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Seventh Circuit Court strikes down transphobic Wisconsin law
A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has struck down Wisconsin’s ban on hormone treatments for transgender prisoners.
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Following New York victory, will marriage equality spread to other states?
We did it! New York Marriages can start in less than a month. That success gives us new leverage in the 44 states that have yet to enact marriage equality. We also won victories this week in Wisconsin and Maryland…
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Wisconsin judge rules domestic partner registry is constitutional
A judge in Wisconsin on Monday ruled that domestic partnerships are not substantially similar to marriages, and that such partnerships do not violate the state’s 2006 constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
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Openly gay Wisconsin lawmaker considers House bid if Baldwin runs for U.S. Senate
An openly gay Wisconsin state lawmaker has confirmed he is “seriously considering” a run for the U.S. House of Representatives if Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) vacates her seat in a bid for the U.S. Senate.
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Bad news this week: anti-gay bill passes in Minnesota, slow progress in New York
It’s almost all bad news this week, with an anti-gay measure gaining ground in Minnesota, slow progress in New York, a resignation in North Carolina, and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker staking out a position against LGBT hospital visitation.
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WI governor wants to strip domestic partner benefits from gay couples
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has asked a judge to allow his state to stop defending a new domestic partner registry that grants gay couples hospital visitation and other rights, because he said it violates the state constitution.
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Judge calls convicted child molester ‘gayer than a sweet-smelling jock strap’
A Wisconsin judge on Monday sentenced a 71-year-old former bus driver to seven years in prison on charges of sexually assaulting boys, telling him, “I think you were born gayer than a sweet-smelling jock strap.”
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Wisconsin supreme court upholds ban on gay marriage, civil unions
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 7-0 Wednesday to uphold the state’s constitutional ban on same sex marriage and civil unions, saying the 2006 constitutional amendment was properly put to voters in a statewide referendum.
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Wisconsin supreme court to rule on gay marriage suit
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is expected to rule Wednesday on the state’s ban on gay marriage — the lawsuit claims the vote in question violated the constitution because it asked two questions within the same vote.
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Wisconsin high court refuses to hear challenge to domestic partner registry
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s domestic partner registry. The court offered no explanation in an order issued Tuesday. The law took effect in August, allowing gay couples to register with counties so they could get about 40 of the 150 rights afforded married couples, such as hospital visitation rights. Wisconsin […]