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Woman to advice columnist: ‘My gay son embarrasses me at church’
“He won’t listen to reason, and he will not stop being gay.”
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Tucson pizzeria reserves right to refuse service to Ariz. lawmakers
TUCSON, Ariz. — A local pizzeria in Tucson, Ariz., has a message for state lawmakers who, on Thursday, approved legislation that allows business owners to assert their religious beliefs by refusing service to gays and others.
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University of Arizona seeks to boost transgender studies program
TUCSON, Ariz. — The University of Arizona is creating four tenured professor positions to expand its transgender studies courses.
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U.S. Congressman to ask feds to investigate anti-gay flyer as a hate crime
TUCSON, Ariz. — A U.S. congressman is calling on Arizona and federal authorities to investigate a pair of controversial fliers attacking a school board member as a possible hate crime.
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Former intern who helped save Giffords hit with nasty, anti-gay recall campaign
Daniel Hernandez Jr., the former intern credited with helping to save Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ life when she was shot in 2011 and now an elected member of a Tucson-area school board, is facing a nasty recall election in which his opponents are attacking him for being openly gay and for his advocacy on behalf of gun violence prevention.
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Tucson becomes second Arizona city to allow same-sex civil unions
TUCSON, Ariz. — The Tucson city council on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve an ordinance allowing civil unions between same-sex couples.
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Cartoonist fired, student newspaper apologizes for anti-gay cartoon
TUCSON, Ariz. — The Arizona Daily Wildcat, the student-run daily newspaper at the University of Arizona, has issued an apology and fired the cartoonist after publishing an editorial cartoon that critics said advocated violence against LGBT people.
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Arizona business executive fired for video criticizing Chick-fil-A
TUCSON, Ariz. — A Tucson businessman was fired from his job on Thursday after posting a video online of himself in a Chick-fil-A drive-thru the day prior, in which he voiced his opposition to the company’s CEO and the chain’s financial support of anti-gay organizations.
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Openly gay Arizona state legislator announces run for Gabrielle Giffords’ U.S. House seat
TUCSON, Ariz. — An openly gay Arizona state lawmaker announced Tuesday that he will enter the race to fill the congressional seat vacated by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), who resigned last week.
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Giffords to resign from Congress to focus on recovery from Tucson shooting
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt in a massacre that left six others dead one year ago, has announced that she will resign from Congress this week.