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Hawaii elects Democratic governor, poised to pass civil unions law
Neil Abercrombie has been elected Hawaii’s next governor, becoming the first Democrat to hold the seat in eight years, clearing the way for same-sex civil unions to become state law next year.
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Gronstal pledges to block anti-gay marriage vote in wake of Iowa judge’s outster
Opponents of LGBT rights are celebrating the unprecedented ouster of three Iowa Supreme Court justices who helped legalize same-sex marriage in the state last year, but House Majority Leader Mike Gronstal (D) is pledging to block any attempt to pass a constitutional amendment which would ban gay marriage.
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‘My Son Is Gay’ blog post draws over 1 million hits, thousands of comments, and firestorm
A Kansas City, Missouri woman who allowed her 5 year old son to dress up as a female character from a television cartoon — Daphne From “Scooby-Doo” — for Halloween, and who had written a blog rant touched off by the severe criticism she and her son received at the Christian pre-school he attends, has caught the attention of the world.
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Colt David Hansen: Clash with Mormon faith leads to another LGBT suicide in Utah
We have lost another beautiful life. Colt David Hansen, 28, passed away Wednesday evening after a lifelong struggle against the Mormon Church which he felt never accepted him because he was gay.
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‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ plaintiffs petition U.S. Supreme Court to vacate stay
Attorney’s for the Log Cabin Republicans, plaintiffs in the case to overturn “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” filed a petition Friday with the United States Supreme Court to vacate the stay of the injunction issued last week by the U. S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which would have suspended enforcement of the policy while it was in litigation.
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California’s Alameda County elects nation’s first transgender trial judge
California’s Alameda County has been elected its first transgender Superior Court Judge. Victoria Kolakowski, 49, defeated her opponent, Deputy District Attorney John Creighton, in a narrow win in what had been a hotly contested race.
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More gays voting Republican now than in 2008, says exit poll
An exit poll on Tuesday announced that roughly 30% of gay voters are now voting Republican. Wait…. WHAT? It seems more and more gay voters are more concerned about other issues than they are about their own civil rights.
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Reid, Gillibrand, Boxer, Schumer victorious in Senate; Frank, Baldwin, Cicilline win House races; Brown, Cuomo head to Governor’s offices
Following is a state-by-state overview of key election results of LGBT candidates, and races of interest among the LGBT community. Overall, Republicans have gained control of the U.S. ouse of Representatives, and Democrats have retained control of the U.S. Senate.
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Arkansas school board official resigns in wake of anti-gay rant on Facebook
Clint McCance, the Arkansas school board official, who posted a homophobic rant on Facebook where he encouraged gay kids to kill themselves, has resigned. The school board announced Monday its “unanimous decision” to accept the resignation.
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‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ to remain in effect during appeal, court rules
A federal appeals court on Monday ordered “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the military ban on openly gay service members, to remain in effect indefinitely while the Justice department challenges a lower-court opinion declaring the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law unconstitutional.
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Gay marriage supporters denied Communion for wearing rainbow sash
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A group of Catholics were denied communion at a Mass at the St. Paul Cathedral on Sunday because they wore rainbow sashes to draw attention to the catholic church’s policy on same-sex marriage.
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Rutgers students accused of inciting fellow student’s suicide, drop out
The two Rutgers University students, charged with invasion of privacy when a fellow student killed himself after his romantic encounter with another man was streamed on the Internet, have dropped out for the semester.
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UM student president files complaint against Asst AG seeking disbarment
Chris Armstrong, the University of Michigan’s openly gay student body president has filed and ethics complaint seeking to disbar Andrew Shirvell, the assistant attorney general who for six months waged a vicious online campaign against him.
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Omaha city council rejects LGBT discrimination ordinance
OMAHA, Neb. — The city council on Tuesday rejected a proposal to give LGBT citizens new protections against discrimination. After hours of testimony and debate, the ordinance failed on a 3-3 vote.
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DMV clerk sends transgender woman letter calling her an ‘abomination’
A transgender woman in San Francisco has received a hate-filled from a Department of Motor Vehicles clerk telling her that she was an abomination and that “all gay people should be put to death.”
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State supreme court justice in Alabama calls DADT judge a ‘threat to national security’
Tom Parker, a Republican state supreme court justice in Alabama who has spent nearly $1.5 million dollars on his campaign for reelection, has compared U. S. District Court Judge Virgina Phillips to the Islamic extremist terrorist group Al-Qaeda.
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Betty White supports gay marriage: ‘I don’t care who anybody sleeps with’
Betty White, whose status as a gay icon dates to the mid-80’s popularity of the NBC sitcom “The Golden Girls,” sat down with Parade magazine to talk her love of animals, her fans, and her belief that everyone should have the right to say “I do.”
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Equality California finds a noose tied to their front door
When volunteers of Equality California arrived at their office Thursday evening, they found a noose tied to their front door. They immediately called the police, but instead of help, were told “sometimes you just have to live with being a victim.” WTF?
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TV station pulls anti-gay segment, radio station apologizes, morning host mum
A radio station has apologized, and a television station has removed from its website a controversial segment in which TV and radio audiences in Tyler, TX were invited to call in and debate the question: “Will the acceptance of homosexuality be the fall of America?”
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Arkansas school official to resign following homophobic rant on Facebook page
The Arkansas school board official, who recently posting a homophobic rant on Facebook where he encouraged gay kids to kill themselves, apologized for his comments on CNN Thursday night, and said he intends to resign from the school board.