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Ohio Teacher Parades Long-Haired Boy as a Girl
By Kilian Melloy
An 11-year-old boy says he was harassed and humiliated at school for his long hair--by his teachers, who forced him to wear pigtails and encouraged his classmates to verbally abuse him, a federal lawsuit claims.
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Prop 8 Judge is Outed
By Kilian Melloy
The judge in the case challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8 is gay himself--and anti-gay pundits are jumping on the story.
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Marriage Equality Low Priority for Iowans
By Kilian Melloy
Though national anti-gay organizations have targeted marriage equality for repeal in Iowa, the state’s voters are largely unconcerned with the issue, rating the problem of drivers texting while at the wheel as being of greater significance.
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Pakistan’s ’third gender’ seek greater rights
By Elena Becatoros
Pakistan’s transgender community has long lived on society’s margins, harassed by police, ridiculed as freaks, pitied as the outcast people of Allah and often rejected by their own families. Now the Supreme Court is giving them hope through a petition for their rights to be respected.
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Should gay ships stop in homophobic ports-’o-call?
By Peter Cassels
A cruise to the Bahamas benefitting Miami Beach Gay Pride this spring is once again calling attention to the appropriateness of visiting Caribbean nations that have a poor record on LGBT rights.
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Crawford’s Calling - Marriage leader joining national fight in New York
By Yusef Najafi
Michael Crawford, co-founder of DC for Marriage and chair of the organization during its fight for marriage equality in the District, is taking his work to the national level. He announced last week that he would leave Washington for New York City, where he’ll serve as director of new media for Freedom to Marry.
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