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Military to discharged gay soldiers: You owe us for not serving your full term!
Adding insult to injury, the Defense Department — after discharging gay service members under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy — apparently sends these former soldiers a bill, demanding they pay back “unearned portions” of their contracts.
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Louisiana man charged with hate crime, attempted murder of gay man
SHREVEPORT, La. — A Shreveport man is accused of attempted murder and the commission of a hate crime in an attack earlier this week on a gay man at a local bar.
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Geri Jewell — 80s ‘Facts of Life’ sitcom star — comes out as lesbian
Geri Jewell, who in the 1980’s starred as Blair’s cousin Geri on NBC’s “The Facts of Life,” comes out as a lesbian in her upcoming memoir, I’m Walking as Straight as I Can: Transcending Disability in Hollywood and Beyond.
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Hawaii civil unions bill passes full Senate
The Hawaii State Senate on Friday passed a civil unions bill that would grant same-sex and heterosexual partners essentially the same protections, rights and benefits currently extended to married couples.
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Lesbian teens sue after blocked from entering pep rally as same-sex couple
MINNEAPOLIS — Two lesbian teens are suing Champlin Park High School and the state’s largest school district for preventing them from participating as a same-sex couple at an upcoming school assembly.
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White House issues statement honoring murdered Ugandan gay rights activist
The White House today issued a statement by President Barack Obama regarding the murder of Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato, who was found having been beaten in the skull with a hammer a his home.
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Iowa anti-gay marriage bill advances in House; falls short of votes in Senate
Iowa’s Democrat-controlled state Senate has shut down another attempt by Republican legislators to put gay marriage on the Iowa ballot in hopes of repealing the 2009 state Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage.
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Obama’s flip-flop on gay marriage: What changed between 1996 and 2011?
Press Secretary Robert Gibbs dodged the subject of same-sex marriage at Monday’s press briefing when Washington Blade reporter Chris Johnson grilled him on President Barack Obama’s apparent flip-flop on gay marriage.
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Georgia man targeted with anti-gay slurs, arson in possible hate crime
A Georgia man says his home was set on fire just hours after someone threw a rock through his window with a note wrapped around it containing anti-gay slurs. Carroll County Sheriff’s Office investigators are investigating what appears to be arson and a possible hate crime.
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Doritos gay-themed ‘commercials’ are really just Super Bowl contest entries
Two gay-themed commercials are getting a lot of play on the internet today, with several mainstream websites reporting Monday that “Doritos posted two gay-themed commercials that the junk food company plans to run during Super Bowl next month.”