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Body of transgender woman found shot to death, left on a Cincinnati street
CINCINNATI, Ohio — A transgender woman was found dead Thursday morning in the middle of a Cincinnati street. Tiffany Edwards, 28, had been shot to death, according to news reports, which said her body was discovered about 8 a.m. Thursday by a city sanitation driver.
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George Takei kicks off LGBT Pride parade in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ohio — “Star Trek” actor and gay activist George Takei kicked off a gay pride parade in central Ohio. Takei, who led the parade through Columbus city streets on Saturday, told The Columbus Dispatch that he wants the United States to be a country where everyone enjoys equality.
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Effort to repeal Ohio same-sex marriage ban won’t make November ballot
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A key organizer in the ballot effort to overturn Ohio’s same-sex marriage ban says a revised proposal lacks the required signatures to go before voters this fall. FreedomOhio’s executive director Ian James also said Thursday the campaign would not have had enough money to run an effective statewide campaign this year.
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Oral arguments set in appeal of Michigan, three other states same-sex marriage rulings
DETROIT — Oral arguments have been scheduled by a federal appeals court in the appeals of same-sex marriage rulings in Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio. The Cincinnati-based U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said in a court filing Monday that it would hear arguments in the cases on August 6.
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Cleveland man charged in fatal shooting of transgender woman
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Police have charged a Cleveland man with murder in connection with the fatal December shooting of a 22-year-old transgender woman. Delshawn Carroll, 19, was charged with one count of aggravated murder for shooting and killing Brittany Stergis Dec. 6 as she sat in her car outside public housing.
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First openly gay commander takes helm at Nat’l Air and Space Intelligence Center
DAYTON, Ohio — The first openly gay commander of the National Air and Space Intelligence Center has taken over the top leadership post of the secretive agency that provides intelligence reports to the White House, Congress and ground troops in combat.
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HRC endorses Ohio AG candidate who says he’ll stop defending marriage ban
The HRC has endorsed David Pepper for Ohio attorney general, marking just the second time ever that the national LGBT civil rights group has weighed in on a state-level non-gubernatorial race. The clincher, according to HRC: incumbent Mike DeWine’s ongoing defense of the state’s same-sex marriage ban.
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Teachers criticize Catholic school contracts that regulate their private lives
OAKLAND, Calif. — The Roman Catholic Dioceses in Oakland and Cincinnati have come under fire for new morality clauses that require teachers to conform to church teachings in their private lives.
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Poll: Narrow majority of Ohio voters support marriage equality
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A new poll still shows a narrow majority of Ohio voters support gay marriage, unchanged from a similar poll this winter.
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Marriage equality supporters urge Ohio to drop its appeal of marriage ruling
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Marriage equality supporters in Ohio delivered several thousand petitions to the state’s attorney general Thursday urging him to stop his appeal of a federal judge’s order on same-sex marriage.