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Morocco: Two gay men to serve 4 months for posing close together for photograph
Two Moroccan gay men have been sentenced to four months each in jail after they were arrested for standing too close to one another as they posed for a photograph in front of a historic site in Rabat.
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News (USA)
Couples, officials, foes prepare for high court’s same-sex marriage ruling
With a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage expected any day now, gay couples in states with bans are making wedding plans, courthouse officials are getting ready for different scenarios and steadfast foes are working on their strategies to keep up the opposition.
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Life
Esurance: ‘In the modern world, all dreams are equal’
Ahead of an anticipated U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of nationwide marriage equality, Esurance released this video on Monday to commemorate LGBT pride and celebrate “all marriages.”
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Life
‘One Million Moms’ attacks LGBT-inclusive Chobani, Tylenol pride month ads
The anti-LGBT group “One Million Moms” is denouncing two new ads featuring same-sex couples, released this earlier this month by Chobani and Tylenol in honor of LGBT pride month.
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News (World)
LGBT rights advocates slam Malaysia for prosecuting transgender women
Human Rights Watch on Monday criticized a Malaysian Islamic court for fining nine Muslim transgender women for cross-dressing and jailing two of them for a month.
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News (World)
Pitcairn Island, population 48, legalizes same-sex marriage
Pitcairn Island, a tiny speck in the Pacific that’s home to just 48 people, has passed a law allowing same-sex marriage – but has no gay couples wanting to wed.
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News (USA)
New York State Fair to hold its first ever LGBT pride day
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says a celebration of New York’s LGBT community will take place on Friday, August 28th to formalize what has been an informal gathering at the fair by members of the LGBT community.
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News (USA)
IBM cancels ribbon-cutting because of Bobby Jindal’s anti-gay executive order
IBM has cancelled Monday’s ribbon-cutting for its new National Service Center in Baton Rouge because of Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal’s executive order protecting those who object to same-sex marriage.
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Commentary
A gay dad sounds off on the terror threatening to be unleashed on California families
It’s time to take the lunatics seriously. Months ago, it was announced that a crackpot lawyer in California had paid a $200 filing fee to propose the “Sodomite Suppression Act.” The proposition, if codified, would make it legal to massacre gay people.
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Commentary
Christian Right issues anti-LGBT manuals teaching legal discrimination
Christian Right leaders may be assuming they’ll lose their battle against equality for LGBTQ people, and they are hunkering down for what they foresee as a long siege against conservative Christian churches, businesses, and organizations.
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Commentary
Gay Marriage’s Moment
Remember the AIDS crisis? If you lived in a big American city during its spread, you were witness to constant sorrow and countless examples of gay people treated as second-class citizens.
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News (World)
PHOTOS: Thousands attend high-profile LGBT pride event staged in Latvia’s capital
Participants in colorful outfits waved rainbow flags and standards from Spain, Britain, Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia, among others, as they marched and danced to loud music in central Riga.
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Life
As same-sex marriage becomes more widely accepted, ranks of gay dads increase
More so than heterosexual couples or lesbians, who can bear their own children, gay men face high hurdles en route to parenthood. The main avenues open to them – adoption or surrogacy – can be costly and complicated. But many gay men are going out of their way to become dads, and as they celebrate Father’s Day this year, they can anticipate that their ranks will swell if the U.S. Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage nationwide.
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News (USA)
Report: Former Twin Cities archbishop tried to limit probe into sexual misconduct
The former archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Rev. John Nienstedt, interfered with an investigation by an outside law firm into allegations of his misconduct.
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Life
Michigan GOP lawmaker: Don’t teach kids it’s ok to be gay, they might get AIDS, STD’s
Gary Glenn, who is a long-time anti-gay activist who also happens to be a GOP member of the Michigan state House, says school officials should be held criminally liable if students are taught about homosexuality and then contract a sexually transmitted disease.
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Life
Nick Cearley on playing Puck, LGBT pride month, The Skivvies
It seems like every summer there’s a production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” but Nick Cearley feels the one he’s starring in nicely compliments LGBT pride month.
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Life
Google marks LGBT pride month with stunning ad about gender transition
Google — one of the world’s most powerfully visible corporate LGBT advocates — is out with a new spot for Pride Month that tells the deeply poignant story of a transgender man and the small business that helped him during his transition.
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Life
Gay couple who always wanted to be dads now adopting their 7th child, a gay teen
Right from the start of their relationship, Eric Charles-Gallo and Louis Gallo of Kansas City, Missouri, knew they wanted to be dads.
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News (USA)
Philadelphia boy scout council affirms policy allowing gay adult leaders
The Cradle of Liberty Council vote Friday bans discrimination based on sexual orientation for scouts, leaders and employees.
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News (USA)
Texas Supreme Court upholds divorce of same-sex couple
The Texas Supreme Court has upheld the Austin divorce of a same-sex couple, rejecting challenges in a state where same-sex marriage remains outlawed.