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Canadian Member of Parliament: No reason for politicians to remain closeted
The suicide of 15-year-old Jamie Hubley last month — the Ottawa teenager who had suffered from being bullied — has renewed a fierce and politically charged debate in Canadian society: Do public figures, as role models for youth, have a responsibility to out themselves?
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Major U.S. corporations tell federal court: DOMA is bad for business
BOSTON — Seventy major U.S. companies, including CBS, Google, Microsoft, Nike and Starbucks, have come together in an “amicus” brief — commonly referred to as a “friend of the court” brief — claiming that the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is harmful to commerce.
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PFLAG opens national conference with keynote address by Dr. Jill Biden
PFLAG opened its bi-annual National Convention on Friday with a keynote address by Dr. Jill Biden, wife of U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden, who told the crowd of attendees, “As a teacher and a mom, I know what Jeanne Manford knew — that there is a direct connection between acceptance and positive, healthy outcomes in every important area of life, including education, mental health, and physical health.”
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Washington pays tribute to gay civil rights icon Dr. Frank Kameny
In a moving, and at times humorous tribute, official Washington and the city’s LGBTQ community on Thursday paid its last respects to gay civil rights icon Dr. Frank Kameny. The ceremony was held in Washington’s old Carnegie Library in the heart of the city Kameny called home for over 50 years.
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Critics blast anti-bullying law for allowing exceptions based on religion, moral beliefs
The Michigan state Senate on Wednesday passed the “Matt’s Safe School Law,” an anti-bullying bill that contained a last minute addition by senate Republicans that essentially nullified the bill by allowing an exception to the law for “a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction of a school employee, school volunteer, pupil, or a pupil’s parent or guardian.”
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Canadian LGBTQ advocacy group calls for full review on issue of youth suicide
TORONTO — Egale Canada — the Canadian national LGBT human rights organization — has written to the Chief Coroner for the province of Ontario, Dr. Andrew McCallum, requesting a full coroner’s review on the issue of LGBTQ youth suicide.
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Concerned Women for America calls adoption bill an ‘experiment’ of the homosexual agenda
Dr. Janice Crouse of the anti-gay organization Concerned Women for America said that the “Every Child Deserves a Family Act” — which would prohibit federal funding for entities that discriminate against prospective adoptive or foster parents on the basis of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status — is “an experiment” that should not be taking place.
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Texas gay man attacked at private party, claims assault was a hate crime
RENO, Lamar County, Texas — An openly gay Texas man was brutally attacked at a private party early Sunday, sustaining second-degree burns and severe bruises, and requiring over 30 stitches to close stab wounds to his torso, forearm, and forehead near his left eye.
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Suspect in custody for murder of gay flight attendant in Mexico City hotel
MEXICO CITY — A Phoenix-based gay flight attendant for U.S. Airways was found dead in a Mexico City hotel room early Saturday morning in what local police are referring to as a homicide.
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Rick Perry tells New Hampshire conservatives: Repeal gay marriage
CONCORD, N.H. — Texas Governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry, campaigning in New Hampshire on Friday, told a conservative advocacy group he applauds the GOP legislators in the state for their efforts to to repeal the state’s same-sex marriage law.