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  • Philadelphia man accused of murder, dumping body of transgender lover

    PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia man is in custody on Friday after he allegedly murdered his transgender lover and then dumped her body parts in a vacant lot.

  • San Diego County clerk seeks end to Calif. gay marriages

    SAN FRANCISCO — A San Diego County government official in charge of issuing marriage licenses asked the state Supreme Court on Friday to stop gay marriages.

  • Va. county supervisor, anti-gay hate group leader censured by colleagues

    LEESBURG, Va. — Loudoun County, Va., Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio (R-Sterling, Va.), leader of the anti-gay hate group Public Advocate of the United States, has been formally censured by the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors in the wake of a grand jury report that suggested he misused county funds and his staff.

  • Federal judge recuses from Ark. gay marriage challenge

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal judge is recusing from a case challenging Arkansas’ ban on gay marriage, citing friendships with supporters of the amendment that voters approved banning same-sex unions.

  • N.Y. official pushes feds to recognize same-sex marriages

    ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is using the power of the state’s $160 billion pension system to urge President Barack Obama to order federal agencies and programs around the country to recognize gay marriages performed in New York.

  • Air New Zealand to host country’s first gay wedding — at 30,000 ft.

    AUCKLAND, New Zealand – Air New Zealand says it will be hosting the country’s first gay wedding ceremony — mid air — on board a plane when same-sex marriage becomes legal next month.

  • House GOP leadership abandons DOMA defense in ongoing cases

    WASHINGTON — After spending more than $3 million defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), Republican leadership in the U.S. House said Thursday they are withdrawing their legal defense of the law that prohibited federal recognition of same-sex marriages.

  • Some LGBT activists say movement disproportionately prioritizes marriage

    NEW YORK — Even as it celebrates victories in the push for same-sex marriage, America’s gay-rights movement is experiencing self-criticism and internal divisions over its approach to other thorny issues.

  • Mont. Board of Regents expands anti-discrimination policy

    BOZEMAN, Mont. — Montana’s state Board of Regents has voted to broaden the university system’s anti-discrimination policy to require campuses to ensure there’s no discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation.

  • Moldova secretly adopts anti-gay ‘homosexual propaganda’ law

    CHISINAU, Moldova — A new law prohibiting so called “homosexual propaganda,” similar to those recently enacted in Russia, has been adopted away from public scrutiny and entered into force in Moldova, a landlocked country in Eastern Europe located between Romania and the Ukraine.