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Study: Approximately 900,000 adult immigrants identify as LGBT
A new study estimates that approximately 900,000 adults living in the U.S. are LGBT immigrants, and among them, more than 48,000 are in a same-sex relationship in which one or both spouses or partners are not U.S. citizens.
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Illinois GOP chairman, lawmaker under fire for supporting marriage equality
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Two Illinois Republicans are finding out that for all the talk nationally of the GOP becoming more inclusive and appealing to voters by softening stances on social issues, it’s difficult to actually follow through.
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Poll: Majority of Catholics support marriage equality for gays, lesbians
A majority of Catholic voters in the U.S. now support same-sex marriage, according to a new poll conducted by Quinnipiac University. The poll found that 54 percent of Catholic voters surveyed supported marriage equality for gays and lesbians, compared to 38 percent opposed.
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Mass. performing arts school takes heat for gay biblical play
SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. — The head of a western Massachusetts charter school says a student production of a play that retells the biblical story of Genesis with gay characters will go on as planned despite objections from some who say it’s offensive to Christians.
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Oregon elementary school principal says he’s losing his job because he is gay
GRESHAM, Ore. — About a dozen parents and students wore pink T-shirts to the Thursday night school board meeting in Gresham in support of a principal who said he’s losing his job because he’s gay.
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Chicago clergy members say they’ll ban lawmakers who support gay marriage
CHICAGO — A number of African-American clergy and conservative Catholics say they’ll ban Illinois lawmakers from their churches if they vote in favor of same-sex marriage.
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Colorado civil unions bill clears third and final House committee
DENVER — A bill granting civil unions for same-sex couples in Colorado advanced Friday morning in a third House committee, and now heads to the full House for a vote.
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Utah Senate committee advances bill prohibiting anti-LGBT discrimination
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah Senate committee on Thursday advanced legislation proposing a statewide law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Clinton: I signed DOMA to ‘defuse a movement’ toward ban on gay marriage
WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton is calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a law he signed that bars federal recognition of same-sex marriages.
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Poll finds small plurality of Texas voters support same-sex marriage
AUSTIN, Texas — Support for marriage equality continues grow in Texas, as a new poll shows a minor plurality of voters now favor legalizing same-sex marriage.
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U.S. Sen. Carl Levin will not seek re-election in 2014
WASHINGTON — The senior U.S. Senator who, as chairman of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee, shepherded the repeal of the military’s ban on openly gay and lesbian service members, has announced that he will retire at the end of this term in 2014.
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Woman faces prison time after beating son for engaging in gay sex act
FOREST HILL, Texas — A Texas woman is facing felony charges for badly beating her 15-year-old son after she caught him receiving oral sex from a male cousin last December.
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W.Va. state Senate advances bill to charge for HIV testing
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Facing pressure from shrinking federal funds, the West Virginia Senate advanced a bill Thursday that would allow local health departments to charge patients for testing for sexually transmitted diseases.
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FBI ‘monitoring’ investigation of gay Miss. mayoral candidate’s death
JACKSON, Miss. — The FBI said Wednesday that it has been monitoring the state investigation into the death of an openly gay mayoral candidate in Mississippi, but the agency didn’t indicate it had opened its own investigation.
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Mexico’s high court: Homophobic slurs not protected as freedom of expression
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled that two homophobic words commonly used in Mexico to humiliate gay men are not protected as freedom of expression under the constitution, allowing those offended by them to sue for moral damages.
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Obama signs LGBT-inclusive domestic violence bill
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday signed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization bill into law.
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Same-sex marriage bill has votes to clear first hurdle in Minn. House
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A bill to legalize gay marriage in Minnesota has enough votes to clear one of its first legislative hurdles, over protests from opponents.
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Report: Marriage equality in Illinois could add $103 million to state’s economy
Extending marriage to same-sex couples in Illinois would generate up to $103 million in spending to the state and local economy, according to a study released by the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law.
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Pa. city councilman reprimanded for calling friend ‘gay’ in citywide email alert
A city council member in Washington, Pa., has been reprimanded for calling a friend gay in an email to test a citywide alert system.
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Judge: No immediate ruling on Michigan’s gay marriage ban
DETROIT — A judge said Thursday that a lesbian couple seeking to jointly adopt children made a “compelling” case Michigan’s gay marriage ban violates the U.S. Constitution, but he wants to wait for guidance from the Supreme Court before deciding whether to throw it out.