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Scottish parliament removes transgender spousal veto from marriage equality bill
EDINBURGH, Scotland — Scotland Parliament’s Equal Opportunities Committee on Thursday unanimously approved an amendment to remove the spousal veto from the country’s marriage equality bill.
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Portugal’s adoption rights for same-sex couples placed in doubt
LISBON, Portugal — Portugal’s limited adoption rights for same-sex couples are in doubt after Parliament voted for a referendum on the divisive issue.
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Pop-rock trio fun. plans to raise funds for at-risk LGBT youth in Detroit
NEW YORK — The pop-rock trio fun. is launching a campaign to raise money for at-risk LGBT youth in Detroit. The band says it plans to raise $250,000 to build a community health center for the Ruth Ellis Center, which provides housing, meals, clothing and medical services for LGBT youth in need.
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Putin: Gays should feel welcome in Russia, but must ‘leave children in peace’
SOCHI, Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin says gays should feel welcome at the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, but they must “leave the children in peace.”
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Attorneys for Tulsa county clerk to appeal Okla. same-sex marriage ruling
TULSA, Okla. — Lawyers for the Tulsa County court clerk are appealing a federal judge’s ruling that Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
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S.C. bill would allow married, same-sex couples to file joint state tax returns
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The top Democrat in the South Carolina House says same-sex couples who are legally married in other states should be able to jointly file their state income taxes.
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Okla. Rep. Sally Kern: ‘Homosexuality is not a civil right, it’s a human wrong’
Oklahoma lawmaker Sally Kern, who once called homosexuality “the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism or Islam,” decried a federal judge’s ruling striking down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Uganda president blocks controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has blocked the controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill and has rebuked Parliament Speaker Rebecca Kadaga for failure to follow parliamentary procedures by passing the law without a quorum, reports the Daily Monitor, the leading Ugandan newspaper.
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Houston mayor Annise Parker weds longtime partner in Palm Springs
HOUSTON — Houston Mayor Annise Parker has announced that she and longtime partner Kathy Hubbard have married in California.
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Utah man who went on hunger strike says fighting homosexual movement is ‘mission in life’
Trestin Meacham, the Utah man who went on a two-week hunger strike until the state stopped allowing same-sex couples to marry, now says that his “purpose in life is to stand against the homosexual movement.”