Recent Headlines

Gay-marriage bill faces make-or-break vote in N.J. Senate
NJ.com
January 7, 2010

New Jersey lawmakers are expecting a dramatic day here as the state's long debate about allowing gay couples to marry hits the floor of the state Senate this afternoon.

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Malawi Intensifies Prosecution of Gay Minorities and Their Defenders
voa news
January 7, 2010

Three Malawi human rights activists are free on bail after being arrested for helping to defend a gay male couple that held a same-sex engagement ceremony in Malawi on December 26.

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Uganda's gay death penalty provision likely to be pulled from bill
The Globe and Mail
January 7, 2010

A provision that would impose the death penalty for some gays is likely to be removed from the proposed legislation following opposition from Uganda's president, the country's ethics minister said Thursday.

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Gay partners in Rhode Island granted right to make funeral arrangements
San Diego Gay & Lesbian News
January 7, 2010

Yesterday lawmakers and members of the General Assembly in the state of Rhode Island overrode a veto by Governor Don Carcieri and passed into law legislation that allows domestic partners the right to make funeral arrangements for their deceased partners.

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Redwood City man turns himself in, faces charges in attack on gay man in Santa Cruz
San Jose Mercury News
January 7, 2010

A Redwood City man wanted for allegedly beating up a man because of his sexual orientation turned himself in to the Sheriff's Office around noon Wednesday.

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Federal Gay Marriage Trial To Be Broadcast
On Top Magazine
January 7, 2010

The first federal case to challenge the constitutionality of a gay marriage ban will be streamed over the Internet, Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled Wednesday.

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An LGBT parenting agenda for 2010
Bay Windows
January 6, 2010

It is a bit of a cliché to joke that our "agenda" as LGBT parents goes something like this: "Grocery shopping. Laundry. PTA meeting. Kids’ soccer practice." It’s funny because it’s true. The beginning of the year, however, is a good time to reflect on a broader agenda

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Gay marriage vote in Senate Thursday
Daily Record
January 6, 2010

A vote has been scheduled for Thursday in the state Senate on a bill allowing gay couples to marry in New Jersey, state Senate President Richard J. Codey announced Tuesday.

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Obama appointment marks first for the ‘T’ in LGBT
The Michigan Messanger
January 6, 2010

Back in late-October, I interviewed Mara Kiesling, executive director of the Washington D.C.-based National Center for Transgender Equality, for a story on how gender identity had come to dominate Kalamazoo’s red-hot ballot battle over a proposed anti-discrimination ordinance.

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Joel Osteen blesses Houston's new gay mayor Annise Parker
USA Today
January 6, 2010

Annise Parker, the newly-elected happens-to-be-lesbian mayor of Houston was sworn in Monday and the opening prayer was given by ... Rev. Joel Osteen. Is your head spinning? Osteen heads the nation's most mega of evangelical non-denominational megachurches

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