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News (USA)
Senate committee approves immigration bill without provisions for gay couples
WASHINGTON — Far-reaching immigration legislation neared a final committee vote on Tuesday as the White House and Democratic supporters pressed the panel’s chairman to delay a showdown over the rights of gay spouses until a debate in the full Senate.
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News (USA)
Leahy backs off on offering amendment to immigration bill for gay couples
WASHINGTON — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy says he will not offer — for now — an amendment to an immigration bill allowing gay Americans to seek green cards for their spouses.
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Life
Anti-gay marriage activist commits suicide on alter at Notre Dame cathedral
PARIS — A far-right anti-gay marriage activist on Tuesday committed suicide at the altar of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, just three days after French President Francois Hollande signed into law a measure authorizing marriage and adoption by same-sex couples.
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News (USA)
NYPD reports two more possible anti-gay attacks in New York
NEW YORK — New York City police say there have been two more reports of possible anti-gay attacks, following the killing of a gay man taunted with homophobic slurs.
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Commentary
Sex and the teenage girl: The Kaitlyn Hunt tragedy
Be honest, how many of you reading this column would have been charged with “lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12-16 years of age” when you were 18? This is assuming of course that you got caught, and the state you lived in had such laws. Gay sex, straight sex, touching, fondling, groping, licking, sucking – I’m talking sex of any kind. How many of you would right now be registered as a sex offender?
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Life
Same-sex marriage bill clears UK House of Commons
LONDON — Britain’s House of Commons has passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in England and Wales.
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Life
Church of Scotland takes step to allow gay clergy
LONDON — Senior members of the Church of Scotland voted Monday to let some congregations choose ministers who are in same-sex relationships — an important compromise that must still pass further hurdles before it can become church law.
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News (World)
Two Moroccans tried for homosexuality sentenced to 4 months in prison
RABAT, Morocco — A Moroccan court has convicted two men of homosexuality and public indecency, and sentenced each to four months in prison, in the latest case against gays in this North African nation.
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News (USA)
Iowa anti-gay activist explains his opposition to gay marriage: ‘It’s awful’
KSFY-TV in Sioux Falls on Monday took on the debate about legalizing same-sex marriage in South Dakota by airing a report on how Iowans are faring under that state’s four-year-old marriage equality law.
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News (USA)
Obama delivers LGBT-inclusive commencement address at all-male college
ATLANTA — President Barack Obama on Sunday delivered an LGBT-inclusive commencement address at Morehouse College, a private, all-male, liberal arts, historically black college located in Atlanta.
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Life
White House to honor ten openly LGBT public officials on Harvey Milk Day
WASHINGTON — The White House has released a list of ten openly LGBT public officials it will honor Wednesday as “Harvey Milk Champions of Change.”
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News (USA)
Baltimore mayor to preside over Pride Festival mass wedding
BALTIMORE — Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will officiate a mass wedding for same-sex couples during the Baltimore Pride Festival next month.
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News (USA)
Peace Corps to begin accepting applications from same-sex couples
WASHINGTON — The Peace Corps says it will begin accepting applications from same-sex couples who want to serve together as volunteers overseas.
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News (USA)
Obama OK with punting on gays in immigration bill until it reaches Senate
WASHINGTON — Two people familiar with the Senate immigration deliberations say the White House has suggested to Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy that it would be best to put off a controversy over same-sex partners until a bill goes before the full Senate.
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News (USA)
No resolution yet on inclusion of LGBT partners in immigration bill
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee is aiming this week to pass a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions, setting up a high-stakes debate on the Senate floor.
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Life
Highest Presidential honor to be awarded posthumously to Sally Ride
WASHINGTON — The White House announced Monday that President Barack Obama will bestow a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award, to astronaut Dr. Sally Ride.
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Commentary
A boy named Issak
My name is Issak. I am a high school senior at Red Lion Area High School in Pennsylvania. As a student who happens to be transgender, my life isn’t all that different from other students in my class, except that I came out the summer before my junior year and have been going by my male name ever since. I try hard to make good grades, work at a part –time job, and have a wonderfully supportive family and an awesome girlfriend…
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Life
Gay kiss in upcoming Archie Comics a poke at real controversy
It’s a just quick kiss, but it’s a long step forward for Archie Comics’ only openly gay character Kevin Keller.
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News (World)
Chinese police detain gay pride march organizer
BEIJING — Police in central China have detained the 18-year-old organizer of a gay pride march in a sign of the government’s nervousness over a growing civil society and demands for stronger individual rights.
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News (USA)
Thousands march in NYC’s Greenwich Village to protest gay man’s killing
NEW YORK — A spate of hate-fueled attacks on gay men in New York, including a killing in the heart of one of its most gay-friendly neighborhoods, is stirring up anxiety, disbelief and outrage heading into what is usually a time of gay pride celebration.