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Tucson AZ

Tucson is the second largest city in Arizona, and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona.

On June 18, 2013, the Tucson City Council voted unanimously to approve an ordinance allowing civil unions between same-sex couples. The ordinance allows same-sex couples to register a civil union with the city, thereby expanding their rights related to inheritances, property ownership and guardianship.

    • Woman to advice columnist: ‘My gay son embarrasses me at church’
      Life

      Woman to advice columnist: ‘My gay son embarrasses me at church’

      “He won’t listen to reason, and he will not stop being gay.”

      Monday, February 8, 2016
    • Tucson pizzeria reserves right to refuse service to Ariz. lawmakers
      News (USA)

      Tucson pizzeria reserves right to refuse service to Ariz. lawmakers

      TUCSON, Ariz. — A local pizzeria in Tucson, Ariz., has a message for state lawmakers who, on Thursday, approved legislation that allows business owners to assert their religious beliefs by refusing service to gays and others.

      Friday, February 21, 2014
    • University of Arizona seeks to boost transgender studies program
      News (USA)

      University of Arizona seeks to boost transgender studies program

      TUCSON, Ariz. — The University of Arizona is creating four tenured professor positions to expand its transgender studies courses.

      Thursday, September 5, 2013
    • U.S. Congressman to ask feds to investigate anti-gay flyer as a hate crime
      News (USA)

      U.S. Congressman to ask feds to investigate anti-gay flyer as a hate crime

      TUCSON, Ariz. — A U.S. congressman is calling on Arizona and federal authorities to investigate a pair of controversial fliers attacking a school board member as a possible hate crime.

      Monday, September 2, 2013
    • Former intern who helped save Giffords hit with nasty, anti-gay recall campaign
      News (USA)

      Former intern who helped save Giffords hit with nasty, anti-gay recall campaign

      Daniel Hernandez Jr., the former intern credited with helping to save Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ life when she was shot in 2011 and now an elected member of a Tucson-area school board, is facing a nasty recall election in which his opponents are attacking him for being openly gay and for his advocacy on behalf of gun violence prevention.

      Monday, August 26, 2013
    • Tucson becomes second Arizona city to allow same-sex civil unions
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      Tucson becomes second Arizona city to allow same-sex civil unions

      TUCSON, Ariz. — The Tucson city council on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve an ordinance allowing civil unions between same-sex couples.

      Wednesday, June 19, 2013
    • Cartoonist fired, student newspaper apologizes for anti-gay cartoon
      News (USA)

      Cartoonist fired, student newspaper apologizes for anti-gay cartoon

      TUCSON, Ariz. — The Arizona Daily Wildcat, the student-run daily newspaper at the University of Arizona, has issued an apology and fired the cartoonist after publishing an editorial cartoon that critics said advocated violence against LGBT people.

      Thursday, October 18, 2012
    • Arizona business executive fired for video criticizing Chick-fil-A
      News (USA)

      Arizona business executive fired for video criticizing Chick-fil-A

      TUCSON, Ariz. — A Tucson businessman was fired from his job on Thursday after posting a video online of himself in a Chick-fil-A drive-thru the day prior, in which he voiced his opposition to the company’s CEO and the chain’s financial support of anti-gay organizations.

      Friday, August 3, 2012
    • Openly gay Arizona state legislator announces run for Gabrielle Giffords’ U.S. House seat
      News (USA)

      Openly gay Arizona state legislator announces run for Gabrielle Giffords’ U.S. House seat

      TUCSON, Ariz. — An openly gay Arizona state lawmaker announced Tuesday that he will enter the race to fill the congressional seat vacated by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), who resigned last week.

      Tuesday, January 31, 2012
    • Giffords to resign from Congress to focus on recovery from Tucson shooting
      News (USA)

      Giffords to resign from Congress to focus on recovery from Tucson shooting

      U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt in a massacre that left six others dead one year ago, has announced that she will resign from Congress this week.

      Sunday, January 22, 2012
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