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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.
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Indiana governor Mike Pence defiant on religious objections law in re-election campaign launch
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence launched his re-election campaign Thursday night by taking a defiant stance against critics of the state’s new religious objections law that battered his image as a national star among conservatives.
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Arkansas bid to repeal anti‑discrimination limits dropped
A group dropped its campaign on Thursday to repeal an Arkansas law aimed at prohibiting cities and counties from extending anti-discrimination protections to LGBT people.
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Breanna Sinclairé becomes first trans person to perform National Anthem at MLB Game
It was only the second game Sinclairé ever attended, but the classically trained soprano, who has a 4½-octave range, broke new ground before the Oakland A’s game with the San Diego Padres at the A’s LGBT Pride night.
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Public meeting over reading of gay fable to third graders canceled
A public meeting in a small North Carolina town over the reading of a story about a gay prince to third-graders has been canceled.
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Gay cadets become first same-sex couple to join Boston police force
Among the 64 recruits who graduated from the Boston Police Academy on Wednesday were two openly gay cadets, believed to be the first openly gay couple to ever graduate from a police academy together.
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NOM will again ask GOP presidential candidates to sign anti-gay marriage pledge
The National Organization for Marriage will again ask candidates seeking the Republican presidential nomination to sign a pledge promising to support a constitutional amendment defining marriage as being between one man and one woman.
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Texas man indicted in murder of lesbian daughter, girlfriend
More than a year after the bodies of a lesbian couple were discovered next to a dumpster behind a convenience store, the father of one of the women has been indicted on a capital murder charge for their deaths.
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Poll: Pence’s re-election on the ropes because of anti-LGBT legislation
A new poll reveals Indiana Governor Mike Pence’s deeply damaged political reputation continues to decline over two months after signing into law an anti-LGBT “religious refusal” bill.
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Glenn Burke’s family at game as Oakland A’s honor him on LGBT Pride Night
Glenn Burke’s sister had a tough time even coming to the Oakland Coliseum for Athletics Pride Night. Her brother’s death remains painful 20 years later, but she knows how much it would have meant to Burke to be honored in his former ballpark as baseball’s first openly gay player.
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Special election set for Fayetteville’s LGBT anti-discrimination law
A special election will be held later this year over a proposed Fayetteville city law intended to shield LGBT residents from discrimination.
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California attorney general moves to dismiss ‘shoot the gays’ ballot proposal
California’s attorney general is asking a judge to toss out a proposed ballot initiative that advocates killing anyone who engages in gay sex.
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The seven minutes in 2000 when the Clinton White House considered endorsing marriage equality
An aide quickly dismissed the proposal, part of a larger debate reported on for the first time by BuzzFeed News. It would be another 11 years before Bill Clinton endorsed marriage equality.
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Navy considers elevating discharge requirements for transgender service members
The Navy may soon join the Air Force and the Army in requiring high-level approval to separate transgender service members from the military, military officials said Tuesday.
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South Korea: Court rules police cannot ban LGBT pride march
A court in the South Korean capital Seoul ruled Tuesday that police violated the law when they banned a pride march to be held June 28 as the culmination of the Korean Queer Cultural Festival, according to a press release from organizers.
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amfAR honors Miley Cyrus, Andy Cohen; Cyrus attends with ‘queer, biracial, agender person’
Miley Cyrus and late-night talk show host Andy Cohen were recognized Tuesday in New York at amfAR’s sixth annual Inspiration Gala for their work in the fight against AIDS.
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N.D. GOP lawmaker who was outed after sending graphic photo on Grindr won’t resign
A North Dakota lawmaker who sent a graphic photo of himself to another user of a gay hook-up site says he has no intention of leaving the Legislature.
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‘Big Brother’ casts first openly transgender houseguest
CBS has revealed the cast of “Big Brother 17, which includes the first-ever openly transgender contestant on the U.S. version of the popular summer series.
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New York: Suspect in chair-bashing of gay man surrenders
Bayna-Lehkiem El-Amin, 41, walked into a New York precinct with his lawyer on June 16 to surrender for the attack May 5 at a Chelsea Dallas BBQ with a wooden chair.
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North Carolina teacher who read students gay fable resigns after parents protest
After a third-grader tearfully recounted how another boy had called him “gay.”, teacher Omar Currie chose to raise the issue during story time by reading his students a fable about a prince who falls in love with another prince.