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Ohio court: Minister changes stance on gay weddings
Court officials in Toledo say the minister performed two same-sex marriages late last week.
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Supreme Court Justice Kennedy to speak in San Diego
Kennedy’s appearance at the 9th Circuit Judicial Conference comes shortly after the nation’s highest court put an end to same-sex marriage bans in the 14 states that still maintained them.
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Salem, Mo. Native Counters Anti-Gay Flag Vote with LGBT Scholarship
In reaction to the Dent County Commission’s decision to fly flags “below half-staff in “mourning” over the legalization of gay marriage, Jacob Wilson created a $1,000 “Courage Scholarship” to be granted to a graduating high school senior who “has demonstrated or shows great potential to work for change in their community.”
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UN expresses concern over LGBT rights in Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey –— The U.N. has expressed concern over a spate of violent and discriminatory acts against Turkey’s LGBT community and called on the country to combat homophobic acts and uphold gay rights. The statement from the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday follows a violent police crackdown last month on a gay […]
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Joel McHale ready to take aim at athletes during ESPY Awards –– including Caitlyn Jenner
“The reactions have been so extreme to Caitlyn being given this award,” McHale said. “You can’t deny in the ’70s that Bruce Jenner was the biggest, most famous athlete in America next to Muhammad Ali. Sheer athletic accomplishment definitely deserves that award.”
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Wal-Mart accused of same-sex bias in class-action lawsuit
Jacqueline Cote says Wal-Mart repeatedly denied medical insurance for her wife before 2014, when the retail giant started offering benefits for same-sex spouses.
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Hawaii eases process to switch gender on birth certificates
The new law eliminates the requirement that someone must undergo gender reassignment surgery before officially making the switch.
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Dent County Commission votes to ‘mourn’ same-sex marriage
The commission plans to lower the flags below half-staff on the 26th of each month for a year, running from July to June.
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Ohio Air Force base to hold LGBT run celebrating diversity
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base says in a release that the 5K Diversity Color Run on Thursday is open to everyone and will cost participants $10 each.
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Rand Paul doesn’t know if clerks can deny gay marriages
Paul said he is “not a legal authority on that.”
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Boy Scouts executive committee OKs ending ban on gay leaders
In a statement Monday, the BSA said the resolution was approved by the 17-member executive committee on Friday, and would become official policy if ratified by the organization’s 80-member National Executive Board at a meeting on July 27.
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Same-sex couples sue Arkansas over birth certificates
Three same-sex couples have sued Arkansas health officials for not allowing both spouses to be named on their children’s birth certificates.
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Decision delayed in Kentucky clerk’s same-sex marriage case
A federal judge has delayed a decision on whether a local official can use her religious beliefs to justify not issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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Archbishop: School that fired gay teacher showed ‘character’
Archbishop Charles Chaput (SHAP’-yoo) says the Sisters of Mercy and board members who run Waldron Mercy Academy are simply being “honest” about the church’s teaching. The church opposes gay marriage.
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Military announces plan to lift transgender ban
Defense Secretary Ash Carter has ordered a six-month study aimed at formally ending one of the last gender- or sexuality-based barriers to military service, saying the Pentagon’s current regulations banning transgender individuals from serving in the military need to be examined.
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‘I Am Jazz’: a transgender girl plus a family that loves her
Since being interviewed on ABC’s “20/20” by Barbara Walters at age 6, Jazz Jennings has emerged as a leading advocate, role model and explainer for the transgender community. Now she’s opening the door to her everyday routine on “I Am Jazz,” an 11-episode unscripted series premiering on TLC on Wednesday at 10 p.m. EDT.
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Survey: It’s not OK for businesses to deny service to LGBTs
A majority of small business owners believe companies shouldn’t be allowed to withhold goods or services from lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people based on an owner’s religious beliefs, according to a survey released Monday.
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Same-sex marriage back in court in Kentucky
A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments about county clerk Kim Davis, who has refused to issue marriage licenses after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing same-sex marriage.
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Resistance to gay marriages travels a well-worn path
Legal experts suggest that history might hint at how the coming months will unfold, as a handful of defiant clerks across the South and Midwest refuse to abide by the Supreme Court’s ruling last month that legalized gay marriage.
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Gay rights activist pleased with papal message
The Paraguayan gay rights activists who attended a gathering that Pope Francis held with 1,600 members of so-called civil society says some in his own movement thought he should have skipped it.