State Sen. Julia Boseman, the first openly gay person elected to the General Assembly, said yesterday that she won't run for a fourth term in the Senate next year, citing family responsibilities.
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Julia Boseman did fabulous, difficult work on the School Violence Protection Act in our state Senate, earning her Equality NC's Legislative Award this past weekend.
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WILMINGTON, N.C. — State Sen. Julia Boseman (D-New Hanover), the only openly gay or lesbian member of the General Assembly, announced Thursday she will not seek re-election when her term ends in 2010.
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If you couldn't be there, this is the next best thing. Armed with my trusty video cam (and help from the Equality NC folks to get a place to set up the cam at the last minute), I recorded the main program of the Equality NC Gala.
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State Sen. Julia Boseman (D-New Hanover) is North Carolina’s only openly gay or lesbian state legislator.
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Is this guy for real? The Providence Journal reports that Rhode Island Gov. Carcieri who on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have allowed same-sex couples the simple right to claim the body of a deceased spouse and make funeral arrangements, is now saying he's willing to think about backing domestic partnerships.
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Religious right groups would like to have you to believe that lgbts despise them because we have a nefarious agenda for America and that they are the last line of defense against it.
About 150 supporters of marriage equality gathered on the steps of the state capitol in Providence, Rhode Island to demanding legislation gay and lesbian couples the right to marry.
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Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) jettisoned the usual diplomatic niceties in response to a U.N. official’s recent anti-gay comments.
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Three years ago I was a 20-year-old candidate for County Commissioner. I had a good bit of civic experience (after-school program leader, volunteer at the Lesbian & Gay Community Center of Charlotte, Democratic Party and School System activist) and I was able to get a lot of support from my local community.
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Good morning.The President is speaking to the General Assembly of the United Nations today. And, he's got bilateral meetings with the leaders of Japan and Russia.
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There was, initially, interest from 14 cities to host the 2014 Gay Games. Four of them actually expressed interest in sending in letters of intent to bid, and three did: Cleveland, Boston and Washington, D.
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DC's Gay Marriage Bill May Be FlashpointWashington Post... of gay couples getting married in the District would boost the chance that the General Assembly would approve a gay marriage bill within a few years.
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Sanford was regarded as among the Republican Party's better hopes for the White House in 2012 when, following a mysterious absence, he was forced to confess that he'd left the country to cheat on his wife and longtime political adviser, Jenny, with an Argentine journalist.
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"In the past, Maryland has, as a legal principle, honored marriages performed elsewhere even when those marriages could not have been performed here.
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Missouri Synod Lutherans say Gay clergy not okay for service with themExaminer.
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Tami has gotten her panties in a knot, she is so Mad that NC Court of Appeals has upheld an adoption granted by a Durham judge to state Senator Julia Boseman, But wait this isn't the only thing that in her panties,, She really mad over this one as well.
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While only 3 cities in North Carolina have passed resolutions in favor of same-sex marriage, County Commissioners in at least 15 counties and one town have passed resolutions in favor of a Marriage Protection Amendment that would prohibit same-sex marriage.
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NC court preserves adoption by lesbian legislatorWRAL.comRALEIGH, NC — A North Carolina appeals court has upheld an adoption that the estranged partner of the first openly gay member of the General Assembly sought .
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The Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America plans to consider lifting its
ban on gay and lesbian clergy having monogamous lifelong
relationships when its general assembly meets in
Minneapolis beginning on Monday.
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