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Calif. school district settles discrimination complaint by transgender student
The U.S. government said Wednesday it had reached an agreement with a Southern California school district to resolve claims the district discriminated against a transgender student.
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Alabama government agency prays against gay marriage
The Alabama Public Service Commission kicked off a meeting on power rates last week with a prayer against gay marriage and reproductive rights. John Delwin Jordan, who was at the meeting to testify on behalf of the Prattville Tea Party, opened up the meeting in prayer after receiving a laudatory introduction by Twinkle Cavanaugh, the head of the PSC.
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Ore. gay marriage supporters to begin collecting petition signatures
PORTLAND, Ore. — Organizers of the effort to make same-sex marriage legal in Oregon say they will start collecting petition signatures Friday.
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LGBT advocacy groups team up to make gay marriage in N.J. a priority
ASBURY PARK, N.J. — Several national groups that support recognizing same-sex marriage are teaming up in New Jersey, saying that the state is primed to allow gay couples to wed.
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Extremists attack Montenegro’s first gay pride shouting ‘kill the gays’
BUDVA, Montenegro — Several hundred people shouting “Kill the gays” attacked gay activists and clashed with police on Wednesday in a bid to disrupt the first ever pride event in staunchly conservative Montenegro, which is seeking to improve its human rights record as it bids to join the European Union.
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Gay couples issued marriage licenses as Pa. county defines ban
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — At least five same-sex couples obtained marriage licenses Wednesday in a suburban Philadelphia county that is defying a state ban on such unions.
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Calif. Supreme Court rejects San Diego clerk’s bid to stop gay marriages
SAN FRANCISCO — California’s highest court is again refusing to immediately stop the state from sanctioning same-sex marriages.
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Pa. county officials vow to issue marriage license to any gay couple who seeks one
PHILADELPHIA — Officials in the third-largest county in Pennsylvania have agreed to issue same-sex marriage licenses, despite a state law that bans the practice.
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Two men convicted of homosexuality under Cameroon’s anti-gay law
A court in Cameroon on Tuesday found two men guilty under the country’s harsh law banning gay sex, a lawyer said, continuing a string of recent convictions that has drawn international condemnation.
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N.Y. to issue refunds to married same-sex spouses forced to pay estate tax
ALBANY, N.Y. — Same-sex spouses forced to pay high New York estate taxes upon the death of their partner will get refunds from the state.