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Mexico coach defends alleged gay slur chanted by World Cup fans
SANTOS, Brazil — Mexico coach Miguel Herrera has defended World Cup fans chanting an alleged gay slur which is under investigation by the sport’s international governing body. Mexico fans shouting the slur as the rival team’s goalkeeper takes a goal kick is “not that bad,” Herrera said Friday.
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Arrest made in robbery, rape of tourist who met his attacker on Grindr
PHILADELPHIA — An arrest has been made in an April attack on a Canadian tourist who says he was held at gunpoint and raped in his hotel room by a man he met using the gay hook-up app Grindr. Police arrested 26-year-old Douglass Casey and set bail at $1 million.
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Graduating students sport rainbow socks in support of gay-straight alliance
WHITEHORSE, Yukon — More than half of the graduating students at a Catholic school in Canada wore rainbow socks at their graduation ceremony over the weekend to support their school’s newly formed gay-straight alliance.
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Canadian judge rules surgery requirement violates transgender rights
EDMONTON, Alberta — A judge in Canada has ruled that a provincial law requiring transgender individuals to undergo gender reassignment surgery before they can change their birth certificates is unconstitutional and can no longer be enforced.
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Anti-gay hate group leader back to U.S. after spending night in jail in Canada
NAPIER, Illinois — Anti-gay activist Peter LaBarbera is back home in Illinois after spending 24 hours in custody in Canada for demonstrating against homosexuality and abortion at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan.
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U.S. anti-gay hate group leader Peter LaBarbera arrested in Canada
REGINA, Saskatchewan — Peter LaBarbera, the leader of the anti-gay hate group Americans for Truth about Homosexuality (AFTAH), was arrested Monday at the University of Regina for violating a no trespass instruction given by campus security officials.
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Police identify suspect they say raped, robbed Canadian visitor he met on Grindr
PHILADELPHIA — Police in Philadelphia have identified the man they say sexually assaulted, beat and robbed a Canadian tourist after the two men met on Grindr.
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Hate group leader Peter LaBarbera detained at Canadian airport
REGINA, Saskatchewan — The leader of a U.S.-based anti-gay group was detained by Canadian Border Services officials on Thursday at the Regina, Saskatchewan airport.
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Canadian visitor assaulted, beaten, robbed after meeting man on Grindr
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A Canadian man visiting Philadelphia for an education conference says he was sexually assaulted, beaten and robbed after meeting another man on the gay hookup app Grindr.
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Canadian Football League players fined for anti-gay tweets about Michael Sam
MONTREAL — The Canadian Football League fined two players Tuesday for making inappropriate comments about openly gay NFL prospect Michael Sam.