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Bill would toss adoption preference for heterosexual couples

Saturday, January 23, 2016

The legislation introduced in both the Senate and House removes current language giving preferences to a husband and wife over others in adoptions.

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Arizona to pay $300,000 to lawyers in same‑sex marriage case

Saturday, December 26, 2015

Lawyers representing several same-sex couples who challenged Arizona's ban on same-sex marriage will receive $300,000 from the state to cover attorney fees and other costs.

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Lebanese man threatened by Islamophobe on Grindr: ‘I’ll kick your a** back to Iraq’

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

A young man is worried that Islamophobia is starting to sweep through the LGBTQ community.

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Arizona ‘pregnant man’ is sentenced for disorderly conduct

Monday, November 16, 2015

A transgender man in Arizona accused of stalking his estranged wife last year has been sentenced to one year of unsupervised probation.

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“The Pregnant Man,” accused of stalking estranged wife, pleads guilty

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

A transgender man in Arizona who was accused of putting a GPS tracking device on his wife's car pleaded guilty to one count of disorderly conduct.

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Maricopa County attorney sidesteps same-sex adoption fight

Friday, July 10, 2015

The decision by Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery to farm out the services he's legally required to provide lets him avoid backtracking on a policy of denying those services to same-sex couples after the Supreme Court's…

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Arizona governor directs state agency to allow same-sex couples to be adoptive, foster parents

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is instructing a state agency to allow all legally married couples, including same-sex couples, to jointly be adoptive and foster parents.

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Ariz. governor vetoes bill that could allow adoption discrimination against same-sex couples

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

The bill in recent weeks has been caught up in the debate over same-sex marriage after the Maricopa county attorney adopted a policy of not helping same-sex couples adopt.

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Arizona county attorney turns away same-sex couple seeking adoption help

Thursday, April 9, 2015

The county attorney says the October federal court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in Arizona dealt with marriage, not adoption. Arizona adoption law refers to a "husband and wife" and to a "married man and woman."

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Florida bakery may sue Arizona evangelist over anti-gay cake request, recording

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

An Arizona man who caused controversy after his request to a Florida bakery to make a cake with an anti-gay marriage message, says he is being unfairly portrayed, while the bakery says it's considering legal action…

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