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Gay men arrested for having sex on cruise ship plead guilty in Dominica
ROSEAU, Dominica — Two men on an Atlantis gay cruise who were arrested Wednesday and accused of openly having sex on the boat while docked in the Roseau port, have plead guilty to a charge of indecent exposure are expected to leave the Caribbean island country later today.
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News (USA)
Obama edging closer to marriage equality endorsement, source claims
The odds are improving that President Obama will endorse marriage equality before the November election, according to an informed source. The chances that Obama will make such an announcement before the election are looking better than in previous months as the issue receives growing media attention.
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News (USA)
Maryland transgender protections bill set to die in committee
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A bill in the Maryland Legislature aimed at banning discrimination against transgender people in the areas of employment, housing and public accommodations is expected to die in committee on Monday, ending chances for passing it for the sixth year in a row.
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News (USA)
HRC calls NOM’s Starbucks boycott their typical ‘temper-tantrum’
WASHINGTON — The Human Rights Campaign on Wednesday fired back at the National Organization for Marriage, calling their “Dump Starbucks” campaign a typical “temper tantrum,” and called on consumers to support Starbucks for its decision to support same-sex marriage.
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News (USA)
NOM: We’ll hold every N.H. lawmaker ‘accountable’ for pro-gay marriage vote
National Organization for Marriage President Brian Brown on Wednesday pledged to hold “every” New Hampshire lawmaker accountable for failing to repeal the state’s marriage equality law — all 211 of them.
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Commentary
Ending anti-LGBT harassment will take more than a trial verdict
Today, less than seven percent of schools offer institutional support to LGBT students, such as an LGBT student center or programs director. Eighty-seven percent of schools fail to include sexual orientation in their non-discrimination policies. Protection for transgender people is even lower; only six percent of schools include gender identity in their non-discrimination statements.
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Life
Grammy winner Jason Mraz is an ‘American for Marriage Equality’
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) on Wednesday debuted a new video ad featuring Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Jason Mraz supporting its Americans for Marriage Equality campaign.
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Life
Two men on gay cruise arrested for having sex while docked in Dominica
Two men on an Atlantis gay cruise have been arrested on charges of sodomy and indecent exposure for allegedly having sex in Dominica, a Caribbean island country where sex between two men is illegal.
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News (USA)
NOM launches boycott after Starbucks rejects anti-gay marriage sentiment
SEATTLE — The National Organization for Marriage on Wednesday announced it has launched a boycott of Starbucks after the coffee giant’s chief executive flatly rejected a complaint by the NOM that it reconsider its support of marriage equality for gays and lesbians.
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News (USA)
GOP-dominated New Hampshire House rejects gay marriage repeal
In a dramatic surprise and major victory for supporters of marriage equality for same-sex couples, the Republican-dominated New Hampshire House voted Wednesday (March 21) not to repeal the state’s two-year-old marriage equality law.
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News (USA)
EXCLUSIVE: Elizabeth Warren pledges to lead on LGBT rights
Elizabeth Warren, who is running to unseat U.S. Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.), pledged to support a series of pro-LGBT initiatives and called on President Obama to endorse marriage equality in an exclusive interview with the Washington Blade on Tuesday.
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News (USA)
White House: Same-sex families ‘deserve legal protections, ability to thrive’
At a press conference Tuesday afternoon, White House press secretary Jay Carney responded to a question about First Lady Michelle Obama’s comments at various campaign stops yesterday defending same-sex couples right to “love whomever they choose.”
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News (USA)
Marriage equality opponents, supporters rally at Iowa state capitol
DES MOINES, Iowa — Hundreds of gay marriage opponents gathered at the Iowa state capitol on Tuesday, where they prayed, sang and lobbied lawmakers to approve a ballot referendum to overturn the state’s marriage equality law.
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News (USA)
SLDN marks six month anniversary of DADT, calls for equal military benefits
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network on Tuesday marked the six month anniversary of the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” by calling on the Defense Department to extend available benefits and support to married gay and lesbian service members and their families.
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Commentary
Reformation redux: 9 ways indulgences ‘then’ = the gay issue ‘today’
The splitting of Christianity in two — what I (and I would certainly guess others) call Christian Reformation II — is being occasioned by the gay issue, which in many ways is to the Christian church today what the sale of indulgences were in the days of Luther.
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Life
Singer Lance Bass targeted with series of anti-gay messages, threats
Openly gay entertainer Lance Bass was the target of a series of anti-gay slurs, sent to him in a series of Facebook messages on Saturday.
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Commentary
Kirk Cameron still in damage control; says Piers Morgan is to blame
What’s disingenuous is Kirk Cameron is now saying he blurted out a “four-second soundbite” when the discussion about the subject was actually almost three minutes. Kirk had plenty of time to be thoughtful and make his feelings clear. Which I think he did. … Kirk said it – and the world heard.
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Life
Muslim lesbians fight deportation in Canada in fear of ‘honor killing’
TORONTO — An Arab-Israeli lesbian couple, who fled to Canada from Israel in fear of death at the hands of their Muslim family have been told they can remain in Canada for another chance at receiving asylum.
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News (USA)
In effort to repeal same-sex marriage, NOM now supports civil unions
The National Organization for Marriage has endorsed a civil unions bill in New Hampshire, a stark departure from its well documented record of opposing any type of legal relationship for same-sex couples.
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Commentary
Abstinence-only education marginalizes LGBT students
Proponents claim that abstinence before marriage is the best and only way to ensure that one does not get pregnant or contract STD’s. This poses a problem for LGBT youth in states – such as Utah – which have marriage amendments, because the reality of their sexual experience is left unaddressed.