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Ontario elects Canada’s first openly gay premier
TORONTO — Canada’s most populous province is getting its first female premier and the country’s first openly gay premier after the provincial Liberals chose a new leader.
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Poland lawmakers reject efforts to grant legal rights to same-sex couples
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s lawmakers have rejected three separate draft laws that were intended to give legal rights to unmarried and same-sex couples.
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Cub Scout pack rescinds gay-welcoming policy under threat of losing its charter
A Cub Scout pack in Maryland has been forced to rescind its gay-inclusive non-discrimination policy in order to keep its charter with the Boy Scouts of America.
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Legendary author Patricia Nell Warren: Ever the Front Runner
I recall it as if it were yesterday: stepping inside the sprawling bookstore, which smelled faintly of dust; walking past the periodicals, where gay porn titles peeked at me ever-so-discretely from the uppermost row; crossing to the back of the store, reaching “my” row, and nervously looking about before finally stepping up to the shelves, above which hung a large sign, “Gay Studies.”
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Mike Ruiz, the celebrity photographer you know and the man you don’t
Mike Ruiz seems to be everywhere these days: Playing judge on “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and Tyra Banks’ “America’s Next Top Model,” shooting celebrity photographs, or starring in a reality-TV show on Logo.
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David Kato remembered: A hero then, and a hero now
David Kato advocated for the freedom of LGBTI Ugandans and for their right to their natural born sexual orientation in a heightened climate of hostility and homophobia … Today on this second anniversary of the death of Kato, his friends, comrades, human rights defenders, and LGBTI people around the world are expressing their love, comforting each other and extolling the virtues of this great hero, with comments, memories and prayer for the peace of his dearly departed soul.
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Defending DOMA: How $3 million could have been better spent
The Center for American Progress looks at the cost of defending the Defense of Marriage Act, and how $3 million could have been better spent.
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Wife of female U.S. Army officer can join military spouses club
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A woman who is married to a female Army officer at Fort Bragg and who was recently denied membership in its officers’ spouses club said late Friday that she has been invited to become a full member.
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Oregon set to cover transgender youth under Medicaid
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon state Health Plan and its Healthy Kids Program will soon begin covering medically-necessary care for young people experiencing gender dysphoria on Oct. 1, 2014, making Oregon the first state to ensure coverage of transgender kids under Medicaid.
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Meet Jacob Rudolph, the high school senior who came out to 300 classmates
MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts talks to Jacob Rudolph, the LGBT teen from New Jersey who came out at a school awards ceremony.