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Federal judge declines to reinstate Georgia high school student president
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A federal judge on Friday declined to reinstate a high school student council president who claimed he was removed from position after introducing an LGBT-friendly prom resolution, citing evidence the removal may have been for other offenses.
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High school student council president removed for supporting LGBT students
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A high school honors student has been fired from his position as student body president for supporting a student council in January that supported LGBT students, according to his attorney James Radford.
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Republican candidates split primary wins on Super Tuesday
The field of Republican presidential candidates didn’t become any more clear Tuesday night after results were declared for the largest number of contests on a single day during the GOP primary season.
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Gays compared to pedophiles, necrophiliacs at Georgia state House hearing
ATLANTA — The Georgia House Judiciary subcommittee on Tuesday voted 3-2 to table a bill that would have provided workplace protections to all state employees, including LGBT workers, not long after hearing testimony comparing gays to pedophiles and necrophiliacs.
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Atlanta police arrest 1 of 3 suspects in videotaped attack on gay man
ATLANTA — Police have arrested one of three suspects in the videotaped beating of a 20-year-old gay man who was attacked outside a convenience store in a southwest Atlanta neighborhood on Feb. 4.
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Atlanta police say they’ve identified 2 attackers in video beating of gay man
ATLANTA — Atlanta Police Chief George Turner on Thursday said police have identified suspects in a videotaped attack on a gay man leaving after he left a convenience store in a southwest Atlanta neighborhood.
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Appeals court rules against Georgia counselor who wouldn’t work with lesbian client
ATLANTA — It might pale in comparison to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision against Proposition 8, but the Atlanta-based Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals also ruled on another gay rights case this week.
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Appeals court rejects anti-gay graduate student’s bid for reversal of her expulsion
ATLANTA — The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a decision by a U.S. district judge who ruled Augusta State University may expel a graduate student who refused to comply with graduate degree program requirements citing her Christian beliefs that homosexuality is immoral.
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Court ruling in transgender case hailed as ‘hugely important’
LGBT advocates are hailing a federal appellate court ruling as a significant win for transgender rights and a means to provide recourse to others who face discrimination in the workplace on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Federal appeals court poised to rule in favor of transgender woman fired from state office
Two members of a three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday signaled that U.S. Supreme Court precedents will require them to uphold a district court ruling that a former Georgia state legislative aide who was fired during her gender transition, was the victim of discrimination.