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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.

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.

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.

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane will said Thursday that her office will not defend the state in a federal lawsuit that challenges its ban on same-sex marriage.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The elected official tasked with defending state laws has previously said she supports same-sex marriage, but now faces a decision about whether to defend a Pennsylvania law that bans it.

AYDIN, Turkey — Police in Aydin, Turkey are investigating the murder of a 24-year-old transgender woman who was stabbed to death at her home on Tuesday.

RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia man who claimed he was developing a groundbreaking treatment for AIDS was sentenced to nine years in prison Wednesday for spending investors’ money on personal expenses rather than the research and human trials he promised.

DETROIT — A federal judge says he’ll hear arguments Oct. 1 on the legality of Michigan’s ban on gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples.

CHICAGO — Twenty-five couples who filed a lawsuit challenging Illinois’ ban on gay marriage asked a judge on Wednesday to rule quickly in their favor, saying a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down part of a law denying federal benefits to married gay couples creates a new urgency in the state.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — An openly gay Indianapolis teenager who was expelled for bringing a stun gun to school to protect himself from bullies has agreed to settle his lawsuit against Indianapolis Public Schools for $65,000.