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News (World)
China court rules gay man who married a woman not liable for her suicide
SICHUAN, China — The parents of a woman who committed suicide after discovering that her husband was gay, lost a lawsuit against him in a local court in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province.
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Life
Matt Damon on HBO’s ‘Behind the Candelabra:’ ‘We took it very seriously’
When Matt Damon gazed at Michael Douglas in full Liberace regalia during production of the HBO bio-pic Behind The Candelabra, did he find him attractive? “Very, very attractive,” said Damon, who plays Liberace’s lover Scott Thorson. While the actor may be speaking somewhat tongue in cheek, the film is full-on drama.
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News (USA)
National Stonewall Democrats curtails operations
National Stonewall Democrats Executive Director Jerame Davis confirmed to the Washington Blade on Tuesday his organization will cease operations through at least the end of this year after it failed to bridge a $30,000 budget gap.
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News (USA)
Rhode Island bishop says same-sex marriage ‘unnecessary, immoral’
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas J. Tobin is urging Rhode Island state lawmakers to reject the latest proposal to legalize same-sex marriage, calling it “immoral and unnecessary.”
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News (USA)
Lawmakers to reintroduce Illinois same-sex marriage bill Wednesday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The chief sponsors of legislation in that would legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois plan to reintroduce the bill Wednesday shortly after the start of the 98th General Assembly, according to one of its chief sponsors.
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Life
‘Holy Bullies’ author spotlights anti-gay conservatives in ‘How They See Us’
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina author and blogger, disturbed as to how so-called traditional values groups stigmatize the gay community and how the gay-oriented and mainstream media can’t seem to get the correct handle on the situation, has created an online booklet to spotlight what he calls a guide to “anti-gay propaganda.”
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Life
Jeanne Manford, pioneering LGBT ally, founder of PFLAG, dies at 92
Jeanne Manford, mother of gay rights activist Morty Manford, pioneering straight ally in the gay rights movement, and the founder of PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), died at her home in Daly City, Calif., Tuesday. She was 92. Manford had been in declining health, said her daughter, Suzanne Swan. Manford was […]
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News (USA)
Local council challenges Boy Scouts’ national ban on gay members
A California teen who spent years in the Boy Scouts completing the requirements to become an Eagle Scout, only to be denied the rank because he’s gay, has received new support by the local council’s review board to receive Scouting’s highest honor, the rank of Eagle Scout.
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Commentary
Chuck Hagel: A disappointing choice from Obama
Rather than use his mandate from winning re-election to reward his key constituencies, President Barack Obama has poked a stick in the eye of the LGBT community by turning to former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel for Defense Secretary — a man who had an abysmal voting record in Congress and drew criticism for using anti-gay slurs back in 1998.
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News (USA)
Teen ‘white supremacist’ arrested in plot to bomb school in hate crime attack
PHENIX CITY, Ala. — Derek Shrout, a 17-year-old self-proclaimed white-supremacist, was released on a $75,000 bond Monday evening after being arrested Friday for planning to kill six students and a teacher in a bomb plot. Five of the intended victims were African-American, while one was gay.