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Autopsy report says suspect ‘admitted to killing’ gay Miss. mayoral candidate
An autopsy report says a man admitted to killing a Mississippi mayoral candidate in February and that the victim died from lack of oxygen, but it doesn’t give an exact reason for the death beyond calling it a homicide.
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Effort to cut Iowa Supreme Court justice pay over gay marriage vote withdrawn
DES MOINES, Iowa — A proposal to cut the salaries of four state Supreme Court justices who joined in a unanimous ruling four years ago that legalized same-sex marriage in Iowa, was withdrawn on Thursday and no vote was taken on the measure.
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New York state assembly passes gender expression non-discrimination act
ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Assembly this week approved the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), a bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression in employment, housing, public accommodations and credit.
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Undecided lawmakers take opposite sides on Minn. marriage equality bill
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Two freshman Democratic state representatives from socially conservative districts took opposite sides in their support for legalizing same-sex marriage in Minnesota, the latest among undecided lawmakers weighing their personal feelings against their political future.
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Iowa Supreme Court: State must recognize both lesbian parents
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Both spouses in a lesbian marriage must be recognized as legal parents to any child born during the couple’s union, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday.
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GOP threatens immigration reform if LGBT advocates try to include same-sex partners
WASHINGTON — Republicans in the U.S. Senate are warning that efforts to include an amendment that offers a path to legal residency for foreign-born partners of gay Americans would derail an immigration package currently being considered in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Fla. school agrees to allow gay-straight alliance one day after ACLU files suit
OCALA, Fla. — Just one day after the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against a Florida school district for denying students from forming a gay-straight alliance, the school board ended months of delays and said it will allow the club.
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Rhode Island approves marriage equality, Governor signs bill into law
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island on Thursday became the nation’s 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed, as a 16-year effort to extend marriage rights in this heavily Roman Catholic state ended with the triumphant cheers of hundreds of gays, lesbians, their families and friends.
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Colorado leaders move on same-sex marriage, even before civil unions begin
DENVER — With only a few hours between the past and the future of relationship recognition for Colorado’s same-sex couples, leaders of the state’s LGBT and allied community seized the present and made their strongest and most public case for marriage equality.
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Dallas mayor says resolution to support marriage equality is a waste of time
Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings said Wednesday that a proposed city council resolution supporting marriage equality is a political distraction and a waste of the council’s time.