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News (USA)
New York GOP lawmaker who supported gay marriage survives primary
BUFFALO, N.Y. — New York State Sen. Mark Grisanti (R-Buffalo), one of the four Republicans who voted in favor of a marriage equality bill last year, and who has since been targeted by the anti-gay the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) because of that vote, won his GOP primary race Thursday.
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Dems call on Thompson to fire senior adviser who gay-baited Tammy Baldwin
Democrats are calling on GOP U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson to fire his campaign’s senior communications adviser more than a week after he sent out messages attacking rival Tammy Baldwin’s “heartland values” because of her sexual orientation.
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Commentary
Is it Politics or is it Prejudice?
One cannot ignore the race question when it comes to this election. I’ve seen too many websites filled with racist cartoons and hate-filled rhetoric for me not to believe that we are still a nation filled with bigots who believe that gays, women and people of a certain color and religion have their place and need to be kept there. Sadly, the Republican Party plays on that with their anti-gay, non-Christian-baiting, women-hating, “let them eat cake” platform…
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Who’s Who at this year’s ‘Values Voter Summit 2012’
This weekend Republican and conservative leaders, including GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, are set to address the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C.
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News (World)
British producer jailed in Uganda for staging play depicting gay characters
KAMPALA, Uganda — The British manager of a bar and cultural center in the Ugandan capital city was arrested and remains in police custody after being denied bail for staging a play last week, whose main character is a gay businessman who is killed by his own employees.
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Principal ends cosmetology program after perceived gay student enrolls
BEAUMONT, Texas — The principal of the Beaumont Independent School District’s Taylor Career and Technology Center has cancelled the school’s Adult Cosmetology class that the center has offered for ten years rather than admit a student he perceived was gay, according to the program’s instructor.
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News (USA)
Philadelphia police investigating murder of transgender community volunteer
PHILADELPHIA — Homicide detectives are investigating the killing of a well known member of Philadelphia’s LGBT community, Kyra Kruz, a 27-year-old transgender woman who was found dead in a wooded area of the city’s Frankford area. She had suffered a gunshot wound to the head.
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News (USA)
Advocacy group begins airing pro-marriage equality television ads
SEATTLE — Washington United for Marriage (WUM), the broad coalition working to defend the state’s marriage law, this week began airing its first television advertisement aimed at gaining voter support for marriage equality.
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News (USA)
New Hampshire gay lawmaker wins state Senate primary, Delaware candidates advance
Openly gay New Hampshire State Rep. David Pierce was victorious Tuesday in his Democratic primary for the state senate, and he faces no opponent this November.
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FRC’s Tony Perkins advises parents not to ‘condone and enable’ homosexuality
A prominent social conservative leader compared homosexuality to drug use on Wednesday while urging parents not to “condone and enable” a child being gay.
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News (USA)
Poll: Minnesota voters split on proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage
Minnesota’s voters are evenly divided on their support of a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, according to the latest polling by North Carolina-based of Public Policy Polling.
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NHL’s Washington Capitals announces support for ‘You Can Play’ equality project
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals professional hockey team has announced it will become the latest NHL team franchise to support the “You Can Play” equality project, which endeavors to foster equality, respect and safety for all athletes, regardless of sexual orientation.
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News (USA)
Human rights groups urge public officials not to attend ‘Values Voter Summit’
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A coalition of human rights groups is calling on public officials not to attend this week’s Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., because its host, the Family Research Council, has spread demonizing lies about the LGBT community, and because one of its co-sponsors, the American Family Association, has linked homosexuality to the Holocaust.
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News (USA)
New report outlines sweeping inequalities facing LGBT Americans
WASHINGTON — With the presidential election a mere two months away, the stakes are high for the estimated nine million LGBT Americans whose daily lives are limited by a lack of federal protections, and according to a new publication, most LGBT Americans live in a two-tier system where they must navigate conflicting state laws with the federal government’s refusal to offer the most basic securities, such as employment non-discrimination and anti-bullying protections.
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News (USA)
GOP senators introduce bill to prohibit same-sex ceremonies on military bases
WASHINGTON — Two U.S. Senators on Tuesday introduced legislation that would prohibit same-sex unions from being held on military bases.
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News (USA)
Justice Department asks Supreme Court to hear two additional DOMA cases
The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday filed legal briefs with the Supreme Court asking justices to take up two additional cases challenging the Defense of Marriage Act upon their return from summer recess.
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News (USA)
Transgender advocacy group condemns planned ‘Anderson Live’ segment
WASHINGTON — The National Center for Transgender Equality on Wednesday denounced plans by the syndicated talk show “Anderson Live” to air a controversial interview with a person who claims an anti-baldness drug made them transgender.
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News (USA)
Google unblocks ‘bisexual’ from list of banned search results
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Without fanfare, internet search giant Google on Tuesday quietly unblocked the term “bisexual” from its search engine results.
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Gay college football player kicked off team after kissing boyfriend in press box
WAHPETON, N.D. — A college freshman football player in North Dakota said he was kicked off the team after creating a “distraction” because he a kissed his much-older boyfriend.
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Anti-gay Michele Bachmann in danger of losing congressional seat
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A recently conducted internal tracking poll for Democrats in Minnesota’s new 6th Congressional District shows that GOP incumbent Michele Bachmann could be in trouble.