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Montana governor signs bill to strike down obsolete sodomy law
HELENA, Mont. — An obsolete law deeming gay sex as deviant — akin to bestiality — was stricken from Montana code Thursday, prompting gay rights activists to say they hope that full legal equality may be close at hand.
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Brittney Griner, WNBA’s overall draft pick: ‘Be who you are’
HOUSTON — Standing 6′ 8″ tall, with an arm span of 86″ and wearing a men’s size 18 shoe, Brittney Griner, the Phoenix Mercury’s 2013 WNBA number one Draft Pick, is an impressive figure both on and off the court.
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Ohio teacher files grievance, claims she was fired because she is gay
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A popular Columbus, Ohio, physical education teacher and coach who says she was fired because she is gay, has filed a grievance through her union against the Catholic Diocese of Columbus, according to her attorney.
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Nebraska woman sentenced for falsely reporting anti-gay hate crime
LINCOLN, Neb. — A Nebraska judge has given jail time and probation to a Lincoln woman who falsely claimed she had been attacked by three men who carved anti-gay slurs into her body and tried to light her house on fire.
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Peruvian father accused of setting son on fire because he is gay, HIV+
A Peruvian father faces allegations of setting his 22-year-old son on fire after learning he is gay and HIV positive.
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Opponents rally against same-sex marriage at Delaware capitol
DOVER, Del. — Opponents of a bill legalizing gay marriage in Delaware are making their voices heard. Hundreds of opponents of same-sex marriage gathered Thursday at Legislative Hall to urge lawmakers to vote against the bill.
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Washington couple files suit against florist for anti-gay discrimination
KENNEWICK, Wash. — The ACLU on Thursday filed a lawsuit on behalf of a gay couple in Kennewick, Wash,, against a florist that discriminated against them because of their sexual orientation.
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Montana governor Steve Bullock to sign bill decriminalizing gay sex
HELENA, Mont. — Gov. Steve Bullock will sign into law a bill that decriminalizes gay sex 16 years after the Montana Supreme Court ruled the law criminalizing gay sex unconstitutional, and ten years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down sodomy laws nationwide.
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News (World)
Four accused of anti-gay attack in France amid tensions over marriage bill
PARIS — Four people have been detained on suspicion of carrying out an attack at a Paris gay bar, the Interior Ministry said Thursday, amid nationwide tensions over a bill that would legalize gay marriage.
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Immigration bill excludes provisions for same-sex binational couples
WASHINGTON — Gay rights advocates have expressed disappointment after a bipartisan Senate group’s 844-page immigration bill omitted married gay and lesbian binational couples, leaving out the Uniting American Families Act.
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Paraguay politician would shoot himself in the balls if his son married a man
ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay — Tobacco magnate Horacio Cartes, Paraguay’s leading presidential candidate, has come under fire for comments he made comparing gay people to “monkeys” and threatening to remove his genitals if his son married another man.
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Texas Senate committee votes to repeal state’s anti-gay sodomy law
AUSTIN, Texas — The Senate Criminal Justice Committee voted on Wednesday to repeal the state’s anti-gay sodomy law, a decade after the U.S. Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional.
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Senators re-introduce bill to remove unfair tax burden on LGBT families
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Monday introducing the Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act, a bill that would end the taxation of employer-provided health insurance for domestic partners, as well as the penalty imposed on employers who provide equal benefits to their LGBT employees.
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Transgender man denied name change by Virginia judge
A transgender man from Louisa County, Virginia, has been denied a name change by Circuit Judge who, contrary to current Virginia law, said medical documentation was required for legal name changes.
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Delaware House committee advances marriage equality bill
DOVER, Del. — A bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Delaware is headed to the House floor for a vote after a committee approved the measure Wednesday in a hearing that drew an overflow crowd.
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Commentary
What happens when a son tells his gay dad, ‘I want to become a Boy Scout’?
I really don’t know why I can’t seem to see these things coming. I blog about them. I write about prejudices, I have argued with countless anti-gay people, and I have diligently parented to the best of my ability. And yet, these situations emerge and again, I am caught like the proverbial deer in the headlights, unsure which path to take, and positive that all choices lead to certain destruction…
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Iowa state senator: Homosexuality poses health risk to him and his family
DES MOINES, Iowa — A Republican state senator from northern Iowa says homosexual lifestyles pose a health risk to him and his family in comments that drew a sharp rebuke from an openly gay Democratic senator.
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Questions and answers about same-sex marriage around the world
New Zealand lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to a same-sex marriage bill, joining a dozen other countries. Here are some questions and answers about gay marriage around the world…
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Bachmann to headline conference of anti-gay, anti-women’s rights activists, birthers, truthers
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) will be joining some of the most extreme right-wing activists in the country at the upcoming Awakening 2013 conference, which is organized by the Liberty University-affiliated Liberty Counsel.
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Federal appeals court to hear challenge to Calif. gay therapy ban
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court is to hear arguments Wednesday on whether a first-of-its-kind law that prohibits licensed mental health professionals in California from offering therapies aimed at making gay and lesbian teenagers straight violates the civil rights of practitioners and parents.