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DC Law Helps Lesbian Couples Become Moms

A new D.C. law is making it a lot easier for a newborn to have two mommies from birth. According to the law, which went into effect on July 18, the District of Columbia will confer “the status of legal parent on both lesbian mothers who plan a child using donor insemination,” Nancy Polikoff reports.

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Married lesbian couple seeks protection in India

LUCKNOW: Even as the country debates pros and cons of legalising the same sex marriages and the Central government finds itself in a fix over the issue, a lesbian couple tied nuptial knot defying all social norms in Muzaffarnagar, known for honour killings and fundamentalist diktats by caste-based panchayats.

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Pastor, D.C. Church Offer Gay African Americans A Message of Acceptance and Responsibility

In the middle of a sermon, Bishop Rainey Cheeks felt his medicine bottle bulging in his pocket and realized he hadn't taken his pills.

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New straw poll of gay marriage leaders: Overturn Prop 8 in 2010

A straw poll of same sex marraige leaders gathered in San Bernardino Saturday just came in: The majority want to return to the ballot in 2010 to try to overturn Proposition 8.

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International gathering of gay activists kicks off in Copenhagen

COPENHAGEN — Music and aerial acrobats are kicking off the second edition of the World Outgames - nine days of sports, cultural and human rights events for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

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History Is on My Side, Says Calif. Justice Who Voted Against Gay-Marriage Ban

Carlos Moreno stood alone in May when he dissented from the decision upholding Proposition 8. But the California Supreme Court justice says history will prove him right -- that denying gays and lesbians the right to marry is illegal discrimination.

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Gays and lesbians more likely to smoke (by quite a bit), study shows

mong homosexuals: 37% of women smoke; 33% of men smoke.

Among heterosexuals: 18% of women smoke; 24% of men smoke

These figures come from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Gay partnership foes turn in referendum signatures

Opponents of a measure that passed the Legislature this year giving same-sex domestic partners all the rights of married people turned in signatures to the secretary of state's office Saturday in attempt to overturn the new law through a citizen referendum.

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Gay marriage will be issue in Iowa House special election Daily Kos

Iowans in House district 90 will elect a new state representative in a special election on September 1, and the Republican candidate appears to be planning to make same-sex marriage a major campaign issue.

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Gay spouses to get AAA discounts Florida Times-Union -

AAA Auto Club South will now allow same-sex married couples to receive spousal discounts under AAA's Associate Membership program, a rights group that advocates for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people announced Thursday.

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Gay Olympic Medal Winning Boxer Dies Outcome Buffalo

Toronto— Mark Leduc a gay Canadien who had won a Olympic silver medal in boxing has died.

Leduc, 47 was a former light welterweight boxer who was the unlikely silver medalist at the 1992 Barcelona.

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Human Rights Campaign PAC, Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund Endorse Anthony Woods For U.S. Congress

The Human Rights Campaign PAC, the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, and the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, which works to grow the number of openly LGBT elected officials across the U.

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Courts unlikely to strike down new domestic partner registry until after it begins

An attorney for those hoping to strike down Wisconsin’s new legal protections for domestic partners says he hopes the Supreme Court will decide their request in a matter of weeks.

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Wash. gay partnership foes say "too close to call"

OLYMPIA, Wash. —

Washington state's latest expansion of domestic partnerships for gay couples was hanging in limbo Friday as opponents announced a final push to force a public vote, calling their effort so far "too close to call.

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Outgames international gay sport and culture event opens in Copenhagen

There will be triathlon and handball – but also bridge and line dancing. Copenhagen is preparing for thousands of gay people from dozens of nations to descend this weekend for the Outgames, a nine-day sporting and cultural olympics for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

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Polis becomes first openly gay advisor to Air Force Academy

COLORADO SPRINGS — A sign gays may be inching closer to acceptance in the military: the U.S. Air Force Academy is welcoming its first openly gay member of its oversight board.

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Saddam's rule 'better' for gay Iraqis

Investigating reports of the murder and torture of gay men in Iraq, Ashley Byrne found that some gays found Saddam Hussein's dictatorship preferable to the threat of violence they face today.

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Transgender teaching sub won't return in NJ

Lily McBeth, a substitute teacher from Little Egg Harbor Township, became a national symbol of acceptance for transgender Americans in 2006 when the Eagleswood and Pinelands Regional school districts kept her on the job despite protests from some parents.

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Bisexuality 101: Am I bisexual?

Some people would say that everyone is bisexual, but I'm not going to buy into that line. That's the easiest way to confuse those of you who may be on the fence.

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Gay incident reopens Salt Lake City's Main Street plaza wounds

It's the wound that won't heal. The rift that won't close. And earlier this month, two gay lovers' purportedly innocuous late-night kiss -- though LDS Church officials insist it was far more amorous than that -- ripped it wide open.

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