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Life
London ban on anti-gay bus ad put in doubt by court of appeal ruling
LONDON — A ban on a Christian charity’s bus advertisements suggesting that gay people can “cured” was put in doubt on Monday by a court of appeal judgment.
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News (USA)
Ind. House strikes ‘second sentence’ from proposed gay marriage ban
INDIANAPOLIS — Same-sex couples in Indiana might eventually be able to enter into civil unions, but not marriages, under changes the House pushed Monday that could effectively delay a constitutional ban on same sex-weddings.
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News (USA)
Hearing scheduled for Thursday in challenge to Va. same-sex marriage ban
NORFOLK, Va. — A federal judge in Virginia will hear oral arguments on Thursday in one of two lawsuits challenging Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Life
Disney Channel debuts its first openly gay characters: ‘Taylor has two moms’
Disney Channel’s “Good Luck Charlie” broke new ground on Sunday with the inclusion of a lesbian couple, the cable network’s first openly gay characters in a series.
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Commentary
State of the Transgender Union: Time for collective action toward racial justice
In this year’s State of the Union Address to Congress, President Obama is expected to acknowledge and focus on the inequality that is seemingly growing once again in the United States. As the President has been thinking about inequality among the 300 million people who live in the U.S., I wonder if he has thought about transgender people and the inequality we face—the disrespect, the discrimination, the violence, and other inequalities that affect us on an everyday basis…
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News (World)
Leader of anti-gay Russian vigilante group back in Russia and under arrest
MOSCOW — The leader of the Russian anti-gay vigilante group “Occupy Pedophilia,” who is alleged to have lured LGBT youth to abusive encounters through fake social media profiles, is back on Russian soil Monday and in custody after being deported by Cuban authorities.
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News (World)
Uganda president won’t sign anti-gay law without proof gays are not born that way
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said Friday he would sign the country’s controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill only on the condition that he receives scientific proof that gays are made and not born.
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Life
Rosie O’Donnell coming back to ‘The View’ — at least for a day
NEW YORK — Proving nothing is impossible in the world of daytime television, Rosie O’Donnell is coming back to “The View,” at least for a day.
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News (World)
Northern Cyprus becomes last in Europe to decriminalize homosexuality
Northern Cyprus has voted to repeal a colonial era ban prohibiting gay sex, a move that makes Europe the third continent in the world with no laws criminalizing homosexuality.
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Life
Mayor of Olympics host Sochi: We have no homosexuals in our city
The mayor of the Russian Black Sea resort city of Sochi, soon to play host to the Winter Olympics, says there are no gay people in his city.