Obama Backs Gay Marriage
WASHINGTON -- In a nod to a dramatic shift in public opinion, Barack Obama on Wednesday became the first sitting president to announce his support for same-sex marriage.
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Rewriting North Carolina on marriage equality
On Tuesday, North Carolina voters will be given a chance to rewrite the state constitution, adding to it a ban on same-sex marriage. The latest polls indicate the amendment to the constitution has a majority of support in the state. The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, the pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, North Carolina, spoke out against the amendment at a recent press conference. If voters in that state listen to him, the amendment doesn't have a chance.
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Biden: I'm 'absolutely comfortable' with gay marriage
Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday said that's he's "absolutely comfortable" with married same-sex couples being granted the same rights as heterosexual pairs.
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Former Ex-Gay Ministry Leader Comes Out, Recants Previous Teachings
Love in Action (LIA) is one of the largest and oldest ex-gay ministries in existence, founded in 1973, the same year the American Psychiatric Association decided that homosexuality was no longer a mental illness.
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Lady Gaga Sends Toronto School Anti-Bullying Video
Pop superstar Lady Gaga gave a high-profile boost to a Toronto student's efforts to end bullying on Friday. View video here.
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Milwaukee Public Middle School a Haven for Gay Youth
It's literally dangerous to be young and coming out of the closet. More and more gay teenagers are committing suicide because they were bullied for it.
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Cure "the gay": How Robert Spitzer’s Apology Can Impact The Proposition 8 Case
In 2001, Robert Spitzer — a prominent psychiatrist who led the charge to declassify homosexuality as a mental condition — released a controversial study showing that some gay people could change their sexual orientations and become straight...
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The OUT 'Power 50':
OUT magazine's annual "power list" of the nation's most influential lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
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DNC Chairs Endorse Marriage Equality In Democratic Platform
Four former chairs of the Democratic National Committee called on the party on Wednesday to embrace marriage equality in the 2012 Democratic platform.
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Denying Same-Sex Insurance Benefits Discriminates, Federal Judge Rules
A federal judge in San Francisco says the denial of insurance benefits to same-sex spouses is discriminatory...
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Prop 8 Trial Video To Be Released, Rules Federal Judg
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge decided Monday to unseal video recordings of last year's landmark trial on the constitutionality of California's same-sex marriage ban.
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Prop 8, California's Same-Sex Marriage Ban, Declared Unconstitutional
A federal appeals court on Tuesday declared California's same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, putting the bitterly contested, voter-approved law on track for likely consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Eleventh Circuit Upholds Victory for Transgender Employee Fired by Georgia Legislature
It is unfair and illegal to fire a transgender employee because she does not conform to stereotypes (more)
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Washington Gay Marriage: Legislature Has Enough Votes To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
As lawmakers held their first public hearing on legalizing same-sex marriage, a previously undecided Democratic senator on Monday announced her support for the measure, all but ensuring that Washington will become the seventh state to allow gay and lesbian couples to get married...
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Hillary Clinton's Amazing Speech On LGBT Rights
On December 6, in Geneva, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered an amazing, beautiful, wise, and some say, historic, speech on LGBT rights around the world, acknowledging “that my own country’s record on human rights for gay people is far from perfect.”
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