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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.”
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Queens man sentenced to 12 years in prison for 2009 gay bashing
A Queens man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for viscous 2009 attack on an openly gay man outside a College Point deli. Daniel Rodriguez, 22, pleaded guilty last year to first-degree robbery as a hate crime in the attack on 49-year-old Jack Price.
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Iowa GOP seeks ballot measure to ban all legal recognition of same-sex couples
Iowa’s Republican legislators have introduced resolutions seeking to put gay marriage on the ballot in hopes of reversing the 2009 Iowa Supreme Court decision that struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Wyoming legislature advances anti-gay marriage bills
The Wyoming state House this week advanced legislation that would prohibit recognition of out-of-state gay marriages, while a Senate committee approved a resolution aimed at a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in the so-called “Equality State.”
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Maryland senate majority leader introduces marriage equality bill
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland lawmakers are making good on their promise to introduce marriage equality bill in the state legislature this year, and advocates are optimistic that Maryland will soon become the sixth state to legalize same-sex unions.
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Report: Facebook bullying leads high school freshman to commit suicide
Sadly, another teen suicide to report. Kameron Jacobsen, a 14-year-old freshman at Monroe-Woodbury High School in Central Valley, N.Y., died Tuesday after taking his own life. Sources report that Kameron was was tormented by Facebook bullies who taunted him because they thought he was gay.
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Out, gay performers Chris Colfer, Jane Lynch win Golden Globe awards
Out gay actors Chris Colfer and Jane Lynch of FOX’s hit TV musical ‘Glee,’ won the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday for Best Supporting Actor and Actress in a TV series.
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Momentum growing in Maryland legislature to legalize gay marriage
Maryland is poised to become the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage as majority leaders in both chambers of the state legislature plan to introduce gay marriage legislation this session.
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NOM spending $100K to run anti-gay marriage ads in Rhode Island
The National Organization for Marriage has targeted Rhode Island with a new $100,000 advertising campaign, aimed at derailing legislative efforts to legalize gay marriage.
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Police investigating homicide of transgender person in Minneapolis
Minneapolis police are investigating the homicide of a 45-year-old transgender person was found stabbed to death Tuesday in her apartment. The medical examiner has identified the victim as Christopher P. Bates, whom friends and neighbors knew as Chrissy.