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D.C. council OKs new rules for transgender people to obtain new birth certificates
WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia city council has approved a bill that would make it easier for transgender people to obtain new birth certificates reflecting their change in gender identity.
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‘Gay marriage will mark the end of the world,’ warns Ivory Coast minister
BROBO, Ivory Coast — Gay marriage is an “aberration” and “will mark the end of the world,” according to Gnamien Konan, Ivory Coast’s Minister of Public Service.
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AG won’t oppose ACLU expanding lawsuit against N.C. gay marriage ban
RALEIGH, N.C. — A legal attack against North Carolina’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage is taking shape after state Attorney General Roy Cooper’s office said Friday he would not oppose adding that challenge to an existing lawsuit.
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Not giving up: Opponents ask California Supreme Court to stop gay weddings
SAN FRANCISCO — Opponents of same-sex marriage demanded Friday that the California Supreme Court immediately halt the practice that recently resumed in the nation’s largest state after a nine-year legal battle.
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Ad bureau dismisses complaints against ‘You’re having a lesbian!’ campaign
BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia – The Australian Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB) has rejected complaints against a advertising campaign promoting the message “marriage equality is every family’s issue” as it could have a gay child were rejected by
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Lebanon: Being gay is not a disease and needs no treatment
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Homosexuality is not a mental disorder and does not need to be treated, the Lebanese Psychiatric Society (LPS) said Thursday in a statement published by the Ministry of Information.
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Nationwide blood drive to call attention to FDA ban on gay, bisexual male donors
LOS ANGELES — Gay rights activists are planning protests at blood donation centers across the nation on Friday to combat the Food and Drug Administration’s ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men.
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Record number of healthcare facilities commit to equal care for LGBT patients
WASHINGTON – U.S. hospitals and clinics are increasingly committed to equality for LGBT patients, according to a report released Thursday by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation.
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Chicago police: Attack on lesbian couple an anti-gay hate crime
CHICAGO — A lesbian couple was attacked in a Chicago neighborhood on Saturday night by as many as 10 men who taunted them for being gay and took turns punching and kicking them on the dark street.
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Transgender nursing student threatened with arrest for using women’s restroom
CLEARWATER, Fla. — A transgender nursing student a the Pinellas Technical Education Center in Clearwater, Fla., said she has been threatened with arrest and legal action after a fellow student complained that she uses the women’s restroom.