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News (USA)
Same-sex marriage and taxes: Gay couples could face surprises at tax time
WASHINGTON — Legally married same-sex couples may be in for a couple of surprises come tax time. Filing federal taxes could become more complicated for gay married couples who live in states that don’t recognize their marriage. When the U.S. Supreme Court threw out provisions of the Defense of Marriage Act, which had defined marriage […]
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ACLU sues Utah for not recognizing same-sex couples’ marriages
SALT LAKE CITY –The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging the state of Utah over its decision to stop granting new benefits to hundreds of newly married same-sex couples.
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Little change in year since GOP’s plan to outreach to minorities, women, gays
WASHINGTON — The Republican Party’s image has changed little in the year since GOP Chairman Reince Priebus published his prescription for broadening the party’s appeal despite its investment in outreach to the racial minorities, women and gay voters who backed Democrats decisively in 2012.
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Six same-sex couples sue to overturn Fla. gay marriage ban
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Six same-sex couples have filed a lawsuit in South Florida seeking to overturn Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Sochi still scrambling to sell tickets to Olympic games
LONDON — What if they held an Olympics and nobody came? The situation isn’t that bleak, of course, for the Sochi Games. Yet, with less than three weeks to go until the opening ceremony, hundreds of thousands of tickets remain unsold, raising the prospect of empty seats and a lack of atmosphere at Russia’s first […]
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News (World)
First magazine for gays and lesbians in Bangladesh launched
Bangladesh’s gay community has launched its first magazine in a bid to promote greater acceptance of gays who face widespread discrimination in the conservative Muslim-majority country, the publication’s editor said on Sunday.
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George Michael to release new album, ‘Symphonica’
LONDON — After a spell of making headlines for mishaps rather than music, George Michael is coming back with a new album. Michael announced Monday that his sixth solo album, “Symphonica,” is due for release March 17.
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For ‘Same Love,’ Mary Lambert says, ‘I was sort of a last resort’
In just six hours, Mary Lambert’s life changed drastically. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis had written and produced a song called “Same Love,” but they needed a special hook to finalize the emotional track. Like the rap duo, Lambert is from Seattle, though she had never met them before.
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News (USA)
Delicate path for marriage equality in red states: Court wins alone won’t be enough
Hours after federal judges struck down bans on same-sex marriage in Utah and Oklahoma, activist Evan Wolfson and his colleagues reached out to gay rights groups in the deeply conservative states with both congratulations and a reminder: Court wins alone won’t be enough.
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News (USA)
Va. Assembly tables bill to repeal gay marriage ban as lawsuits move forward
RICHMOND, Va. — While two federal lawsuits challenging Virginia’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage are moving forward, a House committee voted Monday to table the only bill aimed at repealing the ban, effectively ending the fight from the legislative front in this session.