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Suspect charged with shoving trans woman off subway platform pleads not guilty
A man accused of pushing a transgender woman onto the New York City subway tracks has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and attempted assault.
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Southern Baptist leader vows never to officiate same-sex union
The president of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination vowed never to officiate a gay union, and the Southern Baptist Convention called on the Supreme Court not to declare same-sex marriage a constitutional right.
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Trump jumps in 2016 race, seeks GOP nomination for president
Real-estate mogul and reality-television star Donald Trump said Tuesday he will seek the Republican nomination for president. He’s the 12th high-profile Republican to enter the 2016 race, with more to come in the weeks ahead.
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Golden State Warriors President named grand marshall of San Francisco pride
Rick Welts was president of the Phoenix Suns when he came out publicly in 2011 via a front-page article in The New York Times. He joined the Warriors later that year.
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South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg says in essay that he’s gay
The first-term Democratic mayor writes in an essay published Tuesday in the South Bend Tribune that he was well into adulthood “before I was prepared to acknowledge the simple fact that I am gay.”
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Energy executive charged in Austin attack on gay man from Dallas
An energy executive and father of a former University of Texas football player is facing an assault charge in an attack on a gay Dallas man in Austin.
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Jeb Bush launches 2016 bid, vows to get Washington ‘out of the business of causing problems’
Jeb Bush launched a Republican presidential bid with a vow to get Washington “out of the business of causing problems” and to stay true to his beliefs.
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U.S. ambassador praises Australian gay rights progress, despite same-sex marriage ban
John Berry, who is openly gay, told Australian marriage equality supporters that although their nation continues to ban same-sex marriage, it remains more progressive than his own in protecting the rights of gay employees.
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Fisher-Price, Proud Parenting launch LGBT Family Photo Gallery
Fisher-Price and Proud Parenting have announced the launch of the Proud Parenting LGBT Family Photo Gallery, a program to increase the visibility of LGBT parents and to encourage interaction and support between LGBT parents, their friends and their allies.
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Rupert Murdoch: LGBT advocacy in Clinton speech ‘almost fascist’
Rupert Murdoch described as “almost fascist” Hillary Clinton’s remarks in support of anti-discrimination protections for LGBT Americans during her campaign launch speech on Saturday.
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1. The president doesn’t get to veto Supreme Court rulings. 2. Rick Santorum will never be president.
With the Supreme Court due to rule on marriage any day now, Presidential “candidate” Rick Santorum says he would fight back against a pro-equality ruling. So do couples need to worry about the possibility that Santorum could stop them from marrying?
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Philadelphia July 4th events to recall bold 1965 gay rights protest
On the Fourth of July 50 years ago, when homosexuality was considered a mental illness and a same-sex couple’s public declaration of love put their lives and livelihoods at risk, about 40 people took a stand by staging a peaceful protest in front of Independence Hall. This year, Philadelphia’s Independence Day festivities will mark the city’s important place in the history of America’s gay rights movement with events billed as the 50th anniversary of the LGBT rights movement.
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Thousands attend Indianapolis LGBT pride following stinging debate over anti-gay law
Tens of thousands of people converged Saturday on Indianapolis for an annual parade celebrating the LGBT community only months after a stinging debate over Indiana’s new religious objections law.
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Latest Arkansas ruling throws new wrinkle in state’s same-sex marriage debate
A judge’s ruling that Arkansas must recognize more than 500 same-sex marriages that were performed in state last year throws a new wrinkle in a legal fight that’s been sitting before the state Supreme Court for more than a year now.
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Michael Sam leaves CFL camp for personal reasons
The CFL team said the rookie defensive end has been given special permission to return home to Texas. The Alouettes are keeping the “nature of his decision” confidential.
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Thousands of LGBT rights supporters march through Warsaw in annual ‘Equality Parade’
Thousands of activists have marched in scorching weather in Warsaw’s 15th yearly “Equality Parade” on Saturday, confirming a growing public support for LGBT rights.
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Crowd gathers in Honolulu to celebrate Jim Nabors’ 85th birthday
Friday marked not only Jim Nabor’s birthday, but the start of his 40th year with his now-husband, Stan Cadwallader.
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Hillary Clinton kicks off 2016 presidential bid: No anti-LGBT discrimination
In her roughly 45 minute speech, Clinton laid out a wish list of Democratic policies including a ban on discrimination against LGBT people and their families.
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Over 100,000 celebrate at Tel Aviv LGBT Pride, region’s biggest
Thousands of bare-chested muscular men, drag queens in heavy makeup and high heels, women in colorful balloon costumes and others partied at Tel Aviv’s annual gay pride parade on Friday, the largest event of its kind in the region.
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Mexico Supreme Court declares same-sex marriage bans unconstitutional
The court’s ruling is considered a “jurisprudential thesis” and does not invalidate any state laws, meaning gay couples denied the right to wed would have to turn to the courts individually.