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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.
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Philly attorney becomes Pennsylvania’s first openly gay state legislator
HARRISBURG, PA — Philadelphia policy attorney and civil rights advocate Brian Sims was elected Tuesday to represent Pennsylvania’s 182nd District, and becomes the state’s first openly gay state legislator.
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Baptist church leads parade to celebrate ‘traditional’ matrimony
UNIONTOWN, Pa. — More than a 100 people marched in a parade downtown to celebrate marriage Sunday in Uniontown.
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Philly lawmaker introduces bill to ban reparative therapy for minors
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania State Rep. Babette Josephs (D-Philadelphia) has introduced a bill that would ban mental health providers from offering “gay-to-straight” reparative therapy for minors.
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Philadelphia honors LGBT rights pioneer at street naming ceremony
PHILADELPHIA — A street naming dedication ceremony for Barbara Gittings Way — named for the LGBT civil rights pioneer — was held Monday in the heart of Philadelphia’s gay neighborhood at the intersection of Locust and 13th Streets.
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Pageant: Miss Pennsylvania gave up crown over transgender contestants
Miss Pennsylvania USA has given up her state crown because she said the Miss USA pageant was fixed, but pageant officials refuted her claim, and said she quit over her disapproval of the organization’s decision to allow transgender participants.
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Pennsylvania to get first openly gay lawmaker
Pennsylvania elected its first openly gay state legislator this week. Democrat Brian Sims won his bid to represent the 182nd District in the state House, defeating longtime incumbent Rep. Babette Josephs. Sims will not face a Republican challenger in the fall.
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Philadelphia must pay Boy Scouts’ legal fees over eviction for anti-gay policy
PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge last week ordered the city of Philadelphia to pay nearly $900,000 in legal fees to the local chapter of the Boy Scouts of America, following the city’s failed attempt to evict the Scouts from a city-owned building because of its anti-gay policy.
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Pennsylvania House committee abruptly yanks anti-gay marriage bill
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The House State Government Committee on Tuesday abruptly delayed its vote on a measure that would establish an amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution, redefining marriage as “the legal union of only one man and one woman.”