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Attorney’s letter draws rebuke in Mo. fire department’s same-sex benefits debate
OZARK, Mo. — A prominent Springfield, Mo., attorney has penned a letter praising a local fire department for denying health benefits to a gay firefighter’s wife, saying he is tired of attempts “to cram homosexuality and lesbians down our throats.” Dee Wampler sent the letter to several individuals regarding the debate of health benefits within the Ozark Fire Department…
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ACLU files new lawsuit seeking recognition of Wis. same-sex marriages
MADISON, Wis. — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking recognition of Wisconsin gay couples who married in June after a judge temporarily blocked the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. The ACLU filed a federal lawsuit in February challenging the ban. U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb found the ban was unconstitutional in June …
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Federal appeals court stays Wisconsin same-sex marriage ruling
MADISON, Wis. — A federal appeals court on Wednesday stayed a ruling that Wisconsin’s same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this month upheld U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb’s June ruling that the ban violated gay couples’ equal protection rights.
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GLAD’s Mary Bonauto receives MacArthur Foundation ‘genius grant’
CHICAGO — Mary L. Bonauto, the Civil Rights Project Director for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), has been awarded a 2014 MacArthur Fellowship, sometimes referred to as a “genius grant.” The Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced on Wednesday this year’s recipients of the grants that have been …
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Federal judge restores part of Indiana same-sex marriage challenge
INDIANAPOLIS — A federal judge has reinstated four same-sex couples’ claim that Indiana’s refusal to recognize out-of-state gay marriages is unconstitutional. Judge Richard Young said in a ruling Tuesday that he reinstated the lawsuit because Gov. Mike Pence had shown that he had power to enforce the ban despite claims that he had no such control.
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Hundreds gather for forum on proposed LGBT ordinance in Berea, Ky.
BEREA, Ky. — A public forum on a proposed ordinance in Berea that would prohibit discrimination against gays has drawn hundreds of residents. The Richmond Register reported 275 people were allowed inside the Folk Center on Tuesday night for the forum; others listened on speakers outside the building…
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Starkville, Miss., officials want to rescind benefits coverage for unmarried partners
STARKVILLE, Miss. — Officials in Starkville, Miss., are now saying they won’t let city employees buy health insurance coverage for unmarried domestic partners, including those of the same sex. Aldermen voted 4-2 Tuesday to delete part an insurance plan they approved two weeks ago…
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Internet sleuths identify possible suspects in Philly gay bashing incident
Internet sleuths appear to have identified many of the suspects wanted in connection with a brutal attack on a gay couple in Philadelphia last week, and the alleged attackers are making arrangements to surrender to police for questioning. The Philadelphia police department on Tuesday released surveillance video of the large group of suspected attackers as they walked along…
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Wis. teen candidate drops out of race as more anti-gay, racist remarks surface
JANESVILLE, Wis. — The 19-year-old Republican candidate for the Wisconsin state Assembly, who apologized last week for calling gays “fags” in a Twiiter post last year, has suspended his campaign and dropped out of the race after additional racist and homophobic comments he made on social media surfaced Tuesday.
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Ginsburg: Marriage rulings in 6th Circuit likely to dictate high court’s urgency
MINNEAPOLIS — People looking for clues about how soon the U.S. Supreme Court might weigh in on state bans of same-sex marriage should watch the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told a Minnesota audience Tuesday that there would be “some urgency” if an appeals court upholds same-sex marriage bans. Such a ruling would run …
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Uganda foreign minister begins term as leader of UN General Assembly
UNITED NATIONS — Sam Kutesa began his first day as president of the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday by describing the current year as “tumultuous” and the year ahead as “momentous” for the United Nations as it marks its 70th anniversary. The Ugandan foreign minister said his priority will be to ensure agreement on new U.N. goals to fight poverty and…
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Police seek public’s help in identifying attackers in anti-gay hate crime (Video)
PHILADELPHIA — Police in Philadelphia hope a security video will help them identify a group of young adults sought in a violent attack on a gay couple. Police say the group asked about the pair’s sexual orientation, and then beat and punched them while holding them down.
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Wis. AG asks federal appeals court to stay same-sex marriage ruling
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is asking a federal appeals court to stay a ruling that Indiana and Wisconsin’s same-sex marriage bans were unconstitutional. Van Hollen’s office said Tuesday it was requesting the stay out of “an abundance of caution.”
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Transgender teen back in custody following escape
HARTFORD, Conn. — A troubled transgender girl whose confinement case has attracted national attention escaped from a Connecticut treatment program Tuesday and was found by police several hours later, state officials said. The teenager has been moved several times since a judge in April ordered her to be imprisoned without criminal charges at the…
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Ad promoting ‘ex-gay’ movie: ‘Lady Gaga, shut up. I was not born this way.’
An advertisement for ex-gay activist David Kyle Foster’s movie, “Such Were Some Of You,” ran during today’s edition of “The 700 Club.” The clip featured activists Michael Brown and Anne Paulk, and one young man who exclaimed: “I have to say, Lady Gaga, shut up. I was not born this way.” Foster has warned of gay brainwashing…
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Prominent Ugandan gay activist to be granted asylum in U.S.
BOSTON — John “Longjones” Abdallah Wambere, a prominent Ugandan gay activist for over 17 years, has been recommended for asylum in the United States, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) announced Tuesday. In a letter dated September 11, 2014, the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services informed Wambere that his application was…
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Report: Marriage equality would add $36 million, new jobs to Missouri economy
Extending marriage to same-sex couples in Missouri would generate an estimated $36.3 million in spending to the state’s economy and could generate as many as 900 new jobs over three years, according to a new study. Researchers at the Williams Institute, an independent think tank at UCLA’s School of Law, estimates that — based on 2010 U.S. Census data…
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Online web filter ending longtime block on mainstream gay websites
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A popular online safe-search filter is ending its practice of blocking links to mainstream gay and lesbian advocacy groups for users hoping to avoid obscene sites. For several years, top Web-filtering services have been resolving a security over-reach that conflated gay rights websites with adult content, blocking both from web surfers using …
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Photographer blinded by gasoline in alleged anti-gay hate crime
SWANSEA, Wales — A freelance photographer has been blinded in one eye following an alleged anti-gay hate crime late last week in which his attackers threw gasoline in his face. Tyler Maddick, 20, says he was targeted by three or four men in a car as he walked home in Swansea on Sept. 11, reports the BBC.
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Kazakhstan politician: Gays can be identified by colored pants, DNA test
A politician in Kazakhstan has claimed “blood tests for degeneratism” can identify gay people while calling for homosexuality to be criminalized, describing it as a threat to national security. Standing before a poster claiming “homosexuality is a threat to the nation,” Dauren Babamuratov, leader of the nationalist “Bolashak” movement, petitioned the government …