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’

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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…

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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.

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