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News (USA)NY governor signs order protecting transgender state employees
ALBANY — New York Gov. David Paterson has signed an executive order protecting transgender state workers from discrimination in the workplace. Flanked by gay rights activists, Paterson signed the order at a press event at the LGBT Community Center in Greenwich Village on Wednesday. “For generations, New York has been a national leader on civil […]
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News (USA)Supreme Court to hear appeal from student group that bans gays
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from a Christian student group that had been denied recognition by a public law school in California for excluding gays, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The law school, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, part of the University of California, was sued […]
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News (USA)Lesbian student banned from attending high school prom
RUSSELLVILLE, Alabama — Cynthia Stewart, a 17-year-old junior at Tharptown High School in northern Alabama, is a member of her school’s prom planning committee and had personally raised over $200 for the prom. But if she shows up to the prom, it may be canceled for everyone. The reason: Cynthia is an out lesbian. When […]
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NYC cabbie kicks out gay couple for back seat ‘hugging’
A New York City taxi driver is under fire for allegedly kicking a gay couple out of his vehicle after he saw them hugging in the backseat, The New York Post reports. Paul Bruno, 27, and his partner were sitting close to one another after hailing a taxi Monday night. Bruno (pictured) told the Post […]
