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Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum: No ‘privileges’ for gays and lesbians
Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) opposes gay marriage, opposes civil unions, wants to reinstate “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and tells FOX News’ Chris Wallace that gays have the “right” to “employment” (and paying taxes, presumably), but deserve no “privileges.”
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News (USA)
Baltimore police charge 18-year-old in attack on transgender woman
Baltimore County police have charged an 18-year-old woman in the brutal attack on a transgender woman at a local McDonald’s restaurant on April 18.
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Proposition 8 backers ask court to void ruling because gay judge was ‘biased’
Supporters of California’s Proposition 8 — the voter approved ban on gay marriage — are seeking to have the ruling voided because the federal judge that ruled the measure to be unconstitutional is gay and was in a long-term relationship.
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Jim McGreevey: too much of a ‘jackass’ to join gay-welcoming Episcopal clergy
Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey, who resigned following revelations he was gay and having an extramarital affair with a male staffer, has been denied admission to the priesthood of the Episcopal Church.
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Commentary
Why are Republicans spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to defend DOMA?
There’s going to be marriage than ever before, with another survey showing majority support for the freedom to marry. So why are Republicans spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to defend a law that could tear apart legally married couples like Henry and Josh?
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Law firms drops out of defending ‘Defense of Marriage Act’ — Clement resigns
The Washington D.C. law firm King & Spalding has reversed course, and announced Monday it would not represent the U.S. House of Representatives in defending the Defense of Marriage Act in federal court, Politico reported.
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Advocates to stage demonstration, urge royal couple to support marriage equality
Marriage equality advocates are planning a demonstration at Buckingham Palace on Monday to raise awareness that that same-sex couples in Britain are still banned from getting married, and to deliver a giant wedding card to Prince William and Kate Middleton ahead of their wedding on Friday.
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Brutal beating of a trans woman, DOMA defense, Chick-Fil-A and ‘Don’t Say Gay’
This week on “Same Sex Sunday,” the panel discusses the brutal beating of a transgender woman at a Baltimore McDonald’s, the price of defending DOMA, Chick-Fil-A’s anti-gay attitudes, and the “Don’t Say Gay” in Tennessee schools bill.
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Lesbian wins $22,000 judgement against comedian, restaurant for anti-gay rant
A Toronto comedian and a Vancouver restaurant to pay $22,000 in compensation for the comedian’s anti-gay, profanity-laced verbal attack on two lesbian audience members. The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal said the comments were discriminatory.
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Transgender victim of brutal attack at McDonald’s restaurant speaks out
A transgender woman who was brutally beaten at a Baltimore area McDonald’s spoke out on Saturday, and said the attack was “definitely a hate crime” and that she’s been afraid to go out in public ever since.
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McDonald’s fires employee who recorded brutal beating of transgender woman
McDonald’s has fired the employee who recorded the violent beating of a customer at a Baltimore County restaurant earlier this week.
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Log Cabin Republicans join coalition to legalize same-sex marriage in New York
The Log Cabin Republicans of New York State have joined a coalition of LGBT advocacy groups that have united efforts to pass marriage legislation in New York state during the 2011 legislative session.
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New York state prisons to allow conjugal visits for gay inmates
The New York state Department of Corrections has changed its policies to allow conjugal visits for gay inmates who have entered into a same-sex marriage or a civil union. The policy previously applied only to those in traditional marriages.
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News (USA)
FBI makes arrest in lesbian pair’s kidnapping, child custody battle
A man accused of helping a former lesbian sneak a child out of the country, violating a court order that the mother turn the child over to her former same-sex partner, was arrested April 18 and will be arraigned in federal court in Vermont on Monday, April 25.
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News (USA)
Baltimore police investigate brutal attack on trans woman at local McDonald’s
Police in Baltimore are investigating a brutal attack at a McDonald’s restaurant on a person reported to be a transgender woman.
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News (USA)
LGBT legal groups consider breaking ties with DC law firm over DOMA defense
At least two prominent LGBT legal and advocacy groups are re-considering their association with the Washington D.C. law firm that has been retained by the U.S. House GOP leadership to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in federal court.
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LGBT advocacy groups say Texas killings should be prosecuted as hate crime
LGBT advocacy groups are calling for the shooting deaths in of a lesbian and her mother Austin, Texas, earlier this week, to be prosecuted as a hate crime.
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Iowa lawmakers seek to impeach Supreme Court justices; effort appears doomed
Five Iowa GOP lawmakers filed resolutions in the state House on Thursday seeking to impeach the remaining four Iowa Supreme Court justices who issued an April 2009 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage, but their efforts were squashed on Friday by the House Speaker.
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TIME: Chris Colfer among ‘100 most influential’ people in the world
TIME magazine on Thursday revealed the TIME 100, the magazine’s eighth annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Featured in this year’s list is out actor and singer Chris Colfer.
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South Carolina lawmaker to re-introduce hate crime bill after attack on gay teen
An attack on a gay teen in South Carolina has prompted a state lawmaker to call for legislators to once again consider a hate crime bill.