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Transgender woman pleads guilty to lesser charge in murder case
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A transgender woman has pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in the killing of a man who witnesses claimed incited the attack using racist and transphobic slurs.
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Bullied gay teen faces expulsion after firing stun gun provided by his mom
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — An Indiana gay teen on Wednesday faced a private school district review board, an effort to expel him after he discharged a stun gun on school property to discourage an attack by school bullies.
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‘One Million’ moms target JC Penney again, this time over lesbians in catalog
The group “One Million Moms” — and its 46,000 members — is once again taking aim at retailer JC Penney, this time for featuring a lesbian couple in its Spring catalog.
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Missouri GOP lawmaker comes out while denouncing ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill
JEFFRSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Republican state lawmaker, Zachary Wyatt on Wednesday publicly came out to his colleagues during a press conference asking for the withdrawal of Missouri’s “Don’t Say Gay Bill.”
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NC pastor who advocated violence against gay kids: ‘I was misquoted’
North Carolina preacher Sean Harris, the Senior Pastor of Berean Baptist Church in Fayetteville, N.C., who is heard in an audio clip telling his congregation that, should their children show any signs of “homosexual” behavior, it is their responsibility to use violence as a corrective measure to prevent that child from being gay or lesbian, now say he was misquoted and just joking.
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Lincoln, Neb., lawmakers support Fairness Ordinance for LGBT citizens
LINCOLN, Neb. — City council member Carl Eskridge on Monday introduced the Lincoln, Neb., “Fairness Ordinance,” a measure that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the city’s non-discrimination law.
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Romney foreign policy spokesman resigns amid anti-gay attacks
WASHINGTON — Richard Grenell, the openly gay spokesman who was hired two weeks ago by Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign to run the candidate’s foreign policy messages, has resigned in the wake of relentless critiques, most of which was personal, by anti-gay right wing conservatives.
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D.C. city council gives preliminary approval of anti-bullying bill
The D.C. City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve an anti-bullying bill on first reading, with Council members expected to approve the measure in a final vote at their next session later this month.
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No vote on Tennessee’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill; measure dead this session
NASHVILLE — Tennessee’s controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill, will not be put to a final vote needed for passage in the Tennessee state House, according to the bill’s sponsor.
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Montana candidate for U.S. Congress airs marriage equality campaign ad
MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana Congressional Candidate Dave Strohmaier, who is running as a progressive Democrat Montana’s single seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, has released his first political commercial, a groundbreaking campaign ad that endorses marriage equality.