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DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal President Macky Sall is defending his refusal to decriminalize homosexuality one day after publicly clashing with President Barack Obama on the issue at a joint press conference.

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has leveraged the influence of the state pension fund to prod a company it invests in to spell out its opposition to discrimination and harassment of employees based on gender identity.

TRENTON, N.J. — The New Jersey state Senate passed a bill Thursday to ban licensed therapists from trying to convert gay minors into heterosexuals.

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s highest court was asked Thursday by a same-sex couple in Santa Fe to decide whether gay marriage is legal in the state.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A gay Pennsylvania legislator says he’ll introduce a bill to legalize same-sex marriages in his home state.

MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak plans to marry same-sex couples at City Hall the minute it becomes legal this summer, he said Thursday.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed passed historic legislation offering the priceless hope of citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in America’s shadows, including 267,000 LGBT immigrants.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday reintroduced the Respect for Marriage Act in the U.S. Congress, just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A group is asking the Arkansas attorney general’s office to approve language for a ballot measure next year that would repeal the state’s ban on gay marriage.

DAKAR, Senegal — President Barack Obama on Thursday praised the Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage as a “victory for American democracy” but clashed with his African host over gay rights in a sign of how far the movement has to go internationally.