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Transgender community pushes for acceptance, awareness

Google Gay Pride News / Salt Lake Tribune  6 days ago

Transgender community pushes for acceptance, awarenessSalt Lake Tribune"Trans-awareness is a decade or so behind gay-lesbian awareness," says Terry Kogan, a University of Utah law professor who sits on the board of Equality .
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Item: ‘Doors have opened’ for LGBT equality bills in Utah legislature

Qnews  6 days ago

     ::: Rep. Christine Johnson (D-Salt Lake) who plans to once again introduce a non-discrimination bill in the 2010 Utah told Deseret News she “feels like doors have opened” for LGBT equal rights legislation at the state capital after last week’s statement of support from the Mormon church for a Salt Lake City anti-discrimination measure.
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Log Cabin touts GOP backers for 2 gay-rights bills

Google Gay News / Deseret News  6 days ago

Log Cabin touts GOP backers for 2 gay-rights billsDeseret NewsThe leaders of the Utah Log Cabin Republicans, a gay and lesbian political group, say they have secured GOP sponsors for a pair of gay-rights .
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Log Cabin touts GOP backers for 2 gay-rights bills

Yahoo Gay News / Deseret News  6 days ago

The leaders of the Utah Log Cabin Republicans, a gay and lesbian political group, say they have secured GOP sponsors for a.
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Behind the news: A new Mormon stand on gays?

365 Gay Politics  Nov 12 09

It looked like a stunning reversal: the same church that helped defeat gay marriage in California standing with gay-rights activists on an anti-discrimination law in its own backyard.
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Gay marriage battle distracts statists of both parties

Google Gay News / Examiner.com  Nov 11 09

Queerty (blog) Gay marriage battle distracts statists of both partiesExaminer.com"Despite a strong grassroots effort in Maine, an attack campaign by anti-gay forces just barely overturned Maine's law supporting the freedom to marry for .
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Same-sex marriage proponents say fight is not over

Google Gay Marriage News / Seacoastonline.com  Nov 11 09

Queerty (blog) Same-sex marriage proponents say fight is not overSeacoastonline.comScott Yates/syates@seacoastonlin By Deborah Mcdermott YORK — In the wake of the repeal of Maine's gay marriage law at the polls Tuesday, Nov.
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R-71 Backers: No Marriage Push in 2010

Advocate  Nov 09 09

Don't expect backers of expanded domestic partnership rights for same-sex couples in Washington to act to achieve marriage equality in 2010.
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New Jersey Activists Call For Gay Marriage Vote

Google Gay News / On Top Magazine  Nov 08 09

NJ.com New Jersey Activists Call For Gay Marriage VoteOn Top MagazineBackers of gay marriage in New Jersey are calling on lawmakers to approve a gay marriage bill before Governor Jon Corzine leaves office .
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New Jersey Activists Call For Gay Marriage Vote

On Top Magazine  Nov 08 09

Backers of gay marriage in New Jersey are calling on lawmakers to approve a gay marriage bill during a lame-duck session
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Making Sense Of Maine's Gay Marriage Repeal

Google Gay Marriage News / On Top Magazine  Nov 07 09

On Top Magazine Making Sense Of Maine's Gay Marriage RepealOn Top MagazineBy On Top Magazine Staff Why Maine voters repealed a gay marriage law Tuesday when polling favored backers continues to baffle analyst.
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Gay groups say loss won't alter strategy

Google Gay Marriage News / Washington Post  Nov 05 09

Seattle Post Intelligencer Gay groups say loss won't alter strategyWashington PostSome gay rights organizations are considering putting the same-sex marriage issue before voters there again as early as next year.
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Should Gay Couples Be Allowed to Marry?

Google Gay Marriage News / New York Times  Nov 05 09

Globe and Mail Should Gay Couples Be Allowed to Marry?New York TimesWhat, if anything, do you think the Maine vote says about the national mind-set about gay marriage? Maine became the 31st state to block same-sex marriage .
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Prop. 8: One Year Later--Is Gay Marriage Any Closer?

Google Gay Marriage News / San Diego 6  Nov 05 09

guardian.co.uk Prop. 8: One Year Later--Is Gay Marriage Any Closer?San Diego 6A year ago, the constitutional amendment that bans gay marriage in California went down to defeat.
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Backers, foes of same-sex marriage reflect

Google Gay Marriage News / Boston Globe  Nov 05 09

Globe and Mail Backers, foes of same-sex marriage reflectBoston GlobeFifty-three percent of Maine voters repealed the state's new gay marriage law Tuesday, only six months after Governor John E.
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Repeal of same-sex marriage felt in Vermont

Google Gay Marriage News / NECN  Nov 04 09

guardian.co.uk Repeal of same-sex marriage felt in VermontNECNA blow to supporters who had invested a lot of time and money into protecting Maine's gay marriage law.
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Time for equal rights for gays is now

Google Gay Marriage News / Los Angeles Times  Nov 04 09

Washington Post Time for equal rights for gays is nowLos Angeles TimesYounger people, who have grown up in a world of greater societal tolerance of different sexual orientations, are far more likely to vote for gay marriage.
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Gay marriage supporters, protesters clash in Maine

Google Gay Marriage News / NECN  Nov 04 09

guardian.co.uk Gay marriage supporters, protesters clash in MaineNECN(NECN: Amy Sinclair, Lewiston, Maine) - In Maine, a well-organized and well funded campaign failed to convince a majority of voters to support gay marriage.
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Backers of same-sex marriage pledge to keep up Maine fight

Google Gay Marriage News / Boston Globe  Nov 04 09

guardian.co.uk Backers of same-sex marriage pledge to keep up Maine fightBoston GlobeAP photo Friends console one another early today after learning that voters had repealed Maine's gay-marriage law.
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Off-Year Election Reax II

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  Nov 04 09

Weigel's write-up from NY-23: Hours before the polls closed, Hoffman backers were echoing the pundits’ spin–this race would be a referendum on President Obama, and a victory for Hoffman would put the brakes on health care reform by making Democrats.
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