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Defense: Soldier’s sexual orientation, gender identity disorder a factor in his alleged crimes
FORT MEADE, Md. — Defense attorneys for Pfc. Bradley Manning — an Army intelligence specialist accused of leaking government secrets — argued Saturday that Manning’s status as a gay soldier prior to the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” played a role in his actions.
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Commentary
Marcus Bachmann’s bullying of LGBT children
Marcus Bachmann has decided upon his course of action if he were to become the first “first gentleman” to occupy the White House — reaffirming the discriminatory notion that ones sexual orientation can exclude you from one of the most valued institutions of society.
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News (USA)
Colorado advocacy group offers help in creating gay-straight alliances
The move to “make it better,” just got better. One Colorado, a statewide LGBT advocacy group, has launched a new program to facilitate the creation of gay-straight alliances in Colorado schools and secure safe school environments for all students.
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News (USA)
Minnesota Archbishop wants Catholics to recite prayer opposing gay marriage
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn., is calling on Catholics in his diocese to recite a special prayer during mass to promote passage of an anti-gay marriage amendment to the Minnesota state constitution.
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News (USA)
Anti-gay Minnesota GOP Senate Majority Leader resigns amid scandal with senate staffer
Minnesota State Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch (R) has resigned her leadership post amid allegations of an “inappropriate relationship” with a Senate staffer. Koch, who is is married with one child, has been one of the leading proponents of Minnesota’s 2012 ballot initiative aimed at amending the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage.
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News (USA)
Connecticut Governor names openly gay man as Chief of Staff
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT — Mark Ojakian, the openly gay Deputy Budget Director for the state of Connecticut, has been named to the position of Chief of Staff for Governor Dannel P. Malloy.
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News (USA)
Study: Gay men lead happier, healthier lives where gay marriage is legal
Gay men who live in U.S. states where same-sex marriage is legal make fewer doctor visits, have lower healthcare costs, and in general lead happier and healthier lives, according to a new study being published in the American Journal of Public Health.
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Life
Gingrich attacks LGBT community on ‘choice,’ marriage, military service
DES MOINES, Iowa — GOP presidential hopeful and front runner, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, on Thursday attacked the LGBTQ community, first on the subject of same-sex marriage, and then on the topics of sexual orientation and the repeal of “Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell.”
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United Nations’ landmark report calls for worldwide decriminalization of same-sex relations
The United Nations has produced its first ever report on LGBT rights, calling for the decriminalization of same-sex relations between consenting adults, and includes a call for protection and recognition of the self-identified gender of transgender persons.
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News (USA)
Colorado Republicans are coming out … for civil unions
Save the date: Jan. 5, 2012. That’s the day the debate on civil unions here will get a whole lot more interesting. A group of Colorado conservatives are having a coming out party. Coming out for civil unions, that is.
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News (USA)
New Virginia adoption rules permit anti-gay, gender, disability, other forms of discrimination
A Virginia agency has approved new adoption rules which authorize state-licensed adoption agencies to engage in a breathtakingly broad range of discrimination, including allowing state-licensed private agencies to deny the adoption of a child by same-sex couples.
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News (USA)
Gay clergy disinvited from Advent services at Castro Catholic church
SAN FRANCISCO — At least three gay and lesbian clergy members were disinvited from participating in Advent services at Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in the Castro, the Bay Area Reporter has learned. The call for the gay clergy not to attend came from the Archdiocese of San Francisco, sources said. George Wesolek, spokesman for […]
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Life
Catholic Archbishop in Columbia claims gay adoptive dad will want sex with his kids
BOGOTA, Columbia — A Catholic Archbishop on Tuesday strongly criticized a family court judge’s decision to allow Chandler Burr — a former contributing editor to U.S. News and World Report and columnist for The New York Times — to adopt two Colombian boys, suggesting that because Burr is gay, he may become sexually attracted to his children.
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News (USA)
Utah school defends ‘outing’ student to parents, citing potential for bullying
LEHI, Utah — A Utah school district is on the defensive after outing a 14-year middle school student to his parents, claiming administrators were being “proactive” in preventing possible bullying.
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News (USA)
Critics say Kent County, Mich. deputies targeting gay men in area parks
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Gay rights advocates claim that sheriff’s deputies in Kent County, Michigan, are targeting gay men in local parks by striking up conversations with them while working undercover in an effort to entrap and arrest them for behaviors that would be deemed acceptable for straight couples.
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Commentary
The Top 10 Ex-Gay Stories of 2011
In June, I penned a column, “The Fall of the Ex-Gay Myth,” which predicted that so-called “ex-gay” programs would crumble from internal rot. “It’s time for the discredited ‘ex-gay’ myth to simply go away and be rightfully viewed as an experiment that was tried and failed,” I wrote at the time. In the months since this column was written the decline of these “pray away the gay” organizations has only accelerated.
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Life
Tyler Clementi’s parents speak out: ‘One of our big jobs is to promote LGBT acceptance’
NEW YORK — In their first television interview, Tyler Clementi’s parents Jane and Joe Clementi talked with NBC’s Kerry Sanders on Monday, telling her that the loss they still feel is “almost like a physical pain.”
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Life
Fox News invites anti-LGBT guests to mock, smear transgender Macy’s customer
During a December 11 segment on Fox News, host Shannon Bream invited former Macy’s employee Natalie Johnson and Mathew Staver, founder of the anti-LGBT Liberty Counsel, to discuss Johnson’s recent termination from her job in San Antonio, Texas.
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News (World)
Northern Cyprus to decriminalize homosexuality
Turkish Cypriot leaders have bowed to pressure from Members of the European Parliament (MEP), and have agreed to repeal a law outlawing homosexuality. Dervis Eroglu, the leader of the Turkish Cypriot government in the northern part of Cyprus said he would sign a repeal of the ban into law.
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News (World)
Islamic extremists call for lesbian’s death
An Islamist group called for a Muslim lesbian author to be killed and invaded a discussion on Islam in Amsterdam last week. The mob threw eggs and called for Irshad Manji’s neck to be broken.