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GLAAD joins march and rally against anti-LGBT hate violence in New York City
Sunday, May 19, 2013
12:22pm

Friday night in New York's Greenwich Village, police say a gunman, who is in custody but has yet to be identified, followed Mark Carson, taunting him with anti-gay slurs and homophobic language, before tragically shooting him in the head.

01/13/11
Chick-fil-A's Distasteful Stand on Marriage | 01/13/11

01/13/11
UPDATE: Repeal of New Hampshire's Marriage Equality Law Not on GOP Agenda This Year | 01/13/11

01/13/11
Boston Archdiocese Established Non-Discrimination Admission Policy | 01/13/11

In a step toward the equal treatment of families headed by same-sex couples,

01/11/11
Texas Case Underscores Need for Marriage Protections in Times of Divorce | 01/11/11

01/10/11
Catholics Stand by Their Consciences on Marriage Equality | 01/10/11

Elected officials who are Catholic are stepping up to support marriage equality—often despite heavy-handed tactics b

01/10/11
New Hampshire Legislator Files Two Bills That Would Repeal Marriage Equality | 01/10/11

01/07/11
New L.A.-Based Campaign Encourages Support for Gay Fathers | 01/07/11

01/07/11
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Signs Nation's Toughest Law Against Bullying | 01/07/11

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CA Evangelical Minister Mike Erre Says He’s “Sorry” To Gay Community
01/15/13

Mike Erre, a rising star in Evangelical circles, is sorry his movement has been so nasty toward gay people.

Washington Senate opening prayer takes aim at marriage equality
01/15/13

Invocation calling for a strengthening of marriage “as You ordained it, for our good and Your glory” has some Senate Democrats upset.

Wyoming lawmakers back marriage equality, union bills
01/15/13

For the first time in his career, Jackson Republican Rep. Keith Gingery is backing a gay marriage bill. After eight years in the Legislature, Gingery has signed on as a co-sponsor of two measures sanctioning same-sex unions.

In Louisiana, two arrested in alleged anti-gay attack
01/15/13

A Lafayette man said he and three friends were verbally and physically attacked Sunday in a movie theater because they’re gay.

San Francisco lawmakers to consider renaming city’s airport for gay rights leader Harvey Milk
01/15/13

A San Francisco lawmaker on Tuesday planned to introduce legislation asking voters to rename the city’s airport after slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk.

Rhode Island: smallest state is big battleground on gay marriage
01/15/13

Supporters of same-sex marriage rights plan to assemble at the Rhode Island Statehouse to urge lawmakers to make the smallest state the 10th to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed – and the last to do so in New England.

Richland Hills woman charged with anti-gay hate crime dies
01/15/13

Wanda Derby, the 72-year-old Richland Hills woman charged with assaulting her gay neighbor, has died. Derby had a court hearing Monday, Jan. 14.

Vicco, Kentucky Approves LGBT Fairness Law
01/14/13

On Monday, the Fairness Coalition joined the Appalachian town of Vicco, Kentucky as they approved the state's first lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) anti-discrimination Fairness ordinance in a decade.

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