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Ohio mayor resigns over accusations she called gay police officer a ‘queer’
The mayor of a southeastern Ohio town has resigned over accusations that she repeatedly called a gay police officer “queer” in front of his colleagues and created a hostile work environment.
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Texas lawmakers seek to repeal state’s constitutional ban on same-sex unions
AUSTIN, Texas — Three Texas lawmakers are seeking to reverse the state’s ban on same-sex marriage by repealing a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between one man and one woman.
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LGBT group claims discrimination after owner cancels reservation
FORT SMITH, Ark. — Organizers with the River Valley Equality Center, an LGBT advocacy group in Fort Smith, Ark., said their planned fundraising event at a local restaurant was cancelled after a local newspaper article publicized the event and called attention to the group’s mission.
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Michigan man sentenced in attack on man he believed was gay
DETROIT — A man who assaulted another man at a Detroit-area gas station in 2011 because he believed his victim was gay, has been sentenced to 18 months in a federal prison.
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Civil union bill gets initial approval by Colorado state Senate
The Colorado State Senate on Friday gave the initial OK to a bill that would establish relationship recognition for same-sex couples after hours of debate and four attempts by Republican lawmakers to amend the bill to either establish or strengthen religious exemptions and halt how quickly the the bill becomes law.
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Florida court allows three parents named on child’s birth certificate
MIAMI — Three people — a gay man and two lesbians — are all named as parents on a 23-month-old girl’s birth certificate in South Florida.
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Lambda Legal urges federal appeals court to uphold ban on reparative therapy
SAN FRANCISCO — Lambda Legal has filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, urging the court to uphold the California law known as SB 1172 that prohibits mental health providers from performing controversial “gay-to-straight” conversion therapy on LGBT youth.
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Obama names openly gay attorney to federal appeals court
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Thursday nominated for a seat on the federal judiciary a gay Justice Department attorney who, upon confirmation, would make history.
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Colorado state Senate to consider civil union bill today
DENVER — A civil unions law for same-sex couples was a top promise made by Colorado Democrats who took control of the state Legislature.
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Family announces foundation to combat bullying in wake of Jadin Bell’s death
LA GRANDE, Ore. — Speaking before a crowd of about 200 people Wednesday, the father of an Oregon teen who died Sunday after he hanged himself two weeks earlier, said that he loved his gay son, and accepted him for who he was.