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Kluwe talks allegations with Vikings investigators, identifies witnesses
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe has met with investigators hired by the team to independently assess allegations that that he was released from the team due to his support for same-sex marriage.
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Lawmakers in Minn., N.Y., introduce bills to ban conversion therapy for minors
Lawmakers in Minnesota and New York have introduced legislation to prohibit the use of controversial gay-to-straight conversion therapy on LGBT youth.
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Minn. lawmakers plan renewed push at tougher anti-bullying bill
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota lawmakers are planning to try again this year to strengthen a state law aimed at preventing bullying in schools.
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Vikings to investigate allegations Kluwe was released over gay marriage support
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings have retained a former chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court and a former federal trial attorney to conduct an investigation into Chris Kluwe’s allegations that he was released from the team due to his support of gay marriage.
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Chris Kluwe: ‘I was an NFL player until I was fired by two cowards and a bigot’
MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minnesota punter Chris Kluwe says his special teams coordinator made anti-gay comments while Kluwe was with the Vikings, an allegation the coach “vehemently denies.”
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At Minnesota’s Spirit on Lake, LGBT seniors find safe haven
MINNEAPOLIS — Lucretia Kirby was on her own for the first time in years after her partner’s death. She felt stranded in a church-affiliated assisted living facility, where she said bigotry and even physical threats were ignored by building managers.
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Anti-gay Catholic bishop steps aside under allegations of sexual abuse
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Twin Cities Catholic Archbishop John Nienstedt, who in 2010 advised a parishioner to reject her gay son or suffer eternal damnation, has stepped down from public ministry due to allegations that he inappropriately touched a young boy on the buttocks during a photo session a year earlier.
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Student petitions governor, lawmakers to ban conversion therapy in Minnesota
EDINA, Minn. — An openly gay University of Minnesota political science major is spearheading a petition asking Minnesota’s Gov. Mark Dayton and state lawmakers to pass a law in the upcoming 2014 legislative session that would ban “ex-gay” therapy for minors.
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Victory Fund announces ‘Ten Races to Watch’ featuring LGBT candidates
The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund has announced its annual “Races to Watch” list featuring openly LGBT candidates, naming 10 candidates involved in groundbreaking runs for political office this year. Victory has endorsed a total of 85 out candidates for 2013, an all-time high for an odd numbered year.
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Minn. Catholic schools continue to grapple with how to approach gay rights
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Recent remarks about inclusiveness by the new president of the University of St. Thomas have heartened gay and lesbian advocacy groups on the Roman Catholic campus, but recent departures of gay employees from a suburban Catholic high school left a different impression.