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French president signs gay marriage into law after wrenching national debate
Associated PressPARIS (AP) — France will see its first gay weddings within days, after French President Francois Hollande signed a law Saturday authorizing marriage and adoption by same-sex couples and ending months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate....Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Justice System, Civil Rights, Lawyers, Judges
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Gay rights activists in Mexico City accuse police of abuses
MEXICO CITY -- Same-sex marriage is legal in this city. Gay and lesbian couples can adopt children, and the government touts tolerance and respect for "sexual diversity" in messages posted on subway platforms and bus billboards. Yet, according to...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Media Industry, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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Crowds break up gay rights rally in Georgia
ReutersBy Margarita Antidze TBILISI, May 17 (Reuters) - Priests and thousands of other Georgians broke through police barricades and forced gay rights activists to flee on Friday, cutting short their rally to mark the international day against homophobia....Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Georgia, Christianity
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For Minnesota gay marriage sponsors, it's personal
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — As a crowd of thousands roared from the lawn of the state Capitol, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed the bill Tuesday that makes gay marriage legal here come Aug. 1. "What a day for Minnesota!" the Democratic governor...
Tags: HIV, Gays and Lesbians, Civil Rights, Elections, Mark Dayton
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Russia's gays fear more violence after brutal murder
ReutersBy Thomas Grove and Steve Gutterman MOSCOW, May 13 (Reuters) - They beat him. They shoved beer bottles in his anus. They tried to set him on fire. Then they crushed his head with a heavy stone. A 23-year-old man in Russia's southern city of Volgograd...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Justice System, Media Industry, Christian Orthodoxy, News Agency
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Crowds break up gay rights rallies in Georgia, Russia
ReutersTBILISI/ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Large crowds of anti-gay protesters broke up homosexual rights rallies in Georgia and Russia on Friday, underlining deep hostility in the former Soviet bloc. Priests and thousands of Georgians pushed their way...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Civil Rights, Christian Orthodoxy, Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice
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Will Minnesota make a marriage equality trifecta?
Six months after Maryland, Maine and Washington voters endorsed same-sex marriage at the ballot box, two more states have adopted laws allowing gay couples to marry, and a third is poised to join them. On Tuesday, lawmakers in Delaware adopted a same-...Tags: Justice System, Gays and Lesbians, Civil Rights, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice
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Gay rights amendment offered to U.S. immigration bill in Congress
ReutersBy Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy on Tuesday introduced a gay rights amendment to the Senate's immigration bill, prompting one of the measure's Republican sponsors...Tags: Migration, Gays and Lesbians, Justice System, Land Resources, Illegal Immigrants
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Gay rights amendment offered to US immigration bill in Congress
Reuters* Rubio warns gay rights proposal would 'kill' bill * Committee Republicans offer mountain of amendments (Adds details and context paragraph 11 onward) By Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee...Tags: Justice System, Gays and Lesbians, Migration, Land Resources, Jeff Sessions
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Los Angeles Boy Scout group calls for welcoming gay adults
ReutersBy Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES, May 8 (Reuters) - The western Los Angeles County branch of the Boy Scouts of America has become the latest chapter to break with the national organization over its proposed lifting of a ban against gay scouts while...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Civil Rights, Clubs and Associations, Social Organizations, Crime, Law and Justice
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Essay: Collins' coming out could accelerate gay acceptance
There was a time, in 1947 and before, when the mere presence of an African-American on a Major League Baseball team was enough to shake the game and the nation alike. Six years after Jackie Robinson smashed the sport's color barrier that year, still...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, HIV, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Social Movements, Kobe Bryant
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Iowa court: Married same-sex parents must be on birth certificate
Iowa parents in same-sex marriages must be allowed to have both their names listed on their newborn’s birth certificate, the state’s Supreme Court has unanimously ruled. Officials with the state’s Department of Public Health have...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Health
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