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Countries call on U.N. member states to end anti-LGBT discriminiation
UNITED NATIONS — A group of 11 countries called on U.N. member states to repeal laws that discriminate against gay, lesbian and transgender people, in the world organization’s highest-level meeting on the issue ever.
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Ga. woman denied driver’s license change because she married another woman
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — A Georgia woman says state officials won’t allow her to change her name on her driver’s license to reflect her marriage to her wife.
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Mich. House committee advances bills allowing ‘moral’ adoption refusals
LANSING, Mich. — Legislators serving on the Michigan House Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors on Wednesday advanced three bills which would allow taxpayer funded adoption agencies the ability to deny an adoption placement based on that agency’s moral or religious beliefs.
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Report: LGBT seniors suffer health disparities, economic insecurities
LGBT seniors suffer health disparities and economic insecurities that are compounded over the course of a lifetime with devastating effects, according to a new report by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
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Putin says there is no discrimination against gays in Russia
VALDAI, Russia — President Vladimir Putin denied Thursday that gays face discrimination in Russia, saying that a new law that has drawn protests worldwide does not infringe on their rights.
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Topeka adds sexual orientation, gender identity bias to Commission’s role
TOPEKA, Kan. — The Topeka City Council has voted to expand the work of the city’s Human Relations Commission to include education about discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Topeka city council to consider proposal on anti-LGBT discrimination
TOPEKA, Kan. — The city council in Topeka, Kan., has scheduled a vote on an anti-discrimination proposal that would amend responsibility of the city’s Human Relations Commission to include “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.”
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Settlement reached with bridal shop that denied service to transgender bride
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan — The owner of a Canadian bridal shop has agreed to make donations to two local charities as part of a settlement mediated by the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission to resolve a complaint that it refused service to a transgender woman.
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Christian principles not the motivator for the gutless who mask bigotry as ‘religious freedom’
Standing up for Christian principles in general is obviously not the motivator for denying marriage equality to gays and lesbians … taking a stance against LGBT people is. Even with the most outlandishly anti-gay interpretation of the Bible, not one Bible verse implies that it is wrong to provide services for two people standing up to articulate their love and promises toward each other. Not one. In fact, there are many references that support doing so: the commandment to love one’s neighbor as one’s self; the commitment and love declared by David and Jonathan; the golden rule…
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Appleton, Wis., adopts rules banning LGBT housing discrimination
APPLETON, Wis. — Appleton becomes the third city in Wisconsin to adopt rules against housing discrimination based on gender identity.