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‘Good Morning America’ weatherman Sam Champion weds partner
ABC’s Good Morning America weather anchor Sam Champion married his partner, artist Rubem Robierb on Friday, in an intimate ceremony in Champion’s New York City apartment.
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Boca Raton appoints 17-year-old gay teen to community relations board
BOCA RATON, Fla. — The Boca Raton City Council has appointed an openly gay teen to the city’s community relations board after he urged the council to update its 46-year-old anti-discrimination policy for city employees.
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First openly gay state lawmakers sworn in to Florida legislature
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Newly elected Florida State Representatives David Richardson (D-Miami Beach) and Joe Saunders (D-Orlando) took their oaths of office Tuesday, becoming the first openly gay state lawmakers elected to the Florida state legislature.
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Obama nominates openly gay, African American judge to federal bench
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sent the names of seven judges to the Senate Wednesday as his nominees for currently vacant slots in the federal judiciary, including an openly gay African-American nominee.
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Poll: Majority of Latinos favor same-sex marriage
MIAMI — A new poll from NBC Latino/IBOPE Zogby released Wednesday finds that 60 percent of Latinos surveyed support same-sex marriage equality.
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Newspaper exec, former Pittsburgh Pirates owner comes out as gay
Kevin McClatchy, the former owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates and now the board chairman at the McClatchy Company newspaper chain, has come out as gay.
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Toronto Blue Jays’ Yunel Escobar suspended for homophobic slur
NEW YORK — The Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday announced that shortstop Yunel Escobar has been suspended from play in this week’s three-game series against the New York Yankees for displaying an anti-gay slur written on his eye black strips during last Saturday’s home game against the Boston Red Sox.
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Florida lesbian couple gets good news… and wins the lottery, too!
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — When 35-year-old Tara Tuttle found out that her partner of seven years, Cary Tullos, did not have breast cancer after anxiously awaiting the test results, she was happy and relieved.
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NHL’s Washington Capitals announces support for ‘You Can Play’ equality project
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals professional hockey team has announced it will become the latest NHL team franchise to support the “You Can Play” equality project, which endeavors to foster equality, respect and safety for all athletes, regardless of sexual orientation.
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RNC 2012: Florida gay Republicans welcome GOP convention
TAMPA, Fla. — Undaunted by an impeding hurricane that led to the cancellation of the first day of the Republican National Convention, gay GOP leaders in Florida hosted a welcoming event Sunday for convention participants interested in a more LGBT-inclusive Republican Party.