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Roommate receives 15-count indictment for Tyler Clementi’s suicide
The roommate of the Rutgers University freshman who committed suicide last year after an intimate encounter with another man was broadcast online, received a 15-count indictment on Wednesday for his alleged actions that led to the death of Tyler Clementi.
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News (USA)
Nevada Assembly approves transgender workplace protections bill
The Nevada state Assembly has approved a bill that would protect transgender people from workplace discrimination. The bill, approved by a vote of 29-13, now goes to the Senate for consideration.
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News (USA)
Feud over daughter’s lesbian relationship leads Dad to commit double homicide
A Texas man — distraught over his daughter’s lesbian relationship — was arrested Tuesday for killing his daughter’s girlfriend and the girlfriend’s mother.
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News (USA)
Orange County, Fla., approves benefits for partners, children of gay workers
Commissioners in Orange County, Fla., voted unanimously on Tuesday to extend health and other workplace benefits to the partners and children of gay county employees.
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News (USA)
CNN Poll: Majority of Americans support legalizing same-sex marriage
A majority of Americans now believe that same-sex marriages should be legal, according to a new CNN/Opinion Research national poll released Tuesday.
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News (USA)
Hawaii House approves transgender workplace protections bill
The Hawaii state House of Representatives on Monday approved legislation that would prohibit workplace discrimination against transgender people.
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News (USA)
Kentucky church changes marriage policy in support gay congregation
The Douglass Boulevard Christian Church in Louisville, Ky., on Sunday, unanimously voted to stop signing marriage licenses because they are only legally permitted to do so for heterosexual couples.
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News (World)
Malaysia sends ‘effeminate’ boys to correctional camp to learn masculinity
Malaysian school authorities have sent 66 Muslim teenage boys to a correctional camp to learn “masculine behaviors” after their teachers identified them as effeminate.
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News (World)
Hungary approves new constitution, bans marriage equality
Hungarian lawmakers approved a new constitution Monday that was blasted by rights groups and the political opposition for measures considered extremely conservative.
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News (USA)
Marriage equality opponent expresses regret for false claims in Maine repeal
In “Question 1,” a new documentary filmed during Maine’s successful “Yes on 1” campaign to repeal the state’s marriage equality law, reveals that “Yes On “1 chairman Marc Mutty acknowledges his campaign’s claim that “same-sex marriage will be taught in schools” was untrue.
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News (USA)
Arizona governor signs adoption bill: gay parents, step to the back of the line
A bill signed Monday by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer will direct the state and other adoption agencies to give married couples a preference over single adults when placing children in adoptive and foster homes.
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News (World)
Montenegro prepares for first ever gay pride parade
Gays in the tiny Balkan country of Montenegro have begun preparations for their first gay pride parade planned for May 31, but with some trepidation.
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Life
Actor launches ‘Trailblazer Campaign’ to help Hollywood come ‘out’
Out actor James Duke Mason has announced the launch of the Trailblazer Campaign, a new movement to encourage gay actors and musicians, as well as people in general, to come out and be honest about who they are.
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News (USA)
FBI investigating possible ‘hate crime’ attack on South Carolina gay teen
The FBI on Monday confirmed it is investigating the brutal attack on a South Carolina gay teen who was assaulted outside a convenience store in Rock Hill on April 9.
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News (USA)
RIP: Veteran gay news, gossip blog ‘Queerty.com’ shuts down
After spending the last week offline due to “technical difficulties,” the veteran gay news and gossip blog Queerty.com officially shuttered today.
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News (USA)
‘Graphic’ photo of two men kissing removed in error, says Facebook
The removal by Facebook of a photo of two men kissing because it reportedly violated the social network’s standards against “graphic or sexually suggestive content,” has now been called an “error.”
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News (USA)
House GOP hires lawyer to defend DOMA, vows to take DOJ funds to foot the bill
House Republicans on Monday appointed a private attorney to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in federal court, and Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) vowed to take funds from the Justice Department budget to pay for it.
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News (USA)
Study suggests higher risk of teen suicide in less supportive communities
Lesbian, gay and bisexual teens are fives times more likely than their heterosexual peers to attempt suicide, according to a new study that evaluates the impact of teens’ social environments.
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Commentary
Matt Baume’s ‘This Week in Prop 8’ — Prop 8 complaint backfires spectacularly
Leaked footage of the Proposition 8 trial sparked a legal tug of war this week, with anti-gay groups renewing efforts to keep their work out of public view. Delaware’s on track to be the 8th state to offer marriage-ish protections, and activists gear up in New York.
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Life
Hundreds stage ‘kiss-in’ protest outside London pub where gay couple ejected
Several hundred demonstrators gathered outside the locked doors of a London pub Friday evening to to attended a ‘kiss-in’ protest after a gay couple claimed they were thrown out for kissing.