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‘Laramie’ and ‘Rent’ plays go on at Vegas-area high school

Despite the legal objections raised by a group of parents, it’s OK for high school students to perform in and present two plays with gay-related themes, a Nevada district court judge ruled Tuesday.

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Item: Men try to burn Memphis LGBT center’s flagpole

   ::: Memphis police arrested a 23-year-old man early Wednesday after he and another man tried to set fire to the rope on a flagpole at the Memphis Gay and Lesbian Community Center, Memphis Appeal reports.

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After tense protest, Fort Worth council extends transgender anti-bias protections

Queer LiberAction’s Rick Vanderslice, right, challenges an anti-gay counterprotester outside Fort Worth City Hall on Tuesday.

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Report: Kiss-in protests led to LDS support for Salt Lake gay-friendly law

Source: Salt Lake Tribune, Deseret News, KSL, Fox13Now

The powerful Salt Lake City-based LDS (Mormon) church announced Tuesday that it will support a proposed pair of Salt Lake City ordinances that would make it illegal to discriminate against LGBT in housing and employment.

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‘Heartless’ RI governor vetoes partner’s rights to make funeral arrangements

Rhode Island state capitol, Providence Flickr photo by Kurt Chritenson

Rhode Island’s legislature earlier this year passed a bill that would have given the surviving partner of an unmarried couple the right to make arrangements for a deceased partner’s funeral, cremation, or burial.

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Item: DC council committee passes marriage equality bill

   ::: Equality for lesbian and gay couples in New York is stuck once again in the molasses (and morass) of that state’s legislature, but a similar bill is moving quickly in the District of Columbia, AmericaBlogGay reports.

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NY state senate again delays its vote on marriage equality (Updated)

An eagerly anticipated vote by the New York state senate on a marriage equality bill will not happen today, New York Times is reporting.

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Soldier tells his moving tale on blog from Iraq, gets DADT discharge

Nathanael Bodon, 21, is being discharged from the Army because of what he has written on his blog, This Is How It Feels.

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Item: KC Chiefs release team’s Twittering homophobe

   ::: NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs on Monday released troubled running back Larry Johnson,  Kansas City Star’s Adam Teicher reports.

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Store manager gets himself fired; becomes right-wing hero

Peter Vadala, from his YouTube video

Peter Vadala, 24, was fired just a few weeks after being hired as second deputy manager at a Brookstone store at Boston's Logan Airport.

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Item: Salt Lake City gets out gay city counselor; Also gets new LGBT blog

   ::: Salt Lake City, which has long been a bright blue beacon within the deep-red politics in Utah, now has its first-ever out gay city councilman, Stan Penfold.

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Two exhibits shed new light on LGBT and black history

Along with the lengthening nights and colorful falling leaves of autumn comes a re-emergence of cocooning indoor activities, including museum collections.

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NY senate could vote Tuesday on ‘incredibly important’ marriage equality bill.

New York state capitol, Albany

New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn yesterday urged state senators to “stand up” and pass a marriage equality bill that’s been bottled up in the senate for months.

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Blogs claim UK’s Tories are allied with homophobic, racist politicians

Two liberal London political blogs have raised serious questions about the allies with whom UK’s opposition party, the Conservative Party or ‘Tories’, has aligned itself.

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Item: NJ legislators urged to act quickly on marriage equality

   ::: Marriage equality advocates in New Jersey are pressing legislators there to quickly pass a bill allowing gay and lesbian couples to get marriage licenses.

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South Park to GLAAD – No apologies

  Comedy Central announced today that the network and the creators of South Park won’t issue an apology for an episode of show that aired last week called, “The F-word”, Joe.

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Video: Iraq vet’s story shows military members could handle DADT repeal

Darren Manzella Personal snapshot of Manzella and his boyfriend

Darren Manzella's story is all-too-familiar.

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For first time, anti-gay campaign messages didn’t work in Washington

Unlike voters in Maine, voters in Washington were not given the opportunity Tuesday to vote on a law that would have granted equal rights and the dignity of civil marriage.

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Item: UK’s Stonewall honors Boyzone, Rennie, and more

   ::: Stonewall, the largest LGBT advocacy group in the UK, handed out its fourth annual awards this weekend at a London gala hosted by fashion guru Gok Wan.

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CDC panel finds little evidence to support abstinence-only sex-ed

Palin baby-dad Levi Johnson via Flickr

A panel of public health professionals who studied reams of data on the effectiveness of sex-education in classrooms concludes that so-called comprehensive programs are effective.

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