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Gay Catholic school teacher fired hours after applying for marriage license
BENSALEM, Pa. — A Catholic high school teacher in Pennsylvania said he was fired on Friday, just hours after applying for a marriage license to wed his same-sex partner.
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Anti-gay social media group in Russia offers reward for outing LGBT teachers
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — A new anti-gay group has emerged on the popular Russian social network Vkontakte (vk.com) offering rewards for reporting “confirmed” information on gay school teachers, reports Queer Russia.
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Spike in hate crimes prompts N.Y. comptroller to audit reporting
ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York comptroller’s office announced Friday that it will audit hate crime reporting statewide after a legislator earlier this year cited an apparent spike in such crimes.
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Russian Prime Minister criticizes Duma, gay ‘propaganda’ law
MOSCOW — Former Russian president and current Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday criticized the country’s lawmakers and recent passage of an anti-gay law, saying the Duma, Russia’s federal Parliament, has switched its focus from political bans to private life.
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Judge orders Colo. bakery to offer wedding cakes for same-sex couples
DENVER — A baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex ceremony must serve gay couples despite his religious beliefs or face fines, a judge said Friday.
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Peru gay teen murdered, dismembered, burned in brutal hate crime
LIMA, Peru — A 19-year-old gay was tortured and brutally murdered in Peru, according to local reports that surfaced earlier this week.
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U.S. Embassy in Manila issues its first visas to same-sex couples
MANILA, Luzon — The United States Embassy in the Philippines has issued its first fiancé visa to a same-sex couple.
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Colo. school board member stands by her transphobic remarks
DENVER — A Colorado school board member who said she has no regrets about saying transgender students should use their own locker rooms vowed to keep pushing for schools to ignore court rulings on the transgender issue.
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Charity: No donation from server who said she was ‘tipped’ with anti-gay note
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — A spokesperson for the Wounded Warrior Project told LGBTQ Nation on Friday they had no record of any donations received from a New Jersey waitress who received thousands of dollars in extra tips and donations after she claimed she was stiffed by a family who left her an anti-gay note in lieu of a tip.
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Attorney: Transgender murder victim’s life not as valuable as higher class victims
NEW YORK — A New York attorney on Thursday said the life of a murdered transgender woman wasn’t worth the same punishment as if his client had killed someone “in the higher end of the community.”