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FDA approves first over-the-counter home use HIV test kit
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test, the first over-the-counter, self-administered HIV test kit to detect the presence of HIV antibodies. HIV is the virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
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General Mills gets outpouring of support for marriage equality stance
WASHINGTON – A petition in support of Minnesota-based Fortune 500 Company General Mills by the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, has received nearly five times more signatures than an anti-equality petition launched by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM).
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Second anti-gay marriage ballot initiative fails in Washington state
OLYMPIA, Wash. — A ballot initiative seeking to define marriage as between “one man and one woman” in Washington state has fallen short of signatures needed, and won’t qualify for the November ballot.
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Transgender woman sues D.C. police, U.S. marshals
A transgender D.C. woman alleges in a lawsuit against the Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Service that she was improperly placed with male prisoners after a 2009 arrest.
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Round-up: Military benefits, Maryland opponents in debt, Spain ‘redefines’
A proposed new law would let the Army recognize the spouses of service-members for the first time ever. Anti-gay activists in Maryland collect enough signatures to force a referendum, but now they’re tens of thousands of dollars in debt. And seven years after legalizing marriage equality, Spain finally lets gay and lesbian couples into the dictionary.
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Bill introduced to offer equal benefits to gay, lesbian service members
The ranking Democrat on the U.S. House Armed Services Committee has introduced a bill that would exempt the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs from the Defense of Marriage Act, the 1996 federal law that defines marriage as between one man and one woman.
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Microsoft execs donate $100,000 each to support same-sex marriage law
SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer and co-founder Bill Gates have each donated $100,000 to the campaign supporting Washington state’s recently passed law legalizing same-sex marriage, reported the Associated Press on Monday.
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Advocacy groups for gay, lesbian service members to join forces
WASHINGTON — Two gay rights advocacy groups that fought to bring about an end to “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the U.S. military’s former ban on openly gay service members, announced Monday plans to merge into a single organization.
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Downstate county clerks file to intervene in Illinois’ marriage lawsuit
CHICAGO — Two downstate Illinois county clerks are moving to intervene on behalf of the state’s marriage statute prohibiting same-sex marriage after top-ranking Cook County officials said they would not defend the law in a legal challenge headed by the ACLU of Illinois and Lambda Legal.
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More than 100 attend D.C. vigil for Texas lesbian couple
WASHINGTON — More than 100 people gathered in Dupont Circle on Friday for a vigil in honor of a lesbian couple who was shot last week in a Texas park.