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GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich: Gay marriage is ‘a temporary aberration’
FORT DODGE, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Friday called same-sex marriage “a temporary aberration that will dissipate.”
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Serbian government orders cancellation of Sunday’s Belgrade Pride events
BELGRADE, Serbia — Fearing a repeat of last year’s violence in the Serbian Capital, authorities have banned Sunday’s planned LGBT pride parade and all related public activities.
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Canadian newspaper apologizes for publishing transphobic advertisement
TORONTO, Ontario — Canada’s National Post newspaper on Friday issued a public apology for publishing an offensive, transphobic advertisement on Thursday that was purchased by the anti-gay Institute for Canadian Values (ICV).
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European Parliament calls for end of classifying gender dysphoria as mental disorder
The European Parliament has petitioned the World Health Organization to cease classifying transgender people as mentally ill, and to eliminate the current classification pf “gender dysphoria” as a “mental and behavioral disorder” in the WHO’s International Classification of Diseases.
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Appeals court dismisses DADT lawsuit, refuses to rule on constitutionality of ban
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday dismissed a seven year old lawsuit brought by the Log Cabin Republicans Thursday, refusing to determine the constitutionality of the military’s now-repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that barred gays and lesbians from serving openly in the U.S. military.
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Surviving spouse files wrongful death suit in Indiana State Fair stage collapse
In a wrongful death lawsuit filed Monday in Marion County, Indiana Superior Court, the surviving spouse of a Chicago-area lesbian couple is seeking to have the state of Indiana recognize her as legally entitled to damages.
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Gay Irish senator gets nomination to run for Irish presidency
The independent Senator who represents Trinity District in Ireland’s parliament, the Seanad Éireann, garnered the support of the Irish capital city’s town council Tuesday evening to secure his nomination as a presidential candidate, entering a race already occupied by six other candidates.
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Vice-President Joe Biden calls booing of gay soldier ‘reprehensible’
Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday called it “reprehensible” when audience members at a Republican presidential debate last week booed a gay soldier.
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Federal appeals court rules Prop 8 trial recordings to remain under seal
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday granted a stay to a federal judge’s ruling that the video recordings of the Prop 8 trial would be released this Friday unless a higher court intervened.
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Press shows no interest in anti-gay organization’s press conference
Reverend Louis Sheldon, founder of the Traditional Values Coalition — one of three California “pro-family” organizations leading the effort to overturn California’s FAIR Education Act — invited the Southern Californian press corps to attend a news conference on TVC efforts seeking a ballot initiate to overturn the law.