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News (USA)
Westboro protesters met by crowd of 250 counter-protesters in Maryland
Four members of the anti-gay extremist Westboro Baptist Church were met by 250 counter-protesters on Wednesday morning when they arrived outside the Anne Arundel Circuit Court building in Annapolis to protest the state’s recently enacted marriage equality law.
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News (World)
Second gay youth worker arrested in Uganda on charges of homosexuality
In a heightened ramp up of persecution of gay Ugandans, a second man has been arrested while visiting a co-worker who had been taken into custody on Monday and charged with crimes relating to homosexuality.
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News (USA)
Illinois marriage equality bill stalled in state Senate by ‘technicality’
Consideration of a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois will no longer take place in a Senate committee of the Illinois General Assembly Wednesday night.
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News (USA)
HUD settles discrimination claim against Bank of America
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Wednesday announced a settlement agreement in a claim it brought against Bank of America for discriminating against a lesbian couple applying for a federally insured mortgage loan.
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News (USA)
Illinois Republican leadership backs marriage equality bill
With support building for legislation that would give gay and lesbian couples in Illinois the freedom to marry, two prominent Republican Party leaders on Wednesday declared their support for the bill.
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News (USA)
Illinois marriage equality bill to be considered in State Senate Wednesday
Illinois State Sen. Heather Steans (D) said Tuesday a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois will be heard by a Senate committee Wednesday night and a full Senate vote on a bill could come as early as Thursday.
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Life
Proud dad Ryan Murphy tweets first photo of son Logan Phineas
Television producer Ryan Murphy (“Glee” “The New Normal”) on Tuesday tweeted a New Year’s greeting, along with the first released photo of his newborn son, Logan Phineas Miller Murphy.
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News (World)
Ugandan LGBT counselor arrested for homosexuality, ‘recruiting’ youth
KAMPALA, Uganda — Police in Uganda on Monday arrested and LGBT youth counselor under laws which prohibit unnatural carnal acts — a definition which is widely understood to include homosexuality and “recruiting youth into homosexuality.”
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News (USA)
Transgender man who gave birth hits snag in Arizona divorce proceeding
An Arizona man who gained national attention for giving birth after having a sex-change operation, has hit a snag in his divorce proceedings because the presiding judge has questioned whether the marriage was ever legal in Arizona because he is transgender.
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News (USA)
Westboro announces plans to protest same-sex marriage in Maryland
The Westboro Baptist Church, home of anti-gay extremists known for their “Gods hates fags” and “God hates dead soldiers” protests, has received permits to rally in front of courthouses in Towson and Annapolis, Md. on Wednesday, according to police officials.