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Gunman murders 50 at Orlando Gay Club in deadliest Mass Shooting in US
Police reported “multiple injuries” following the shooting at Pulse Orlando, a popular gay dance club.
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Two teens charged in hate crime attack on gay man in Florida
Police in Orlando, Fla., said a 32-year-old man who was attacked last month by two teenage brothers and several others was targeted because he’s gay.
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Almost 1,400 same-sex marriage licenses issued in Florida’s top 28 counties
Almost 1,400 gay and lesbian couples were issued marriage licenses in 28 of Florida’s most-populous counties in the two days since a ban on same-sex marriage was lifted.
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Florida judge says Orlando official can issue same-sex marriage licenses
Circuit Judge Timothy Shea says the Orange County Clerk of Courts won’t be breaking the law if she issues marriage licenses to same-sex couples when Florida’s ban on gay marriage is lifted next Tuesday.
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Florida man gets 30 years in prison for murder of transgender woman
Kentz Vernes Louis, 23, was convicted of murdering Ashley Sinclair, whose body was found April 4, 2013, in a wooded area in Orange County, Fla.
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Couple files lawsuit after Florida cancels driver’s licenses over name change
ORLANDO, Fla. — Two Central Florida men whose driver’s licenses were cancelled because they changed their names using their out-of-state marriage license, have filed a lawsuit against the state of Florida, seeking to have their legal marriage recognized by the state.
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Orange County, Fla., Catholic GOP mayor supports marriage equality
ORLANDO, Fla. — Orange County, Fla., mayor Teresa Jacobs has voiced her support for marriage equality. “I support it,” said Jacobs, who is both a Republican and Catholic. “People should be able to share their lives with the person they love. Government should treat these couples the same. Once you establish that, it takes you to marriage equality.”
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Fla. towing company owner charged with illegally towing cars during Gay Days
ORLANDO, Fla. — Authorities have arrested a Florida towing company operator they say illegally towed cars during Orlando’s 2014 Gay Days celebration. Orange County Sheriffs deputies arrested 45 year-old Jason Combs for towing more than 100 vehicles between June 5 and June 9. The annual Gay Days festivities draw tens of thousands to the area.
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Former Fla. governor Charlie Crist files brief in support of marriage equality
MIAMI — Former Florida governor Charlie Crist on Friday filed an amicus brief in support of the marriage equality in a lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. The suit, Pareto v. Ruvin, was filed in January in Miami-Dade Circuit Court on behalf of Equality Florida Institute and six same-sex couples, and is one of four lawsuits challenging …
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Orlando city council supports overturning same-sex marriage ban
ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando’s city council has voted to support overturning Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage. City council members approved Mayor Buddy Dyer’s proposal to file a friend of the court brief in a lawsuit set for a hearing early next month in Miami.