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Pa. school to allow gay-straight alliance for one week while it reconsiders vote
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — In an effort to avoid a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), a Pennsylvania school district said it would allow a gay-straight alliance to meet until the school board can reconsider its application at next week’s meeting.
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Poll shows increasing support for marriage equality in Pennsylvania
The latest Public Policy Polling found a 14 point increase in support for same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania over the last year and a half.
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Legal action threatened over Pa. school’s refusal to allow gay-straight alliance
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — The American Civil Liberties Union is threatening legal action against a central Pennsylvania school board that denied students’ request to form a club that would bring together gay and straight students.
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Pa. city councilman reprimanded for calling friend ‘gay’ in citywide email alert
A city council member in Washington, Pa., has been reprimanded for calling a friend gay in an email to test a citywide alert system.
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Pa. school board votes to deny formation of gay-straight alliance
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — Despite hearing testimony that LGBT youth were three times more likely to take their own lives as opposed to their straight peers, Chambersburg Pennsylvania School Board Member on Wednesday voted against allowing a gay-straight alliance to be established at a local high school.
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Gay Pa. lawmaker leads efforts to gain bipartisan support for anti-bullying bill
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Freshman state lawmaker, Rep. Brian Sims (D-Philadelphia), the first openly gay elected member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, is leading efforts in the state House to gain bipartisan support for an anti-bullying bill known as the Pennsylvania Safe Schools (PASS) Act.
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Anti-transgender pageant contestant ordered to pay $5 million for defamation
A former Miss Pennsylvania USA, who gave up her state crown shortly after the Miss Universe organization announced its decision to allow transgender participants, has been ordered pay the pageant organization $5 million for defamation.
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Pennsylvania lawmaker to reintroduce anti-gay marriage amendment
A Pennsylvania state lawmaker said he plans to reintroduce legislation aimed at a state constitutional amendment to define marriage as between one man and one woman, as well as outlaw same-sex civil unions and domestic partnerships.
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Pennsylvania Republican State Rep. Mike Fleck: ‘I’m Gay’
Pennsylvania State Rep. Mike Fleck (R-Huntingdon) publicly acknowledged Saturday that he is gay, making him the first openly gay lawmaker in Pa. and the only* currently sitting openly gay Republican state legislator in the entire country.
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Obama nominates openly lesbian Hispanic judge to federal bench
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated Judge Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro, who currently serves on the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, for a federal judgeship with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.