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Minnesota gay community ‘apologizes’ to GOP adulteress for ruining her marriage
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — As far right-wing and so-called Christian “family values” groups continue to insist that same-sex marriage is a force that is destroying the sanctity of marriage, one Minnesota resident “apologized” on behalf of the state’s LGBTQ community for causing anti-gay GOP state senator Amy Koch to have an extramarital affair.
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Gingrich attacks LGBT community on ‘choice,’ marriage, military service
DES MOINES, Iowa — GOP presidential hopeful and front runner, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, on Thursday attacked the LGBTQ community, first on the subject of same-sex marriage, and then on the topics of sexual orientation and the repeal of “Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell.”
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Tyler Clementi’s parents speak out: ‘One of our big jobs is to promote LGBT acceptance’
NEW YORK — In their first television interview, Tyler Clementi’s parents Jane and Joe Clementi talked with NBC’s Kerry Sanders on Monday, telling her that the loss they still feel is “almost like a physical pain.”
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Senate GOP blocks appointment of LGBT ally as U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Monday blocked efforts to confirm Mari Carmen Aponte, a Washington D.C.-based attorney, as the permanent ambassador to El Salvador, because, according to one source, Aponte is an LGBT advocate who has previously called for the “elimination of prejudices” against LGBT people.
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Mitt Romney at odds with gay Vietnam veteran over same-sex marriage
MANCHESTER, N.H. — During a campaign meet and greet at a local diner Monday morning, GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney found himself in an awkward position defending his stance on same-sex marriage.
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Perry’s chief pollster ‘outed’ in backlash, in-fighting over anti-gay ad
WASHINGTON — The controversial anti-gay television ad that began airing in Iowa Wednesday from the campaign of Texas Governor Rick Perry — in which Perry takes direct aim criticizing the Obama administration’s repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell — has sharply divided his advisers, and caused in fighting between conservative gay GOP political groups.
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British coroner rules anti-bullying advocate’s death a result of suicide
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, England — Roger Crouch, a former director of children’s services and anti-bullying advocate for youth, died last week as the result of suicide, according to David Dooley, the Deputy Coroner for Gloucestershire.
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Troy, Mich. mayor confronted by angry citizens over use of gay slur
TROY, Mich. — In a city council meeting that stretched five hours until nearly 1 a.m. Tuesday, residents of Troy, Mich. blasted mayor Janice Daniels over comments she posted to Facebook last June about gay marriage, which included a gay slur.
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Obama sets new course for LGBT rights in U.S. foreign policy
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday directed that the federal government and all agencies engaged abroad to ensure that U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human rights of LGBT persons globally.
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Roger Crouch — who led fight to prevent bullying in the UK — has died
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom — Roger Crouch, the father of a 15-year-old boy who killed himself in May 2010 after apparently suffering from anti-gay bullying, and who then turned tragedy into a campaign for greater awareness and prevention of bulling in Britain’s schools, has died.