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Obama calls for end to conversion therapy for LGBT youth
The move comes in response to an online petition posted on the White House website following the death of 17-year-old Leelah Alcorn. The transgender teen committed suicide in December and left behind writings mentioning religious therapy.
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Maryland lawmakers ease birth certificate requirements for transgender residents
A measure to make it easier for transgender residents to get new birth certificates has cleared the Maryland General Assembly and now heads to Gov. Larry Hogan.
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Colorado Senate panel rejects bill to prohibit conversion therapy on minors
A bill to ban conversion therapy for LGBT youth in Colorado has been rejected by Republicans that control the state Senate.
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Reports: Barry Manilow marries longtime business manager Garry Kief
The 71-year-old singer, who has never publicly acknowledged being gay, exchanged vows in surprise ceremony at his Palm Springs home last year, according to reports.
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Florida poised to repeal 38-year-old ban on gay adoption
Florida is poised to repeal its nearly 40-year-old ban on gay adoption, and in a stunning turnaround Wednesday, the state Senate blocked efforts to allow agencies to refuse adoptions by same-sex couples on religious or moral grounds.
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Florida bakery may sue Arizona evangelist over anti-gay cake request, recording
An Arizona man who caused controversy after his request to a Florida bakery to make a cake with an anti-gay marriage message, says he is being unfairly portrayed, while the bakery says it’s considering legal action against him.
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North Carolina AG says he’d veto religious exemption bills if governor
North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper, who is preparing a run for governor in 2016, says he rejects a proposal allowing public officials to cite religion for declining to serve same-sex couples.
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Lawsuit alleges AIDS Healthcare Foundation scammed Medicare for $20M
A lawsuit filed in South Florida federal court alleges one of the nation’s largest suppliers of HIV and AIDS medical care bilked federal Medicare and Medicaid programs in a $20 million dollars scam that spanned in a 12-states.
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Jonesboro, Ark., town leaders reject protections for LGBT city workers
Jonesboro city leaders have rejected a proposal to protect city employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Guam rejects lesbian couple’s marriage license application
Guam on Wednesday rejected a marriage license application from the first-same sex couple to apply for the document in the U.S. island territory.
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Tom DeLay: Christians must fight for the right to discriminate ‘with every ounce of our being’
Tom DeLay is defending “religious freedom” laws against the attacks from people who “have chosen to be homosexuals,” saying that conservative Christians must be ready to “fight this battle to the bitter end.”
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Nevada bill would ban gay-to-straight conversion therapy for minors
The bill would prohibit social workers and psychotherapists from providing sexual orientation and gender identity conversion therapy to LGBT youth under the age of 18.
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Cake wars: Bakeries serve up tension between LGBT rights, religious objections
A pair of Colorado cases – locally dubbed the “Cake Wars” – have added a new twist to the fight over LGBT discrimination and the “religious freedom” debate playing out across the U.S.
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Springfield, Mo., voters repeal LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance
With more than 97 percent of the votes tallied, 51.4 percent of voters opted to repeal the ordinance, while 48.5 percent voted to retain the measure.
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Several Texas lawmakers, top business leaders vow to kill proposed anti-LGBT bills
Several Texas lawmakers and top business leaders vowed Tuesday to kill two proposed constitutional amendments they say will promote anti-LGBT discrimination and could lead to backlash similar to recent reactions in Indiana and Arkansas.
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Aetna aims for LGBT community with targeted marketing test
Aetna is urging LGBT customers to “be proud” – and consider buying its coverage – as part of a new, narrow focus to selling health insurance in a business where the individual’s buying decision matters more than it used to.
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Elton John, Michael Stipe call for protection of transgender inmates
Elton John and Michael Stipe are calling for the equal rights of transgender inmates following claims that a transgender woman was mistreated at a Georgia prison.
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Online petition seeks to save job of gay speech teacher fired by Catholic school
Students, parents and alumni of an Omaha Catholic high school are among the thousands who’ve signed an online petition calling for the school to reverse its decision to fire a teacher over his same-sex relationship.
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Volunteer firefighters face charges for sexually penetrating trainee during ‘hazing’ incident
Six individuals, including five volunteer firefighters are facing criminal charges in Ellis County, Texas, after a trainee reported he had been sexually penetrated with a sausage during a “hazing” incident.
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Federal judge delays civil suit in same-sex couple’s custody case
A federal judge has delayed a Vermont woman’s lawsuit against people she maintains helped her former same-sex partner and their daughter flee the country rather than comply with child custody orders.