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Cleveland teen will not face hate crime charge in attack on gay bar patron
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A 16-year-old male teen arrested Tuesday in connection with an attack on a gay man outside a popular Cleveland gay bar over the Labor Day weekend will not face a hate crime charge.
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Cleveland police arrest 13-year-old in alleged hate crime at gay bar
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Police in Cleveland, Ohio, have arrested a 13-year-old teen in connection with a second possible hate crime in less than a week at a local gay bar.
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Gay rights supporters launch marriage equality campaign in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gay rights supporters said Monday that they plan to build support for same-sex marriage in Ohio, while remaining separate from a ballot effort to overturn the state’s gay marriage ban next year.
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Advocacy groups target U.S. Sen. Rob Portman for ENDA support
U.S. Sen. Rob Portman hasn’t decided yet whether U.S. employers should be able to fire workers just because they’re gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.
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Ohio poll: Yes on anti-discrimination, mixed on marriage equality
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Most Ohio voters favor a law that would protect gay and lesbian people from on-the-job discrimination, but they’re not so sure about extending marriage rights to same-sex couples.
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N.Y. man attacked in anti-gay hate crime while visiting family in Cleveland
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A New York man visiting family in Ohio was attacked late Saturday night outside a popular Cleveland gay bar in what police are calling an anti-gay hate crime.
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Judge sides with Ohio couple; orders gay man listed as married on death certificate
A recently deceased gay Ohio man must be listed on his death certificate as married and his husband must be listed as his spouse despite Ohio’s gay marriage ban, a federal judge ordered Tuesday.
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LGBT rights advocates to urge Procter & Gamble to drop Olympics sponsorship
CINCINNATI, Ohio — LGBT activists will deliver nearly 200,000 signatures to Procter & Gamble headquarters in Cincinnati on Wednesday, urging the maker of everything from perfumes to pet food to end its sponsorship of the 2014 Winter Olympics in anti-gay Russia.
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Amusement park cancels wedding contest rather than include gay couples
SANDSUSKY, Ohio — An amusement park in Ohio is canceling a wedding contest after a gay couple organized a protest against the promotion because it excluded same-sex couples.
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Lesbian teacher fired from Ohio Catholic school won’t get her job back
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Carla Hale, a popular physical education teacher and coach who was fired by the Catholic Diocese of Columbus, will not return to Bishop Watterson High School for a 20th year of teaching.