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Southern Baptists, Call me Kuchu, and a 'gay lobby' : this week's religion news summary
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
1:49pm

From a possible 'gay lobby' in the Vatican to Uganda's tense anti-LGBT environment, this week's religion news summary has all the important LGBT religious news stories for you. Click here for the full list

02/09/11
Religious and Political Support for Marriage Equality in Maryland | 02/09/11
02/02/11
Media Wrap-Up: Barbara Bush for Marriage Equality | 02/02/11

02/02/11
Writing About Valentine's Day? GLAAD's Valentine's Day Resource Kit Is Here to Help! | 02/02/11

01/31/11
UPDATE: Statewide Efforts to Achieve Relationship Recognition | 01/31/11

01/31/11
Families Headed by Same-Sex Couples Are in the News | 01/31/11

When Elton John and his partner, David Furnish announced the birth of their son, the world took notice. 

01/31/11
Georgia Ministers Come Together Against Anti-Gay Hate Crime | 01/31/11

Ministers in West Georgia came to the defense of an openly gay man, Keith Staples, after his home was burned down to

01/26/11
San Francisco Clinic Plans Fundraiser to Avoid Closure | 01/26/11

01/20/11
Allentown, Penn. City Council Offers Health Care Benefits to Same-Sex Partners of City Employees | 01/20/11

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Civil unions proposal clears first legislative hurdle in Colorado
01/24/13

Had former House Speaker Frank McNulty allowed a final vote on civil unions last year, he might still hold the gavel and a Republican majority.

Wyoming family wants answers in Cody suicide
01/24/13

Kyle Wells was thrown into garbage cans. Some fellow students at Cody High School laughed at him because of his sexuality. He was belittled because he was too short. But his friends recall his heart of gold.

Oregon First to Cover Trans Youth Under Medicaid
01/24/13

Beginning October 1, 2014, Oregon will become the first state in the nation to offer medically necessary transition-related care to transgender youth covered under Medicaid.

D.C. co-op guilty of anti-gay discrimination
01/24/13

In a little noticed action, the D.C. Commission on Human Rights ruled last April that the president and board of directors of a cooperative apartment building on Connecticut Avenue violated the city’s Human Rights Act by twice refusing to allow a gay couple to buy an apartment.

Arizona judge to decide whether gay bias led to assault
01/24/13

The two men accused of attacking a Phoenix activist and entertainer because of his sexual orientation each have pleaded guilty to a single count of aggravated assault.

OP-ED: University of Virginia Students, Act Your Age
01/24/13

Bullying — that term we associate with middle school and high school — we have all witnessed it, and perhaps a majority of us have done it. Once in college, though, one would think most students would have outgrown it.

ACLU: Allow gay-student group to organize at Lake middle school
01/24/13

The American Civil Liberties Union is demanding the Lake County School Board allow a gay-student support group to form at a Leesburg middle school after the group was denied by campus administration.

Louisville gay minister, partner released from jail after protesting denied marriage license
01/24/13

A Louisville gay minister and his partner have been released on their own recognizance Wednesday after they were arrested on trespassing charges for refusing to leave the Jefferson County Clerk’s office when they were denied a marriage license.

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