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Idaho transportation dept. relaxes rules for transgender driver’s license changes
BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Transportation Department this week agreed to new regulations allowing transgender individuals to change the gender designation on their driver’s licenses without a note from a surgeon.
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BREAKING: Delaware state House approves same-sex marriage bill
DOVER, Del. — — The Delaware state House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.
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French protest against passage of gay marriage bill turns violent
PARIS — France legalized gay marriage on Tuesday after a wrenching national debate that exposed deep conservatism in the nation’s heartland and triggered huge demonstrations that tapped into intense discontent with the Socialist government. Within hours, fiery clashes broke out between protesters and riot police.
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NFL prospect could become first openly gay professional football player
Alan Gendreau, a former kicker for Middle Tennessee State University and the leading scorer in Sun Belt Conference history, is now an NFL hopeful — an openly gay NFL hopeful.
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BREAKING: Rhode Island senate committee advances gay marriage bill
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Rhode Island state Senate committee on Tuesday voted to advance a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.
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DFL swing vote on Minn. same-sex marriage says he’ll support bill
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Minnesota state senator seen as a crucial swing vote on a proposed same-sex marriage bill said Monday he’ll vote in favor of the measure.
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Leader of Ill. Black Caucus signs on to support marriage equality bill
CHICAGO — The leader of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus has signed on to co-sponsor a measure that would authorize same-sex couples to marry in the state.
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Ex-Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo talks equality in South Fla.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Former Baltimore Ravens reserve linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo called on professional athletes Tuesday to stand up for marriage equality because he said it is “the right thing to do.”
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NFL’s Chris Kluwe to serve as Grand Marshall at Twin Cities Pride
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe will be Grand Marshall for the 2013 Twin Cities Pride Parade this summer, organizers have announced.
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BREAKING: France becomes 14th country to legalize same-sex marriage
PARIS — French lawmakers have legalized same-sex marriage after months of bruising debate and street protests that brought hundreds of thousands to Paris.
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R.I. senate Republicans unanimously support marriage equality bill
The Rhode Island Senate Republican Caucus on Tuesday announced their support for a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, becoming the first unanimous legislative caucus in the nation — of either party — to support marriage equality.
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Los Angeles scout leaders: No good choice in new gay scouting proposal
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles scout leaders say the Boy Scouts of America’s proposal to lift the ban for gay youth members, but continue to exclude gays as adult leaders, does not go far enough.
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State lawmaker comes out as Nevada senate advances marriage equality bill
CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada Senate, after an hour-long, soul-searching debate about equality, love and marriage passed a resolution late Monday repealing the state’s heterosexual definition of marriage, the first step in a long process to recognize gay marriage.
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‘Extraordinary security’ in place as French lawmakers prepare for marriage vote
PARIS — Police say legions of officers and a small battery of water cannon are at France’s National Assembly as lawmakers prepare for a final vote to legalize gay marriage.
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Delaware state House expected to consider marriage bill on Tuesday
DOVER, Del. — The Delaware state House of Representatives on Tuesday is expected to consider a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.
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In historic first, LGBT activists meet with Albania’s Prime Minister
TIRANA, Albania — The Albanian Prime Minister, in a historic first for this tiny Balkan nation, met Monday with two LGBT activists to express his full support for LGBT rights and same-sex marriage.
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Pivotal vote on same-sex marriage bill looms in Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island’s long-simmering debate on gay marriage will head to a pivotal vote Tuesday when a legislative committee decides whether to forward the legislation to the full Senate for a final vote.
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Paraguay president-elect apologizes for anti-gay remarks: ‘Time to mend fences’
ASUNCION, Paraguay — Paraguay’s president-elect, Horacio Cartes, said Monday that he’ll urge Congress to approve Venezuela’s entry into Mercosur, and he apologized for making anti-gay comments during the campaign.
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Gunpowder, threatening letter sent to lawmaker on day before marriage vote
PARIS — The speaker of France’s National Assembly on Monday received an envelope filled with gunpowder and a threatening letter calling on him to delay Tuesday’s planned vote on a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.
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R.I. bishop: Same-sex marriage a ‘grave risk to our spiritual well being’
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas J. Tobin on Monday warned the Rhode Island state legislature that legalizing same-sex marriage would be a “grave risk to our spiritual well being and the common good.”