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Transgender candidate for Nev. state Assembly wins GOP primary
RENO, Nev. — A transgender woman seeking a seat in the Nevada state Assembly won her Republican primary this week, and if elected in November, could become the nation’s first openly transgender state legislator. Lauren Scott, co-founder and executive director of Equality Nevada, won the GOP nomination to represent Nevada’s 30th District.
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Texas governor Rick Perry sees link between alcoholism, homosexuality
SAN FRANCSICO — Texas Gov. Rick Perry drew a comparison between alcoholism and homosexuality, during a talk Wednesday night that focused mainly on the economy. Perry, who has been mentioned as a possible 2016 presidential contender, was then asked whether he believed homosexuality was a disorder.
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N.C. GOP platform reasserts some anti-LGBT clauses, softens others
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Meeting in a statewide convention over the weekend in Cherokee, delegates of the North Carolina Republican Party adopted their new party platform, reasserting some anti-LGBT clauses and softening others. The adopted platform makes no mention of a federal constitutional amendment and softens the party platform’s anti-gay animus.
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Texas GOP approves platform endorsing ‘reparative therapy’ for gays
FORT WORTH, Texas — The Texas Republican Party now endorses so-called “reparative therapy” for gays under a new platform given final approval at its annual convention. Roughly 7,000 delegates Saturday ratified the platform without debating their party’s stance on homosexuality on the convention floor.
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Ind. GOP overwhelmingly approves party platform opposing same-sex marriage
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Delegates to the Indiana Republican Party convention have overwhelmingly approved a party platform opposing same-sex marriage. The state party platform now officially supports the definition of marriage as between one man and one woman.
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Gay Republicans may surrender on ‘gay cure therapy’ in fear of tougher platform
Gay Republicans in Texas said Friday they may stop fighting their party’s proposed endorsement of “reparative therapy” over worries that even tougher anti-gay language could be added to the party platform. The Texas GOP is poised to adopt a new platform this weekend that would support psychological treatments that seek to turn gay people straight.
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Ind. GOP panel adds opposition to same-sex marriage in party platform
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — An effort to remove gay marriage language from the state GOP platform has been defeated by a panel of Republicans at the party’s state convention.
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Texas GOP platform endorsing ‘gay cure’ therapy survives key vote
The Texas Republican Party would endorse psychological treatment that seeks to turn gay people straight under a new platform partly aimed at rebuking laws in California and New Jersey that ban so-called “reparative therapy” on minors. A push to include the new anti-gay language survived a key vote late Thursday in Fort Worth at the Texas Republican Convention
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Draft of Texas Republican Party platform endorses ‘gay cure’ therapy
The first draft of the Texas Republican Party platform finds some changes to the party’s position on homosexuality with the removal of some anti-gay language, and the addition of a new statement supporting “gay cure” therapies.
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GOP congressman says he supports marriage equality: ‘Life is too short’
A Republican congressman from Pennsylvania says he now supports marriage equality for same-sex couples.