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Ireland’s openly gay presidential candidate withdraws from race after scandal
Openly gay Senator David Norris announced that he was withdrawing from Ireland’s presidential campaign, after scandal erupted stemming from disclosure of letters he wrote to Israeli judicial authorities, seeking clemency for his former partner who had been convicted of raping a Palestinian teen in 1997.
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World Congress of Families: End California Governor Brown’s ‘Nazi State’
The head of the Rockford, Ill.-based Howard Center for Family, Religion, and Society’s “World Congress of Families,” told the American Family Association’s OneNewsNow website, that conservatives in California need to band together to repeal a “pro-homosexual law” recently signed by California’s Governor Jerry Brown. The law — known as the FAIR (Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and […]
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Bradlee Dean’s press conference: the ‘left wing media’ has slandered me (Video)
From the Nick Pinto at the Village Voice comes this video of Bradlee Dean’s press conference on Wednesday, where he announced a $50 million lawsuit against the “left wing media” — MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, the Minnesota Independent and Independent reporter Andy Birkey — on what Dean claims is defamation against him personally and his ministry.
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Suspect in murder of gay immigrant says victim’s death was accidental
The man accused of murdering 23-year-old Freddy Canul-Arguello and then setting fire to the victim’s remains, has claimed that Canul-Arguello’s death was accidental, according to his attorney, San Francisco public defender Alex Lilien.
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Sen. Scott Brown at center of controversy over absence from anti-bullying video
U.S. Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) has come under fire over his refusal to participate in a video for the “It Gets Better Project” that featured all other members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation.
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International Gay and Lesbian Association gains United Nations accreditation
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), meeting in Geneva on Monday, voted to grant UN accreditation to the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) — one of the oldest international organizations fighting for LGBT rights.
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Married lesbian couple rescues 40 kids during Norway shooting rampage
A lesbian couple were among the first responders to assist victims following the shooting massacre in Norway on Friday, when gunman Anders Behring Breivik went on a shooting rampage at a youth camp on Utoya island.
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Michele Bachmann remains silent on teen suicides in her congressional district
GOP presidential hopeful and Tea Party, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has been noticeably silent on the spate of teen suicides in Anoka-Hennepin school district — Minnesota’s largest school district, which is located in the heart of Bachmann’s district.
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Opponents of same-sex marriage file suit to overturn NY marriage equality law
LIVINGSTON COUNTY, N.Y. — A so-called christian family values group has filed a legal challenge seeking to overturn New York’s same-sex marriage law less than twenty four hours after it took effect yesterday. The group — New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, led by Reverend Jason J. McGuire — claimed in the court documents filed this […]
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Massachusetts study finds alarming trend in homelessness among LGBTQ youth
In a study published online Thursday by the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Boston’s Children’s Hospital, researchers found that that 25 percent of gay and lesbian public high school students in Massachusetts were homeless.