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Reddit ‘Gaymers’ fight cease-and-desist letter from trademark holder
Gay video game enthusiasts who belong to a “Gaymer” subsection of the website Reddit have urged the U.S. Patent and Trademark office to cancel registration of the term.
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U.S. ends civil society dialogue with Russia; harshly criticizes anti-gay law
The Obama administration said Friday it was pulling out of a civil society dialogue with Russia to protest the Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent and new laws against nongovernmental organizations. It also harshly criticized Russia’s parliament for advancing new legislation against “homosexual propaganda.”
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Obama addresses 3,000 LGBT rights advocates in video message
President Barack Obama issued a video statement airing today before 3,000 LGBT rights advocates assembled in Atlanta this week for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s 25th National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change.
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Snubbed by spouses club, Ashley Broadway named Fort Bragg ‘Military Spouse of the Year’
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Ashley Broadway, the military spouse embroiled in an ongoing discrimination controversy at Fort Bragg, was select as that base’s “Military Spouse of the Year,” following an online vote by her peers and supporters.
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Rhode Island Senate leader: Religious exemptions key to marriage debate
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The fate of marriage equality legislation in Rhode Island could hinge on the exemptions it affords religious groups that oppose it, the state Senate president said Friday, just one day after the House overwhelmingly passed the bill.
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Bills to legalize, prohibit same-sex marriage introduced in Hawaii legislature
HONOLULU — Bills aimed at both legalizing and prohibiting same-sex marriage in Hawaii were introduced Thursday in the state legislature.
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Virginia Senate approves LGBT protections bill for state employees
RICHMOND, Va. – A measure to protect Virginia’s LGBT state employees from workplace discrimination, passed in the state Senate on Friday, and now moves forward to the House of Delegates.
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News (World)
Twenty gay rights campaigners detained at Moscow rally against anti-gay bill
MOSCOW — Russian police detained 20 gay rights campaigners and militant Orthodox Christian activists Friday near the country’s parliament as it overwhelmingly backed a bill that would ban “homosexual propaganda.”
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Anti-gay legal briefs ‘mischaracterized’ parenting study
Attorneys who submitted anti-gay briefs to the Supreme Court in favor of California’s Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act are continuing the mischaracterization of a 2002 study on child development to suggest same-sex parents are less fit than opposite-sex parents, according to the non-profit that produced the study.
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British government publishes bill to legalize same-sex marriage
LONDON — The British government published a bill to legalize same-sex marriage Friday, and said lawmakers will get their first vote on it in Parliament next month.