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CBS employees share adversity, coming out stories in ‘It Gets Better’ video
CBS on Monday released their official “It Gets Better” video, featuring CBS employees sharing their personal and poignant stories of adversity and coming out.
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Police arrest transient for hanging noose on door to Equality California offices
Police have arrested a local transient on suspicion of a hate crime for hanging a noose in the doorway of the offices of LGBT advocacy group Equality California last year.
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Chicago Cubs ‘celebrates you for exactly who you are, gay or straight’
The Chicago Cubs on Monday released their “It Gets Better” video, becoming the second professional sports team to participate in the campaign aimed at providing encouragement for LGBT youth struggling with adversity and intolerance.
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New York marriage equality coalition plans rally at state capitol in Albany
A New York state Senate vote on whether to legalize same-sex marriage has been pushed back at least another day as the debate continues over religious exemptions, while hundreds of demonstrators on Monday rallied for and against the measure at the state capitol in Albany.
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All eyes on NY state Senate as lawmakers consider marriage equality vote
The clock is ticking on New York’s legislative session — scheduled to end today — and gay rights advocates are hoping Senate lawmakers will consider a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the Empire state.
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Hong Kong hires conversion therapy expert as social welfare trainer
Hong Kong has hired prominent local psychiatrist Hong Kwai-wah, who specializes in “treating unwanted homosexuality,” as a trainer for its social welfare staff.
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Church holds sidewalk prayer service to protest cancellation of gay pride mass
Parishioners of a Boston church on Sunday gathered on the sidewalk for a prayer service in protest of the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston’s decision to cancel a gay pride Mass themed “All are Welcome.”
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Liechtenstein voters approve civil partnerships for gay couples
Voters in Liechtenstein have overwhelmingly backed a new law giving gay and lesbian couples the right to formally register their partnership.
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Cee Lo Green’s homophobic tweet: ‘I shouldn’t have to apologize’
Cee Lo Green, who on Friday took to Twitter and called a reviewer “gay” for writing a negative review of his June 16 performance in Minneapolis, said he said shouldn’t “have to apologize for speaking my mind or defending my performance.”
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City disciplines two workers for ejecting gay couple from pool
The City of Hazard, Ky., has suspended an employee for ejecting two gay men from a public recreational facility citing the Bible as his reason for doing so.