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Mexico City same-sex marriages surpass 1,000 since legalization
Mexico’s capital city has reported that 1,000 same-sex marriages have been registered since the city’s lawmakers legalized same-sex unions on Dec. 21, 2009, according to a statement released by the Oficina del Registro Civil (Civil Registry).
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‘Fluke’ wind gust collapses outdoor stage — five killed, including Chicago LGBT activist
A sudden fluke windstorm that collapsed the stage Saturday evening at the Indiana State Fair, has claimed the lives of five people, including Chicago LGBT activist, Christina Santiago.
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Pour a cup of coffee, pull up a chair, let’s have a conversation, shall we?
It’s really up to us to defend ourselves, our families, and our freedoms and the best way to start is to dispel these lies, this hateful propaganda foisted upon the American public by these so-called “loving” Christian groups and expose them for the hate mongers they truly are.
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Prague to host its first gay pride, Czech president defends anti-gay sentiments
The Czech Republic’s capital city is hosting its first ever Gay Pride event starting Wednesday — the five-day Prague Pride Festival of Tolerance — to be held from August 10-14, and which will culminate with a carnival parade in the center of the city on Saturday, August 13.
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London’s famed ‘Gay’s the Word’ book store vandalized
The staff of London’s famed “Gay’s The Word” bookstore on Monday arrived for work to find the front window smashed and that the storefront vandalized with eggs.
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MN’s largest daily newspaper calls Anoka-Hennepin policy on LGBT issues ‘gutless’
In a sharply worded editorial, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune this week criticized the Anoka-Hennepin School District, calling the state’s largest schools district “gutless” for it’s neutrality policy on LGBT issues.
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Last believed gay Nazi concentration camp survivor dies at age 98
BERLIN — The man thought to be the last remaining gay survivor of the Nazi Holocaust has passed away at the age of 98. Rudolf Brazda had been imprisoned by the Nazi regime for homosexuality and was sent to the Nazis’ Buchenwald concentration camp in August 1942 and held there until its liberation by U.S. forces in 1945.
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Police in Long Beach, Calif., investigate increase in anti-gay attacks
Police in Long Beach are investigating a rash of anti-gay assaults in the city’s LGBTQ neighborhood enclave known as “the Broadway Corridor,” according to Long Beach police officials.
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Sao Paulo lawmaker calls for ‘straight pride’ to counter ‘privileged’ gay celebration
The city council of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Wednesday passed a measure approving a Heterosexual Pride Day to be celebrated on the third Sunday of each December.
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CDC: HIV infections remain stable, increase among young, black gay, bisexual men
In a report issued Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, new multi-year data disclosed that the annual rate of new HIV infections in the United States has remained relatively stable.