orientation or gender expression.
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RNC 2012: Santorum calls for end to ‘assault on marriage’
TAMPA, Fla. — Speakers at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday hammered President Obama for what they said were failed economic policies while largely staying away from social or LGBT issues — although marriage was a cornerstone in the high-profile speech by former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum.
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Bisexual woman wins Arizona congressional primary
Openly bisexual candidate Kyrsten Sinema won a Democratic primary on Tuesday night and will advance to the November general election in Arizona’s 9th Congressional District.