To boycott or not to boycott: How to tackle anti-LGBTI countries?

• Released Date: 09-Jan-2014

As members of the LGBTI community, how do we best help our ‘family’ in countries where anti-LGBTI laws exist? - See more at: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/boycott-or-not-boycott-how-tackle-anti-lgbti-countries090114#sthash.5wSvXlkU.dpuf

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Effort to repeal California law protecting transgender students in peril

• Released Date: 09-Jan-2014

A group trying to repeal a new California law that seeks to protect and provide equal opportunity to transgender students has failed to qualify their referendum for the ballot based on a spot count of signatures. - See more at: http://www.gaystarnews

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LGBTI groups blast Utah for telling gay couples they are not married

• Released Date: 09-Jan-2014

Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin is accusing Utah Governor Gary Herbert of discrimination for declaring that same-sex couples in the state are not legally married. - See more at: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/lgbti-groups-blast-utah-

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Gay man ‘raped, murdered, thrown in a ditch’ in Italy

• Released Date: 08-Jan-2014

A 28-year-old man was found days after his death in Rome, discovered stripped from the waist down and with two bullet holes in his neck and pelvis - See more at: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/gay-man-raped-murdered-thrown-ditch-italy080114#sthas

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Bills to end Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban flood 2014 General Assembly

• Released Date: 08-Jan-2014

RICHMOND, Va. — While Delegates and Senators of the Virginia General Assembly were swearing into session Wednesday, there had already been efforts set in motion to end the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

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The 8 men who have come out as gay in football

• Released Date: 08-Jan-2014

German player Thomas Hitzlsperger has become the eighth male, before or after retirement, to reveal he is gay. - See more at: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/7-men-who-have-come-out-gay-football080114#sthash.dSPub2Pu.bkYyFENx.dpuf

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Russian actor who wants to burn gays alive, wants Putin to criminalize sodomy

• Released Date: 08-Jan-2014

A popular Russian actor, who last month said he wants to burn gay people alive because they pose a danger to his children, has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring back a Soviet law criminalizing sodomy.

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Dying gay Marine given honorable discharge 58 years after being kicked out of US armed forces

• Released Date: 07-Jan-2014

A 79-year-old man who is dying from cancer has finally had his military service record cleared 58 years after he was kicked out of the US Marine Corps when the military learned he was gay. - See more at: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/dying-gay-m

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Evander Holyfield’s son: My dad is no anti-gay bigot

• Released Date: 07-Jan-2014

Former boxer Evander Holyfield’s son is fighting back and defending his dad’s homophobia, saying he is not a bigot. - See more at: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/evander-holyfields-son-my-dad-no-anti-gay-bigot070114#sthash.fArHkZ2u.xiCLh4WL.dpuf

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Public urged to vote for charities, brands and inspirational role models

• Released Date: 07-Jan-2014

The LGBTI British public is being urged to vote for the charities, brands and business people who support them. - See more at: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/public-urged-vote-charities-brands-and-inspirational-role-models070114#sthash.BG5WqkiS.Z

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Members of U.S. Congress Take Bold Stance in Support of Uganda’s LGBT Community

• Released Date: 07-Jan-2014

The Ugandan bill that would sentence gays to prison is now sitting on President Yoweri Museveni’s desk awaiting his action.

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Actor taking over gay role on Days of Our Lives not intimidated by his predecessor

• Released Date: 07-Jan-2014

On Wednesday (8 January), viewers of the NBC daytime soap Days of Our Lives will  notice a dramatic change in the appearance of the gay character of Will Horton. - See more at: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/actor-taking-over-gay-role-days-o

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