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49 min ago | lezgetreal.com | Sei

One Million Moms Targets ABC's "Mistresses"

One Million Moms is up in arms again, this time about the British transplant show "Mistresses" airing on ABC.

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1 hr ago | Hampshire Chronicle

Deal rescues gay marriage bill

The move to extend civil partnerships to heterosexual couples was easily defeated in a free vote by a large majority of 370 The legalisation of gay marriage is poised to be approved by MPs after surviving a Tory backbench bid to derail it.

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Related Topix: Wedding

1 hr ago | lezgetreal.com | Sei

Obama To Leahy: Lets Put Off LGBT Immigration Battle

Apparently, President Barack Obama has asked Senator Patrick Leahy to delay a battle over LGBT immigration rights until the bill goes before the full Senate

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5 hrs ago | The Straits Times

Four held over attack on gay rights rally in Georgia

Policemen try to stop an Orthodox Christian activist during clashes with gay rights activists at an International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia rally on in Tbilisi, May 17, 2013.

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Related Topix: Religion, Orthodox Church, World News, Georgia

7 hrs ago | MotherJones

"Mark Is Not Going To Die In Vain": New Yorkers Rally After Murder of Gay Man

The site where Mark Carson was shot on West 8th Street, New York. Police say the killing was a hate crime.

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Related Topix: New York, North Yorkshire County, England, World News, East Riding of Yorkshire County, England, United Kingdom, New York Government

8 hrs ago | WFTV Orlando

Expelled HS student facing harsher molestation charges because she's gay, family says

Kaitlyn Hunt, 18, feels at home at Sebastian River High School, cheering for the team.

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Mon May 20, 2013

CBS Local

Mayor To Preside At Pride Festival Mass Wedding

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will officiate a mass wedding for same-sex couples during the Baltimore Pride Festival next month.

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Related Topix: Transgender

Gawker

Vigils Continue for Mark Carson, Murdered in Anti-Gay NYC Shooting

More than 100 mourners turned up on Saturday night to a candlelight vigil for Mark Carson, the 32-year-old gay man shot and killed by a homophobe early Saturday morning in New York City.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime

EDGE

Thousands March in NYC to Protest Gay Man's Killing

Thousands marched the streets of Manhattan Monday to protest the killing of a gay man allegedly taunted with homophobic slurs - the most recent in a spate of bias attacks stirring up anxiety, disbelief and outrage in a famously gay-friendly neighborhood.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Greenwich Village (New York, NY), Manhattan, NY, New York, NY, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Advocate

Texas Man Resurrects Suit Alleging AG Fired Him for Being Gay

A gay former state employee in Texas is appealing the dismissal of his employment discrimination lawsuit, alleging his boss created a hostile work environment after the employee came to a Halloween party dressed as a geisha.

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WATE-TV Knoxville

Thousands march in NY to protest gay man's killing

Actor Sean Penn is urging the U.S. government to pressure Bolivia to free an American businessman jailed there since 2011.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma, Greenwich Village (New York, NY)

lezgetreal.com | Sei

Anti-Gay Group Failing With Pro-Discrimination Message

The Alliance Defending Freedom's pro-discrimination message is failing hard across the nation as marriage equality gains ground.

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lezgetreal.com | Sei

Labour Moves To Save England’s Equal Marriage Bill

The battle over an amendment to England's equal marriage bill not only threatens the bill, but could end up destabilizing the ruling coalition.

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lezgetreal.com | Sei

Rihanna Offers To Make Out With Miley Cyrus...Yawn

Singer Rihanna has said that she'd be willing to make out with Miley Cyrus...much to the big yawn of this corner of the LGBT Universe

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EDGE

California Conservatives Call for School Boycott on Harvey Milk Day

A conservative group is raising hackles in sunny California by urging parents to keep their children home from school this Wednesday on Harvey Milk Day, commemorating the first openly gay lawmaker.

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Related Topix: California, California Government, Family, Kids, Celebrities, Arnold Schwarzenegger, US Governors

WMDT

Church of Scotland takes step to allow gay clergy

Senior members of the Church of Scotland voted Monday to let some congregations choose ministers who are in same-sex relationships - an important compromise that must still pass further hurdles before it can become church law.

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This is Local London

Church backs gay ministers motion

The Rt Rev Lorna Hood called for unity and respect for the wide range of views on the ordination of gay ministers among Church members The Church of Scotland has voted in favour of allowing openly gay men and women to become ministers - whilst maintaining a traditionalist standpoint.

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Related Topix: Transgender

EDGE

NYPD to Increase Presence After Bias Murder

A spate of anti-gay attacks in New York City is prompting police to increase their presence in some gay-friendly neighborhoods heading into what's usually a time for celebration.

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Related Topix: New York, NY, Manhattan, NY

NewsTalk 1230

High School senior allegedly expelled, charged with felonies over lesbian relationship

Kaitlyn Hunt, 18, had her entire life before her. Graduation. College. Job prospects.

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Related Topix: Sebastian, FL

EDGE

Arrest for anti-gay Twitter threat in Puerto Rico

An FBI spokesman says a man has been arrested in Puerto Rico for making a threat on Twitter to a well-known gay rights activist.

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