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Parents sue S.C. hospital over child’s gender assignment surgery
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A couple filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the state of South Carolina for what they say was an unnecessary sexual assignment surgery performed on a toddler they later adopted.
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Life
Matt Barber tweets homophobic cartoon of gay man tricking Boy Scout into sex
As one of the most nasty and mean-spirited figures of the Religious Right, it was no surprise to see Matt Barber of Liberty Counsel tweet this cartoon implying that a gay Boy Scout troop leader would sexually assault his scouts:
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Life
Ruling: Brazilian states must register same-sex civil unions as marriages
BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s National Council of Justice on Tuesday said that notary publics throughout the country must register same-sex civil unions as marriages if the couple requests it.
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News (USA)
Gallup: Support for same-sex marriage solidifies above 50% in U.S.
PRINCETON, N.J. — Fifty-three percent of Americans now support legalizing same-sex marriage, the third consecutive reading of 50 percent or above in Gallup polling over the past year.
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Missing husband: Spending our 6th anniversary apart, separated by 6,000 miles and DOMA
On May 12, 2007, I sat in a restaurant in West Hollywood swearing off men forever after a string of bad relationships. That was until my future husband walked in. … For two hours we ate, drank and laughed. In one meal, I had gone from having lost all interest in dating to hitting it off with a guy who I may as well have designed myself.
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News (USA)
Minn. governor to sign bill legalizing same-sex marriage
ST. PAUL, Minn. — With marriages to be available for Minnesota’s gay couples starting Aug. 1, Duluth residents Gary Anderson and Gary Boelhower are getting ready to do something that seemed impossible when they started dating three years ago: plan a wedding.
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News (USA)
Graham threatens to pull support from immigration bill if gays are included
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Monday that if the Senate Judiciary Committee attached an amendment to include provisions for same-sex bi-national couples in the pending immigration reform bill, he’ll pull his support.
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Linda Harvey: Gay news sites trick kids into becoming gay
Linda Harvey of Mission America is worried that “homosexual news blogs” and other websites “that are sympathetic to the social and political goals of the homosexual movement” may actually trick young people, who could simply be visiting such sites in order to research the debate on same-sex marriage, into becoming gay by putting them in close reach of “homosexual-themed pornography.”
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News (USA)
St. Paul, Minn., to throw party to celebrate passage of gay marriage law
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The city of St. Paul is ready to throw a party to celebrate the legalization of same-sex marriage in Minnesota.
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News (USA)
BREAKING: Minn. to become 12th state to legalize same-sex marriage
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Senate voted moments ago to legalize same-sex marriage, the last legislative step before Gov. Mark Dayton’s promised signature will make the state the 12th in the U.S. to do so.
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News (USA)
St. Paul mayor proclaims ‘Freedom to Marry Week,’ renames downtown bridge
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Anticipating a vote in the Minnesota state Senate today that would legalize same-sex marriage, St. Paul mayor Chris Coleman on Monday morning proclaimed “Freedom to Marry Week” in St. Paul and temporarily renamed a downtown bridge the “Freedom to Marry Bridge.”
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News (World)
Hong Kong transgender woman wins legal battle to marry boyfriend
HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s top court granted a transgender woman the right to marry her boyfriend Monday in a watershed ruling that falls short of allowing same-sex marriage.
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News (USA)
UPDATED: Minn. lawmakers prepare for final vote on marriage equality bill
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Supporters of same-sex marriage in Minnesota taped blue and orange hearts Monday onto the state Capitol steps, creating a path into the building for lawmakers preparing an afternoon vote on whether to allow same-sex weddings starting in August.
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News (World)
Russian police confirm man was tortured to death because he was gay
VOLGOGRAD, Russia — Two men have been arrested for torturing a 23-year-old man to death in Russia in an apparent homophobic attack, investigators said Sunday.
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Commentary
A Mother’s Day Card to all LGBT parents
On Mother’s Day mornings, my son, Jesse, leads the way in bringing me breakfast in bed with flowers. He got the idea on his own three years ago at the age of seven. “You do everything their mothers do,” he explained at the time. “This is your day, too.” So with that, I would like to send you an open Mother’s Day Card for all LGBT parents, including gay, bisexual, and transgender dads. I offer this up as a Father’s Day Card for all lesbian, bisexual, and transgender moms, as well…
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News (USA)
Police arrest two men in beating of gay men in New York City
NEW YORK — Two men were arrested in connection with the beating of two gay men in Manhattan early Friday and police are investigating whether there is a link to an earlier anti-gay attack in the same area on Sunday.
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Life
Push accelerates to build more LGBT senior housing
As the rebels of the Stonewall era enter their 60s and prepare for the sunshine years, the movement they forged is helping shape new ways of aging for the LGBT community.
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Bishop Gene Robinson: Lover of social justice (and ice cream)
The first openly gay ordained bishop in the history of Christendom has become something more than himself — and he realizes it.
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Pastor: Homosexuality ‘has destroyed every civilization it has touched’
Ken Hutcherson, pastor of the Antioch Bible Church in Kirkland, Wash., is very angry that a fellow Christian Post contributor, Dave Thompson, lauded Jason Collins for coming out and is lamenting that many church leaders “have denied the grace of Christ for gay couples.”
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News (USA)
Calif. moves to comply with 2011 law that requires teaching of LGBT history
SAN FRANCISCO — California education officials took the first step this week toward complying with a law that requires public schools to include prominent gay people and gay rights’ milestones in the curriculum, adopting a set of classroom material guidelines that prohibit “pejorative descriptions” based on sexual orientation and gender identity.