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D.C. lawmaker proposes to ease gender change regulations
WASHINGTON — A District of Columbia council member on Tuesday introduced a bill that would ease the requirements of transgender D.C. residents seeking to legally change their gender on birth certificates and other legal documents.
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Obama considers weighing in on marriage case before Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is quietly considering urging the Supreme Court to overturn California’s ban on gay marriage, a step that would mark a political victory for advocates of same-sex unions and a deepening commitment by President Barack Obama to rights for gay couples.
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Puerto Rico Supreme Court upholds ban on gay couple adoptions
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court has narrowly voted to uphold a law banning gay couples from adopting children.
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‘Respect for Marriage’ campaign focuses on bipartisan support for gay marriage
The Respect for Marriage Coalition on Wednesday launched a national advertising campaign featuring prominent bipartisan leaders – including President Barack Obama, Former Vice President Dick Cheney, Former First Lady Laura Bush, and Former Secretary of Defense Colin Powell – speaking out in support of marriage for gay and lesbian Americans.
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Minn. GOP senator hopes to convince colleagues to support same-sex marriage
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Republican state senator who supports legalizing same-sex marriage in Minnesota said Wednesday that he hopes to convince GOP colleagues to join him in abandoning the party’s traditional stand on the issue.
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Southern Baptists urge Boy Scouts to continue its ban on gays
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The nation’s largest Protestant group is calling on members of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America to uphold a ban on gay leaders and Scouts when it votes in May.
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California law would remove tax exempt status for anti-gay Boy Scouts
A California state Senator on Tuesday introduced legislation that would remove the state’s tax exempt status for any youth group — including the Boy Scouts of America — that bans members on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity
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Illinois poll: 50 percent of Illinoisans support same-sex marriage bill
CHICAGO — The results of a Crain’s/Ipsos Illinois Poll released this week found that 50 percent of the state’s adult residents support the same-sex marriage bill currently making its way through the Illinois state legislature.
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Poll: Majority of voters agree, Defense of Marriage Act discriminates
A new poll released Tuesday by the Center for American Progress and Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), found that an increasing number of voters see the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as discriminatory.
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News (World)
European court rules Austria’s adoption law discriminated against lesbian couple
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled against Austria’s decision to deny a lesbian woman the right to adopt her longtime partner’s son.
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Life
FRC urges Congress to ‘pressure the Supreme Court’ on marriage cases
The Family Research Council has launched what it is describing as “an ambitious, no-holds-barred campaign to keep marriage as between one man and one woman and preserve the American family.”
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Commentary
‘Don’t give up on North Dakota yet … progress will be made’
Last week the North Dakota Senate defeated SB 2252 with a 20-27 bipartisan vote, which would have amended the North Dakota Human Rights Act and the North Dakota Fair Housing Act to protect LGBT North Dakotans and their family from discrimination in housing,employment, public accommodations and public services. As a lifelong North Dakotan, I am appalled that our state, a state that prides itself on valuing others and taking care of our neighbors, continues to support rhetoric that is pro-discrimination…
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News (USA)
Oregon marriage equality supporters submit sponsorship petitions
Oregon United for Marriage, a broad coalition working to legalize same-sex marriage in Oregon, submitted 2,000 sponsorship signatures to the Secretary of State Elections Office on Tuesday, twice the number needed to move move into the ballot title process.
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Montana state Senate moves to strike obsolete law that criminalizes gay sex
The Montana Senate is backing a measure to strike an obsolete state law that criminalizes gay sex. Senate Bill 107 repeals an anti-gay law the courts ruled unconstitutional in 1997.
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Poll finds growing bipartisan support among voters for marriage equality
The first national, public opinion poll of 2013 on marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples, released Tuesday by the Respect for Marriage Coalition, found that a growing bipartisan majority of registered voters support marriage rights.
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Life
Famed music executive Clive Davis comes out as bisexual in new memoir
In his new memoir, “The Soundtrack of My Life,” famed record producer and music industry executive Clive Davis comes out as bisexual.
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News (World)
German court strengthens adoption rights for same-sex couples
BERLIN — Germany’s highest court strengthened gay couples’ adoption rights in a ruling Tuesday that the country’s justice minister greeted as “a historic step.”
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Local residents pack school board meeting to debate gay-straight alliance
More than 100 parents, students and local residents packed a Lake County, Fla., school board meeting on Monday to voice their opinion on a possible ban on extracurricular clubs after a student applied to form a gay-straight alliance club.
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Alaska lawmakers apologize for laughter at question on civil unions
JUNEAU, Alaska — Leaders of the Alaska House apologized Monday for the laughter that erupted from some caucus members when asked about same-sex partnerships.
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Chicago Tribune on same-sex marriage: ‘It’s the fair thing to do’
CHICAGO — The Chicago Tribune, the eighth largest daily newspaper in the United States by circulation, on Monday announced support for legalizing same-sex marriage in Illinois.