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President of Boy Scouts to USA Today: Let in gay youth
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
7:16pm

USA Today published an op-ed by Wayne Perry, the President of the Boy Scouts of America, in which he urges the 1,400 voting members gathering in Dallas to vote to allow gay youth to be a part of Scouting.

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.

12/04/09
UPDATE: National Media Keep an Eye on Vallejo, Calif. After Mayor’s Anti-Gay Comments | 12/04/09

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12/03/09
Tomorrow's Boston Latino Film Festival Screening Dedicated to Jorge Steven López | 12/03/09

Tomorrow's screening at the 8th Annual Boston Latino Film Fes

12/03/09
The Washington Post Misses the Mark Again in Its Profile of Anti-LGBT Archbishop Donald Wuerl | 12/03/09

Just last month,

12/03/09
Georgia Elects Nation’s First Openly Lesbian African-American State Lawmaker | 12/03/09

12/02/09
NY Senate Rejects Marriage Protections for Same-Sex Couples | 12/02/09

The New York state Senate on Wednesday rejected a bill that would extend marriage protections to same-sex couples.

12/02/09
Protesters Respond to Vallejo Mayor’s Anti-LGBT Remarks in Northern California | 12/02/09

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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.

O.C. reverses course, recognizes Harvey Milk Day
12/19/12

In addition to Constitution Week, Cyber Security Awareness Month and Wear Red for Women Day, Harvey Milk Day will now be officially recognized by Orange County supervisors.

Columbus Hits Business With Lawsuit Over Treatment Of Trans Woman
12/19/12

About two years ago, 53-year-old Savanna DeLong changed her name and let people know she was making the physical transition from a man to a woman. DeLong said that most everyone was sympathetic, except one business where she said she worked.

Same-sex married couples won’t be allowed to file joint tax returns in Md.
12/19/12

The Maryland comptroller’s office says same-sex married couples will not be permitted to file joint tax returns in the state.

$10,000 donated in search of missing transgender teen in VA
12/19/12

$10,000 is the amount of money an anonymous donor just gave to help find a missing Charlottesville man. Nobody has seen Dashad Smith for about a month now as investigators continue to focus on an landfill in Henrico County.

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