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News (USA)
California school, feds settle transgender student’s discrimination complaint
DOWNEY, Calif. — A Southern California school district has settled a government claim that it discriminated against a transgender student who said she was forbidden to wear makeup, was harassed by other youngsters and was encouraged to change schools, it was announced Tuesday.
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Life
Las Vegas visitors bureau celebrates marriage equality with national campaign
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is celebrating marriage equality in Nevada, with a new full page ad appearing in USA Today, hoping to attract same-sex couples to the self-proclaimed “wedding capital of the world.”
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News (USA)
Idaho governor says he will not appeal same-sex marriage ruling
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter will not appeal the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal’s most recent decision to lift the state’s ban on gay marriage starting Wednesday.
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News (USA)
Judge allows GOP lawmakers to intervene in N.C. gay marriage cases
RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge has allowed Republican lawmakers to intervene in a pair of challenges to North Carolina’s now-defunct same-sex marriage ban, potentially enabling them to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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News (USA)
North Carolina magistrate refuses to officiate marriages of same-sex couples
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — A state magistrate in Pasquotank County, N.C., could face disciplinary action after refusing to marry two men following the end of North Carolina’s gay marriage ban. Magistrate Gary Littleton declined on Monday to perform the couple’s civil ceremony, citing his religious views that marriage should be between…
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News (USA)
Springfield, Missouri approves LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — After years of debate, the Springfield City Council has approved a bill that expands the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance to include protections for sexual orientation and gender identity. The council voted 6-3 Monday to pass the stronger of two proposed ordinances on the issue. The change, which prohibits discrimination …
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News (USA)
Next fight for gay marriage advocates: religious exemptions
Alarmed by the broad expansion of same-sex marriage set in motion by the U.S. Supreme Court, religious conservatives are moving their fight to state legislatures – seeking exemptions that would allow some groups, companies and people with religious objections to refuse benefits or service for gay spouses.
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News (USA)
Federal judge may hold hearing over South Carolina same-sex marriage ban
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Attorneys have until next week to file motions in a lawsuit playing a key role in South Carolina’s debate over legalizing same-sex marriage. U.S. District Judge Michelle Childs on Tuesday gave attorneys until Oct. 23 to file, with another three weeks for responses.
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News (World)
U.S. Embassy denounces plans to adopt anti-gay law in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK, Kyrgyz Republic — The United States is condemning plans in Kyrgyzstan to adopt an anti-gay propaganda law, a measure that is similar to anti-gay legislation passed in Russia in 2013. Kyrgyzstan’s parliament has begun debating the bill that would introduce tougher punishment for “popularizing homosexual relations” and “propaganda…
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Commentary
Marriage equality: Let freedom, and wedding bells, ring
The thing that is surprising is why it has taken so many decades to arrive at marriage equality. The lesbian moms and gay dads and their children of the 1960s were the leaders in same-sex marriage and family issues. History largely does not remember them. From the 1960s to the 1990s, the gay community, as a whole, was more interested in sexual liberation in dark alleys and other dangerous and unhealthy places than in marriage equality…