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51 min ago | lezgetreal.com | Sei

Illinois Has Enough Votes For Equal Marriage Vote?

It appears that Illinois has enough votes to pass a same-sex marriage bill before the end of the legislative session.

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1 hr ago | EDGE

French Anti-Gay Activist Shoots and Kills Self at Notre Dame

French right-wing historian Dominique Venner shot and killed himself on the altar of Paris' famed Notre Dame Cathedral today at 4PM local time in front of throngs of tourists in protest of France's recent legalization of same-sex marriage.

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Related Topix: Francois Hollande

1 hr ago | EDGE

2 Moroccans Tried for Homosexuality Get 4 Months

A Moroccan court has convicted two men of homosexuality and public indecency, and sentenced each to four months in prison, in the latest case against gays in this North African nation.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Morocco,

1 hr ago | EDGE

GOP Nominates Anti-Gay Minister for Virginia Lt. Gov.

The Associated Press reports that Virginia Republicans have nominated the controversial conservative minister E.W. Jackson for the state's lieutenant governor, making him the first black candidate the party has nominated for statewide office since 1988.

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Related Topix: US News, Associated Press, Publishing, Media, Television, Ottaway Newspapers, Fox Filmed Entertainment, FOX News Network

2 hrs ago | EDGE

Former Philadelphia Promoter is Latest Victim of Anti-Gay Violence in NYC

NYC's hate crime spree continued last night when former Philadelphia club promoter Dan Contarino was jumped, kicked and beaten in the East Village by an attacker who shouted anti-gay epithets.

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3 hrs 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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4 hrs 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

4 hrs 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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8 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

10 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

11 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