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Texas county adopts sweeping policy to protect LGBT inmates
HOUSTON — The sheriff of Houston’s Harris County has adopted a sweeping policy designed to protect and guarantee equal treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender inmates, including allowing transgender individuals to be housed based on the gender they identify with instead of their biological sex.
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Lawsuit challenging Ill. same-sex marriage ban on hold
CHICAGO — A lawsuit challenging Illinois’ ban on gay marriage is on hold until newly approved legislation allowing same-sex marriage takes effect next summer.
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Five women charged under Senegal’s anti-gay law
DAKAR, Senegal — A prosecutor in Senegal says five women have been charged under the country’s anti-gay law that imposes prison sentences of up to five years for homosexual acts.
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Texas school denies transgender teen’s right to wear tuxedo in yearbook photo
LA FERIA, Texas — As a senior at La Feria High School, Jeydon Loredo looked forward to his senior portrait appearing in his school’s yearbook.
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Poll: Republicans more tolerant of students wearing Confederate flag over rainbow flag
A new poll finds that Republicans are more tolerant of high school students wearing a Confederate battle flag to school than they are of students wearing a gay pride (rainbow) flag to school.
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Hawaii governor signs marriage equality bill into law
HONOLULU — Gov. Neil Abercrombie signed a bill Wednesday legalizing gay marriage in Hawaii, the state that kicked off a national discussion of the issue more than two decades ago.
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Bill lifting ban on HIV organ donation heads to Obama for signature
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved legislation that lifts the federal ban on the donation of HIV-positive organs to HIV-positive recipients.
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Nevada assemblyman marries longtime partner in D.C.
LAS VEGAS — Nevada Assemblyman Andrew Martin says he married his longtime domestic partner over the weekend in Washington, D.C.
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Judge orders disclosure of documents relating to flawed gay parenting study
A Florida state court judge on Tuesday ordered the University of Central Florida to turn over records related to the publication of a debunked 2012 study conducted by Mark Regnerus that demonizes gay and lesbian parents.
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Hawaii governor to sign gay marriage bill on Wednesday; law takes effect Dec. 2
HONOLULU — Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie plans to sign a gay marriage bill into law during an invitation-only ceremony at the Hawaii Convention Center.