Month: April 2014

Arts & Entertainment

Leslie Jordan and Varla Jean Merman

Well, well, well, so much to say, so little time. On Saturday, May 10, Leslie Jordan plans to “yammer and carry on” in a dishy show in the Hobby Center’s…

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International News

Uganda prepares new measure targeting civic groups

Uganda's deputy interior minister says the government has drafted a new bill to punish what he called "errant" civic groups that meddle in domestic politics and promote "bad cultures."

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News

Lawsuit seeks to overturn NC same-sex marriage ban

Some clergy members are filing a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's constitutional ban on gay marriage, saying it violates their religious freedom.

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NY bill would bar condoms as proof of prostitution

New York City spends more than a million dollars every year to distribute free condoms to combat unintended pregnancies and diseases such as AIDS. Yet city police are allowed to…

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News

New Dallas thrift shop offers free HIV tests

Out of the Closet Thrift Store is not your average resale shop.

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News

Lawyer questions decision to jail transgender girl

An unusual decision to put a transgender girl at a Connecticut women's prison is sparking a heated debate over how to handle a teenager called dangerous by the state but…

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HRC plans LGBT campaign in three Deep South states

A national organization is launching a three-year, $8.5 million campaign to promote LGBT equality and push for new legal protections in three Southern states dominated by conservative politics and religion…

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South Dakota gay marriage ban to face lawsuit

A lesbian couple plans to exchange vows Saturday in Minnesota, then be the first South Dakota residents to legally challenge the state's ban on same-sex marriage and its refusal to…

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New job for gay former Catholic school leader

The Mercer Island, Wash., School District says it plans to hire a gay administrator who was forced out of his job at a suburban Catholic school after his same-sex marriage.

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Veteran denied the right to be buried with ashes of gay partner

After learning that the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery won't allow her to be buried with her partner's ashes, a U.S. Navy vet is working to overturn a state constitutional amendment…

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