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U.S. Senate poised to renew gay-inclusive domestic violence law
WASHINGTON — The Senate is poised to rewrite the federal government’s principal anti-domestic abuse law with new protections for gays, lesbians, immigrants and Native American women.
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Fla. school district considers eliminating clubs to avoid allowing gay-straight alliance
TAVARES, Fla. — The Lake County School Board is considering eliminating all non-academic clubs from middle and high school campuses instead of allowing a student to form a gay-straight alliance.
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Obama misses opportunity to nominate first openly LGBT cabinet member
President Obama has missed an opportunity to nominate for the first time an openly LGBT Cabinet member by reportedly passing over Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry for the role of interior secretary.
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LGBT advocacy groups denounce Boy Scouts’ delay on anti-gay policy
LGBT advocacy groups responded Wednesday to an announcement by the Boy Scouts of America that it would delay until May a decision on whether to end its longstanding policy that prohibits gay scouts and gay and lesbian scout leaders.
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Corkins pleads guilty in Family Research Council shooting
WASHINGTON — A Virginia man pleaded guilty Wednesday to wounding a security guard at the headquarters of a conservative Christian lobbying group, a shooting that made headlines in part because the man was carrying 15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches.
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Boy Scouts executive board delays decision on admitting gays
IRVING, Texas — The Boy Scouts of America put off a decision Wednesday on whether to lift its ban on gay members and leaders, saying the question will be taken up at the organization’s national meeting in May.
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Tyler Clementi anti-harassment act re-introduced in Congress
During a dedication ceremony Monday of the Tyler Clementi Center at Rutgers University in New Jersey, U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, (D-N.J.) announced that he U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) have reintroduced legislation in Congress that would require colleges to implement anti-harassment policies.
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Gay Vietnamese protest exclusion from annual New Year’s ‘Tet’ parade
WESTMINSTER, Calif. — A group of gay Vietnamese Americans and their supporters in Southern California’s Orange County are asking to be allowed to participate in this weekend’s Tet parade in celebration of the Vietnamese New Year.
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Rhode Island Bar Association endorses marriage equality bill
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The leaders of the Rhode Island Bar Association have endorsed a proposal to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry.
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Illinois Senate committee approves marriage equality bill
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A strict party-line vote Tuesday sent proposed gay-marriage legislation to the Democrat-controlled Illinois Senate floor for the second time in a month.