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U.S. Defense Secretary releases video honoring gay, lesbian service members
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta on Friday released a video recognizing June as LGBT Pride Month, and thanked the families of gay and lesbian service members and LGBT civilians.
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Virginia Circuit Court appoints openly gay prosecutor to interim judgeship
RICHMOND, Va. — The Richmond Circuit Court on Thursday appointed openly gay Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Tracy Thorne-Begland to fill one of several vacancies on the city District Court, just one month after the state’s General Assembly rejected his nomination.
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Utah GOP official’s wife calls gay candidate ‘wicked,’ ‘pathetic’
SALT LAKE CITY — While kicking off his campaign in Utah, openly-gay Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger was called “pathetic” and an “idiot” by Nanette Billings, wife of Washington County Republican Party Chairman Willie Billings.
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Pentagon to hold ‘pride’ event to honor gay, lesbian service members
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Department of Defense on Thursday announced it will soon hold its first ever “pride” event to recognize gay and lesbian service members.
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Los Angeles mayor Villaraigosa joins campaign for marriage equality
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is an “American for Marriage Equality.” The mayor of the nation’s second most populous city, said in a video released by the HRC on Thursday, that “gays and lesbians should be afforded the same fundamental rights as all Americans, to love whomever they choose, and to proclaim that love with marriage.”
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Would ‘President Romney’ undo pro-LGBT advances?
As President Obama and Mitt Romney articulate competing visions for the future in their presidential campaigns, most LGBT rights advocates agree the choice couldn’t be more stark given the advances the community has seen over the past three-and-a-half years and the anti-gay positions espoused by the Republican candidate.
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Bryan Fischer: Allowing gay adoption is ‘a form of sexual abuse’
American Family Association spokesperson Bryan Fischer declared that allowing gay parents to adopt children is “a form of sexual abuse.”
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Marriage equality opponents qualify for ballot referendum in Washington
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state will be one of three states to put marriage equality to a popular vote this November.
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Ernst & Young chairman calls for Boy Scouts to end anti-gay policy
James Turley, the Global Chairman and CEO of Ernst & Young, and a board member of the Boy Scouts of America, has called for an end to the long-standing ban on gay Scouts and gay Scout leaders, and a new petition drive is aimed at board members who lead LGBT-inclusive companies.
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NY woman awarded $25,000 in discrimination suit against Sizzler restaurant
A New York woman has been awarded a $25,000 settlement in a discrimination lawsuit against a Sizzler Restaurant in Forest Hills, N.Y., where she was allegedly attacked while trying to dine with friends.
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South African man brutally murdered following argument over his sexuality
A South African gay man, who also identified as transgender, has been brutally murdered in an apparent hate crime after getting into an argument about his sexuality.
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Judge bans Wisconsin man from distributing Bibles inside Twin Cities pride festival
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A federal judge ruled this week that an anti-gay activist could not distribute Bibles at Twin Cities Pride this month.
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Cult leader pleads guilty to murder of 4-year-old he thought was gay
DURHAM, N.C. — The leader of a North Carolina religious cult on Monday pleaded guilty to murdering a 28-year-old woman and a four-year-old boy who he thought was gay.
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Transgender man in Kuwait arrested for ‘imitating opposite sex’
A transgender man has been arrested as Kuwait continues a campaign against “immorality” which includes LGBT people among its targets.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: ‘I wish you a happy Pride’
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday released a recorded message commemorating LGBT Pride Month.
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Transgender advocate testifies before U.S. Senate on ENDA
WASHINGTON — The Senate heard for the first time ever testimony from a transgender witness in a hearing dedicated to highlighting workplace discrimination experienced by LGBT people.
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Obama met with ovations, donations since supporting marriage equality
President Obama has been greeted with thunderous ovations and thousands of dollars in LGBT contributions since his May 9 announcement that he supports allowing same-sex couples to marry.
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Catholic school teacher asked to resign over views on same-sex marriage
MOORHEAD, Minn. — A elementary school teacher at a Catholic school in Moorhead, Minn., said Friday that she was asked not to return for the fall semester because she had questioned the Catholic Church’s position on same-sex marriage.
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Advocacy groups decry study that suggests negative outcomes for kids of gay parents
WASHINGTON — Leading LGBT advocacy organizations on Monday widely criticized a study released by right-wing conservative author Mark Regnerus of the Department of Sociology and Population Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, that made several claims of negative outcomes for children raised by gay and lesbian parents.
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Tony Perkins on LGBT Pride: Why not ‘Adultery Pride Month’ or ‘Drunkenness Pride Month’?
Ton Perkins insistes that the Religious Right isn’t overlooking issues like alcoholism and adultery since there aren’t people advocating for “Adultery Pride Month” or “Drunkenness Pride Month” in the same way many recognize June as LGBT Pride Month.