Month: December 2012

National News

Gay Marriage Case: Financial Benefits At Stake

A Supreme Court decision striking down the federal ban on gay marriage would bring dramatic changes to the financial lives…

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Victory For Lesbian, Years After Her Longtime Partner’s Death

Why should [Edith] Windsor have to pay, literally, for losing her soulmate—even though, by 2009, New York courts had recognized…

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Amid Fanfare, Same-Sex Couples Exchange Marriage Vows in Seattle

After years of saying no at the ballot box, American voters for the first time said yes to same-sex marriage…

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Supreme Court takes up same-sex marriage

The Supreme Court will tackle the contentious issue of same-sex marriage, agreeing to hear two constitutional challenges to state and…

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National News

Boise Approves New Anti-Discrimination Law

Boise is now the second Idaho city to adopt an ordinance outlawing discrimination against a person because of their sexual…

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Clinton Fears Efforts To ‘Re-Sovietize’ in Europe

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Thursday about a new effort by oppressive governments to “re-Sovietize” much of…

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Marine Denies Mocking Manning’s Homosexuality

A former supervisor of the Marine Corps brig that housed an Army private charged with sending U.S. secrets to the…

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US Supreme Court Asked To Rule On Nevada Same-Sex Law

A group that opposes gay marriage asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to take up a challenge to Nevada's…

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International News

Mexican Court Rules In Favor Of Same-Sex Marriage

Mexico's Supreme Court has ruled that a law in southern Oaxaca state that bans same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, paving the…

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International News

Transgenders Break Into Brazil’s Modeling Sector

The 6-foot-tall Tavares is among Brazil's small but growing ranks of transgender models—leggy, high-cheekboned sirens who were born men and…

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