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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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Professional boxer Orlando Cruz: ‘A proud Puerto Rican gay man’
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Orlando Cruz, a featherweight boxer and former Olympian, stunned the world of professional boxing Wednesday after announcing that he “is a proud gay man.”
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More than 150,000 make annual ‘Gay Days’ pilgrimage to Orlando
ORLANDO, Fla. — More than 150,000 gays and lesbians and their families descended on Walt Disney World and surrounding theme parks this weekend for the 22nd annual “Gay Days” events, an annual pilgrimage that contributes hundreds of millions of dollars to the Orlando-area economy.
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Electronic Arts defends allowing same-sex relationships in video games
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Video game developer and distributor Electronic Arts, under fire from Christian right groups for including same-sex relationship options in their games, has dismissed the complaints, calling them political harassment.
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Orlando expects strong turnout for same-sex domestic partner registry
ORLANDO, Fla. — Gay rights advocates expect a strong turnout of same-sex couples at Orlando’s City Hall when the city’s new domestic-partnership registry opens next month. The registry, which takes effect Jan. 12, will extend vital legal protections to gay and lesbian families.
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Orlando, Fla., city council unanimously approves domestic partner registry
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlanda City Council on Monday voted unanimously to enact a domestic partnership registry, as the city became the first in Central Florida to recognize relationships of same-sex couples.
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NOM’s newest ‘victim’ of alleged ‘gay intolerance’ is another dud for the organization
The National Organization for Marriage has posted a video of another supposed “victim” of the “intolerant gay agenda” in accordance to the new group it has helped to found – the Marriage Anti-Defamation Alliance.
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Petition calls for Jerry Buell’s high school to produce ‘It Gets Better’ video
Many of you have heard by know about Jerry Buell. Buell is the teacher in Florida who took to Facebook and stated that he “almost threw up” when hearing about the marriage equality law passing in New York State. Immediately following the press picking up on the story, Buell was suspended. Shortly thereafter, following threatened […]
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Bully for You, Jerry Buell
If you don’t know, Jerry Buell is the central Florida high school teacher who, on July 25, got so outraged while watching a TV report about the legalization of gay marriage in New York that on his personal Facebook page he wrote, “I’m watching the news, eating dinner, when the story about New York okaying same sex unions came on and I almost threw up.”
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Anti-gay Florida Family Association warns: The gays are coming to Disney
A conservative family values group took to the skies over Central Florida with a warning of the annual “Gay Day” occurring at Walt Disney World today. The Florida Family Association spent $7,000 to fly banners over Orlando for 10 hours each day on Friday and Saturday that read, “Warning Gay Day at Disney 6/4.” “Thousands […]