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UPDATE: Texas lawmakers do not pass anti-trans marriage bill
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
4:40pm

SB 1218, a Texas bill which was geared to restrict transgender Texans from getting marriage licenses has died.

12/18/09
D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty Signs Historic Marriage Equality Bill | 12/18/09

12/17/09
Irish Gay Man Attacked At Neighborhood Bar in Queens | 12/17/09

Tarlach MacNiallais, an openly gay Queens, NY educator and Irish American citizen, never pegged his neighborhood bar

12/16/09
Governor David Paterson Signs Executive Order Protecting Transgender NY State Employees | 12/16/09

12/15/09
Washington D.C. Approves Marriage Equality in Final Vote | 12/15/09

12/15/09
New York's Governor Set to Extend Employment Protections to Transgender New York State Employees | 12/15/09

12/14/09
Annise Parker Becomes First Openly Lesbian Mayor of Major U.S. City after Houston Win | 12/14/09

12/08/09
New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Marriage Equality Bill | 12/08/09

12/07/09
Orlando McDonald’s Denies Transgender Teenager Employment: Manager Leaves Threatening Voice Message with Slur | 12/07/09

When Zikerria Bellamy applied to work at an Orlando, Fla.

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MN Lawmakers Plan Marriage Equality Push For January
12/20/12

Now that Minnesota voters have rejected an amendment constitutionally defining marriage as one man, one woman, activists and allies in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party there say they plan to push for full marriage equality early next year.

No charges in San Francisco '04 transgender homicide
12/20/12

Police arrested two men in the 2004 death of a transgender San Francisco woman, but it appears the district attorney's office has never filed charges against the former suspects in the case.

Franchot pledges to allow gay married couples in Md. to file taxes together
12/20/12

Gay couples will be allowed to marry in Maryland starting Jan. 1, but as things stand now, they won’t be allowed to file joint tax returns. Comptroller Peter Franchot said Wednesday that he is committed to changing that before income taxes are due for 2013.

Fired gay VCU coach has new job in mind: His old one
12/20/12

James Finley says he has options. He won't reveal names out of fairness to each administration's decision-making process, but four universities, including two from major conferences, have expressed interest in him being their women's volleyball coach.

Fla. spilt on marriage equality
12/20/12

Florida voters are split on gay marriage and oppose legalizing marijuana, according to a state poll released Thursday. The survey by Quinnipiac University of 1,261 registered voters found that 45 percent oppose gay marriage while 43 percent support it.

Ethics panel fines pro-gay-marriage group in Maine
12/20/12

The ethics commission today voted to fine L PAC, an out-of-state political action committee that supports gay marriage, for missing filing deadlines leading up to the Nov. 6 election.

Mets prospect Syndergaard, acquired in Dickey trade, apologizes for using gay slur
12/20/12

New York Mets pitching prospect Noah Syndergaard, acquired from the Toronto Blue Jays in the R.A. Dickey trade, apologized Tuesday for using an anti-gay slur on his Twitter account last week, the New York Post reported.

El pueblo de Puerto Rico y todos los latinos merecen algo mejor
12/19/12

[In English] A young man is kidnapped, robbed then beaten to death and his body burned.

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