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17-year-old Missouri teen pleads guilty to hate crime against lesbian
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — A 17-year-old Missouri teen has pleaded guilty to a hate crime charge in the July 24 beating of a local lesbian resident.
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Former NFL commissioner donates $100,000 to Md. marriage campaign
Former National Football League Commissioner Paul Tagliabue on Tuesday announced that he and his wife have donated $100,000 to the campaign to defend Maryland’s same-sex marriage law.
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Grand jury charges four Texas teens with felony graffiti in anti-gay crime spree
FORT WORTH, Texas — A grand jury on Monday indicted four teens who stand accused of writing anti-gay slurs and other vulgar messages on vehicles and homes in an Arlington, Texas neighborhood earlier this year.
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Loudoun County, Va., officials address allegations against hate group leader
LEESBURG, Va. — The Loudoun, Va., Board of Supervisors on Tuesday commented on allegations that Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio (R-Sterling) used county resources for political gain and that he has engaged in questionable campaign fund raising practices.
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Authorities in Serbia consider banning this weekend’s gay pride parade
BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said Monday that his government is considering banning a gay rights parade along with all other types of public events in Belgrade this next weekend, fearing a repeat of the violence that erupted two years ago.
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Petition calls on UPS to end corporate donations to anti-gay Boy Scouts
IOWA CITY, Iowa — After successively lobbying Intel Corporation to end its corporate contributions to the Boy Scouts of America last month, LGBT rights advocate Zach Wahls has set his sights on United Parcel Service.
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ACLU files appeal in case of transgender woman denied name change
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — The American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma (ACLU) has announced that it will represent a transgender woman who was denied a name change by an Oklahoma judge who told her “you can’t change what God gave you.”
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Philadelphia honors LGBT rights pioneer at street naming ceremony
PHILADELPHIA — A street naming dedication ceremony for Barbara Gittings Way — named for the LGBT civil rights pioneer — was held Monday in the heart of Philadelphia’s gay neighborhood at the intersection of Locust and 13th Streets.
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Baltimore Ravens’ Matt Birk: ‘Not all NFL players think redefining marriage is a good thing’
Matt Birk, the Baltimore Ravens center (and former Minnesota Viking), is the latest NFL player to enter the debate on marriage equality, and has penned an op-ed in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune opposing same-sex marriage.
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Anti-gay group threatens lawsuit over California’s ban on reparative therapy
Just two days after California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a bill banning psychological therapy aimed at turning gay and lesbian youth straight — often referred to as reparative therapy — the anti-gay organization Liberty Counsel announced Monday it is preparing a lawsuit aimed at preventing the law from taking effect.