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36 min ago | Christian Science Monitor

Lesbian couple can't cohabitate: Why not?

Plastic figurines depicting a female couple and a male couple are displayed for sale in Paris, France, April 27, shortly after same-sex marriage was legalized there.

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Related Topix: France, World News, Collin County, TX

1 hr ago | EDGE

Bay Area Celebrates Harvey Milk Day

The Bay Area will remember Harvey Milk, shown here with Mayor George Moscone, center, and Supervisor Carol Ruth Silver at the January 1978 Imperial Court Coronation, with a variety of events starting this weekend From book readings to movie screenings, the Bay Area is marking the annual Harvey Milk Day with a variety of events this year.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Milk

2 hrs ago | EDGE

The Importance of Being Inverted: Gay Days at Amusement Parks, Part 1

Princess for a day... The tableau downshifts from a rosy cheek-to-cheek portrait to trial by combat as crowned heads rotate until eyes are locked in a Mexican standoff.

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2 hrs ago | NBC Chicago

2 Separate Attacks Target Gays Hours After Rally

A gay couple was attacked early Tuesday in SoHo and a man was beaten in the East Village, hours after thousands marched to protest the killing of a gay man and several other bias attacks that have shaken the community, officials said.

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Related Topix: New York, NY, Manhattan, NY, East Village (New York, NY), Greenwich Village (New York, NY)

2 hrs ago | Burnley Citizen

David Cameron is expected to hail the historic gay marriage vote

David Cameron is facing a fresh bout of Tory strife after the coalition's plans to introduce gay marriage cleared the Commons.

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5 hrs ago | EDGE

Committee Nears Final Big Immigration Decisions

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, confers with the committee's ranking Republican, Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Patrick Leahy, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, Chuck Grassley, Orrin Hatch, Charles Schumer

5 hrs ago | EDGE

Bloomberg and Kelly Address Media as Two Additional Anti-Gay Assaults are Reported

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly addressed the media today in response to the hate crime killing of Mark Carson and recent wave of assaults against the gay community that has seen two additional incidences in the past 24 hours.

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Related Topix: New York, NY, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Washington Heights, NY

6 hrs ago | EDGE

Brazil Party Challenges Ruling on Gay Marriage

BRASILIA, Brazil -- A conservative party is challenging a judicial ruling that requires all of Brazil's notary publics to register same-sex civil unions as marriages if couples request it.

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6 hrs ago | EDGE

Ill. Gay Marriage Bill Sponsor: It Will Pass

Illinois Rep. Greg Harris is confident that the state will become the 13th in the nation to recognize marriage equality.

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Related Topix: Illinois, Illinois Government, Pat Quinn, US Governors

7 hrs ago | lezgetreal.com | Sei

Hail Britannia! House of Commons Passes Equal Marriage Bill

The British House of Commons has passed a measure that would legalize same-sex marriage. It now goes to the House of Lords.

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8 hrs ago | EDGE

Gay Marriage Bill Clears UK House of Commons

Britain's House of Commons has passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in England and Wales.

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8 hrs ago | Lancaster and MoreCambe Citizen

Gay marriage Bill clears Commons

There was applause in the House after MPs voted by 366 to 161 to give the Marriage Bill a third reading The Government's controversial plans to legalise gay marriage have cleared the Commons despite efforts by Tory backbenchers to derail the legislation.

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9 hrs ago | EDGE

Will LGBT Amendments Bring Down Immigration Reform?

As the Senate Judiciary Committee continues to hammer out a comprehensive immigration reform bill, some raise concern over the LGBT amendments that would positively impact thousands of same-sex couples, but could also simultaneously jeopardize the measure.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, Patrick Leahy, US Senate, Democrat

9 hrs ago | The Las Vegas Sun

Gay Fla. teen charged for underage girlfriend

Gay rights advocates are rallying around an 18-year-old central Florida girl who was expelled from school and charged with having sexual contact with her 14-year-old girlfriend.

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10 hrs ago | lezgetreal.com | Sei

Illinois Has Enough Votes For Equal Marriage Vote?

It appears that Illinois has enough votes to pass a same-sex marriage bill before the end of the legislative session.

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10 hrs ago | EDGE

French Anti-Gay Activist Shoots and Kills Self at Notre Dame

French right-wing historian Dominique Venner shot and killed himself on the altar of Paris' famed Notre Dame Cathedral today at 4PM local time in front of throngs of tourists in protest of France's recent legalization of same-sex marriage.

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10 hrs ago | EDGE

2 Moroccans Tried for Homosexuality Get 4 Months

A Moroccan court has convicted two men of homosexuality and public indecency, and sentenced each to four months in prison, in the latest case against gays in this North African nation.

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10 hrs ago | EDGE

GOP Nominates Anti-Gay Minister for Virginia Lt. Gov.

The Associated Press reports that Virginia Republicans have nominated the controversial conservative minister E.W. Jackson for the state's lieutenant governor, making him the first black candidate the party has nominated for statewide office since 1988.

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12 hrs ago | EDGE

Former Philadelphia Promoter is Latest Victim of Anti-Gay Violence in NYC

NYC's hate crime spree continued last night when former Philadelphia club promoter Dan Contarino was jumped, kicked and beaten in the East Village by an attacker who shouted anti-gay epithets.

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