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LGBT Watch at the Olympics: Lesbians rule the day, and a kiss seen around the world
The first weekend of competition at the London 2012 Olympics is off to a great start for LGBT athletes. And a brief moment — a lesbian kiss — during the opening ceremonies on Friday night was truly a lesbian kiss seen around the world and sent anti-gay pundits into a tizzy.
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Boston mayor backs off Chick-fil-A; ACLU warns politicians to avoid threats
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino said he won’t back down from his stance against Chick-fil-A and its anti-marriage equality stance, but acknowledged Thursday he cannot prevent the fast-food chain from opening a new franchise across the street from City Hall.
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El Paso school district targets bullying following suicide of gay teen
EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso, Texas school district has strengthened its anti-discrimination policies to prevent bullying of LGBT students and employees after an El Paso teen committed suicide last month after enduring two years of anti-gay bullying.
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Democratic platform committee hears marriage equality testimony
The fight to include a marriage equality plank in the 2012 Democratic Party platform is heating up as one LGBT advocate drew on support from Democratic governors and the late Sen. Ted Kennedy in testimony urging platform committee members to adopt such language.
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Chick-fil-A VP of public relations dies unexpectedly of apparent heart attack
ATLANTA — Don Perry, the chief spokesman and Vice-President of Public Relations for fast-food chain Chick-fil-A, died Firday morning of an apparent heart attack.
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Are boycotts moral? For the Religious Right, it depends on who they’re targeting
As Chick-fil-A, a company that bankrolls anti-gay groups and whose CEO has said marriage equality is inviting God’s judgment, faces a national backlash for its opposition to gay rights, once again the Religious Right is employing an almost pathetic use of double standards…
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Victim in Nebraska hate crime comes forward, speaks out publicly
LINCOLN, Neb. — In her first appearance since suffering an alleged attack in a home invasion last week that police officials are investigating as a possible hate crime, Charlie Rogers of Lincoln, Neb., said, “I’m not hiding from this anymore.”
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LGBT watch at the Olympics: Torch bearer kisses his boyfriend as spectators cheer
LONDON – A gay man carrying the Olympic torch today on the streets of London was cheered by spectators when he kissed his boyfriend during his stretch of carrying the device that will light the giant Olympic Flame tonight during the opening ceremony that will be telecast by NBC in the U.S. on a tape-delay basis.
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AIDS 2012: Laura Bush stresses women pivotal in fight against AIDS
WASHINGTON — Former First Lady Laura Bush stressed on Thursday that women continue to play a crucial role in the global fight against HIV/AIDS.
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New York City latest to call on Supreme Court to overturn DOMA
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and lesbian New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn have joined the growing choir of individuals calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act.
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Massachusetts court rules Vermont ‘civil union’ equal to marriage in divorce proceeding
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court — the state’s highest appellate court — ruling in a case regarding divorce proceedings, said that a civil union in Vermont is “the equivalent of marriage in the Commonwealth.”
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NCTE attorney, named among best LGBT lawyers, talks transgender issues
For the past three years, The National LGBT Bar Association has selected the best LGBT lawyers under the age of 40. This year’s list includes Harper Jean Tobin, the National Center for Transgender Equality’s Policy Counsel.
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Out lesbian appointed to U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council
Susan Lowenberg, an out lesbian, has received a presidential appointment to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, the governing body of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., the White House announced Tuesday.
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Anti-gay U.S. Rep. from Illinois faces challenge from LGBT advocate
The anti-gay current representative of the 8th congressional district of Illinois faces a tight battle for reelection to the U.S. House in November, and is being challenged by LGBT advocate Tammy Duckworth.
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LGBT watch at the Olympics: U.S., Sweden women soccer teams win
LONDON, UK –- The U.S. and Sweden women’s soccer teams, which embrace a total of four lesbians on their squads, each won their first-round matches in the London 2012 Olympics on Wednesday.
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Illinois lawmakers want to ‘reaffirm’ state’s same-sex marriage ban
Four Illinois lawmakers are pushing for a resolution introduced in the General Assembly last week that would “reaffirm” the state’s statute that prohibits the recognition of same-sex marriage.
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AIDS 2012: Protesters disrupt congressional panel on AIDS
WASHINGTON — Protesters disrupted an HIV/AIDS panel discussion on Wednesday involving members of Congress from both sides of the aisle, accusing the Republican senators of blocking efforts to thwart the disease at home and abroad.
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Eagle Scout says Boy Scouts’ summer camp fired him for ‘being too gay’
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Boy Scouts of America officials in California have an openly gay man from his job as a merit badge instructor, claiming that he failed to adhere to uniform requirements and standards for appropriate dress for the summer camp, Camp Winton, located in Amador County.
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Oklahoma man suffers burns after vandals scrawl gay slur, set car on fire
EDMOND, Okla. — An Oklahoma gay man says he awoke in the early morning hours on July 21 to the noise two men dressed in black and wearing face masks vandalizing his car — he said one of the suspects threw something in his vehicle that caused an explosion and fire, while the man other fled.
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Outrage escalates into public relations debacle for anti-gay Chick-fil-A
The fallout over remarks made by Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy last week, stating his opposition to LGBT rights, and in particular same-sex marriage, has turned into a public relations debacle for the Atlanta-based fast food chain.