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Gay rights group wants Newsweek apology
A GAY rights group says Newsweek suggested gay actors can’t play straight characters.

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Largest Lutheran group reinstating 2 gay ministers
ATLANTA (AP) — A gay Atlanta pastor and his partner who have been at the center of a battle over the treatment of gay clergy by the nation’s largest Lutheran denomination are being reinstated to th…

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Sinclair student group rallies for diversity
DAYTON — Sinclair Community College’s newest student organization came out to the community Thursday, April 29, with what supporters called a long overdue rally.The newly founded Brite Signal Alliance — a group of gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender students — and their family and friends rallied in front of the college administration building.

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Group wants attempted murder case at school treated as hate crime
Controversy continues to build over an incident at a Kentucky high school that some call a hate crime. State Police have said they believe the arrest of three Jackson County High School seniors for kidnapping and attempted murder may have been the result of a prank on a friend but that student’s mother isn’t buying it and now an advocacy group is stepping in.

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Group identifies equity goals
The Eugene School District should hire more diversity experts, focus on the needs of gay and middle school students, and establish equity-related student clubs to help address harassment and a persistent achievement gap, the district’s Equity Committee asserts in a new six-point proposal. Other recommendations from the group, which advises …

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Gay, lesbian support group meets at Mendham Twp. church
MENDHAM TWP. - PFLAG, Morris County (Parents, Family and Friends of Gays and Lesbians), a support group to help relatives adjust to a child’s gay or lesbian orientation. meets at 7:30 p.m., the second Monday of the month at Brookside Community Church. Call (973) 543-7229.

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LGBT group now meets weekly
A support group for youth who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or questioning is meeting more frequently due to an overwhelming response. The group, called Young and Proud, is now meeting weekly, every Thursday from 7-9 p.[...]

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Gaston senator: Meeting with gay rights group over comments unlikely
Under fire for a controversial comment he made about gays and blacks, state Sen. Jim Forrester said he likely won’t meet with a gay rights group that invited him to apologize for his remarks in person. Forrester said Friday he would decline the…

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Swedish church group offers choice of three genders
Sensus, a Swedish church-backed study association, has adopted a new policy to allow prospective employees to classify their gender in three ways: Female, Male or Other.

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GAY GROUP FURIOUS OVER STEPHEN GATELY ARTICLE RULING
A leading British gay rights group has slammed the U.K.’s media watchdog for refusing to take action against a newspaper columnist who wrote a scathing article about BOYZONE star STEPHEN GATELY following his death last October (09).

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Group Slams Boehner on DADT
A group of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans is coming out against Sen. John Boehner, who said repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell” would be a distraction to getting “our economy back on plan and getting American people back to work.”

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Group rallies for domestic partnership
Supporters of the domestic partnership bill staged a rally at the Capitol Monday in an attempt to garner support before an upcoming Senate hearing on the bill.

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