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First magazine for gays and lesbians in Bangladesh launched
Bangladesh’s gay community has launched its first magazine in a bid to promote greater acceptance of gays who face widespread discrimination in the conservative Muslim-majority country, the publication’s editor said on Sunday.
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Delicate path for marriage equality in red states: Court wins alone won’t be enough
Hours after federal judges struck down bans on same-sex marriage in Utah and Oklahoma, activist Evan Wolfson and his colleagues reached out to gay rights groups in the deeply conservative states with both congratulations and a reminder: Court wins alone won’t be enough.
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Va. Assembly tables bill to repeal gay marriage ban as lawsuits move forward
RICHMOND, Va. — While two federal lawsuits challenging Virginia’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage are moving forward, a House committee voted Monday to table the only bill aimed at repealing the ban, effectively ending the fight from the legislative front in this session.
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Republican leaders put the heat on GOP committeeman for gay, Muslim attacks
LANSING, Mich. — As the Republican National Committee prepares for meetings in Washington this week, Gov. Rick Snyder and other party leaders in Michigan are criticizing committeeman Dave Agema for repeated anti-gay and anti-Muslim remarks.
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Malawi court hears appeal on three men convicted of homosexuality
BLANTYRE, Malawi — Malawi’s top court is considering an appeal of the conviction of three men who are serving long jail terms for homosexual acts.
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Report: LGBT Americans spend $7.9 billion on cigarettes each year
An estimated 33 percent of Americans who identify as LGBT smoke, spending $7.9 billion on cigarettes each year, according to data compiled by the Network for LGBT Health Equity.
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Ind. speaker ready to change committee in order to advance gay marriage ban
INDIANAPOLIS — House Speaker Brian Bosma has spent months working behind the scenes to approve an amendment banning gay marriage while publicly keeping the measure at arm’s length, promising that it would run its normal democratic course in the Statehouse. Until last week.
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Lawyers for same-sex couples fight Utah’s request for delay in appeal
SALT LAKE CITY — Lawyers for Utah’s same-sex couples are asking a federal appeals court to deny state officials’ request for more time to prepare arguments in defense of Utah’s same-sex marriage ban.
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Va. quickly emerging as key battleground state in marriage equality fight
Almost overnight, Virginia has emerged as a critical state in the nationwide fight to grant gay men and women the right to marry. This purple state was once perceived as unfriendly and even bordering on hostile to gay rights. That’s changed after a seismic political shift in the top three elected offices, from conservative Republicans to liberal Democrats who support same-sex marriage.
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Three gay Republicans seek election history with bids for U.S. Congress
Dan Innis’ husband persuaded him to run for the U.S. House. It didn’t matter that Innis, a former business school dean, faced an aggressive Democratic incumbent, GOP colleagues who oppose his right to marry, and history – no Republican ever has been openly gay when first elected to Congress.