Majority of Hong Kongers support some rights for gay couples

• Released Date: 03-Jan-2014

A new report published by the Centre for Comparative and Public Law has shown that a majority of the Hong Kong public supports granting some legal recognition to same-sex couples. - See more at: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/majority-hong-konger

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Sotomayor ponders stay of order allowing same-sex marriage in Utah

• Released Date: 02-Jan-2014

WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is pondering whether to grant a stay of a federal district court’s order that the state of Utah stop enforcing its ban on marriage for same-sex couples.The state’s new attorney general filed a p

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Germany’s first lesbian minister comes out

• Released Date: 02-Jan-2014

Hendricks slipped into an interview with the Rheinische Post newspaper that she would be spending New Years Eve with her life partner – though the article was not about her sexuality, more her move to Berlin.

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Player who expressed anti-gay views appointed to inclusion advisory board of The Football Association

• Released Date: 02-Jan-2014

Retired pro footballer Michael Johnson is proving to be a controversial pick for The Football Associations new Inclusion Advisory Board to tackle discrimination in all its forms. - See more at: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/player-who-expressed-

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Charlie Crist apologizes for supporting efforts to ban same-sex marriage in Fla

• Released Date: 02-Jan-2014

In an extraordinary interview, Florida’s former Republican Governor Charlie Crist has apologized for having supported efforts to ban on same-sex marriage on the ballot in that state in 2008.I’m sorry I did that. It was a mistake. I was wrong. Please

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At Minnesota’s Spirit on Lake, LGBT seniors find safe haven

• Released Date: 02-Jan-2014

MINNEAPOLIS — Lucretia Kirby was on her own for the first time in years after her partner’s death. She felt stranded in a church-affiliated assisted living facility, where she said bigotry and even physical threats were ignored by building managers.R

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Boy Scouts open ranks to gay youth, but ban on gay adult leaders remains

• Released Date: 01-Jan-2014

The Boy Scouts of America on Wednesday began accepting openly gay youth, a historic policy change that affects the scouting ranks, however the ban on gay scout leaders remains in effect.At its National Council’s annual meeting last May, the Boy Scout

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Down-on-its-luck Atlantic City swears in openly gay Republican mayo

• Released Date: 01-Jan-2014

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — What do you call a gay Republican who obsesses about street sweepers, frets that the city’s business isn’t conducted in enough languages and toys with the idea of giving free land to the poor to get it back on the tax rolls?

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Mich. driver’s license officials refuse name changes for married, gay couples

• Released Date: 01-Jan-2014

LANSING, Mich. — Don’t count on driver’s license officials in Michigan accepting name changes for gay people who are married.The federal government and New York state may consider him Jesse Melot, but the Michigan Department of State insists he’s sti

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The gay and lesbian parties in 2014 you’ll want to know about

• Released Date: 01-Jan-2014

2014 is full of LGBTI events, cruises and festivals for every palate and budget.From Brazils popular São Paulo pride where the country seems to descend on the city, to sharing a plot of Nevada dessert with the Glamcocks at Burning Man, Gay Star Trave

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Rose Parade hosts its first same-sex wedding atop giant wedding cake float

• Released Date: 01-Jan-2014

PASADENA, Calif. — Standing atop a giant wedding cake float, Aubrey Loots and Danny Leclair exchanged vows New Year’s Day in the first same-sex marriage during the Tournament of Roses Parade.

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Utah asks U.S. Supreme Court to stop same-sex marriages during appeal

• Released Date: 31-Dec-2013

WASHINGTON — Utah took its fight against gay marriage to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, asking the high court to suspend same-sex unions that became legal when a judge struck down the state’s voter-approved ban.

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