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• News Thanks to Romney, There's No “Vegas of Gay Marriage” February 10, 2012 By Andrew Harmon Mitt Romney came out swinging against marriage equality during his Friday CPAC address, claiming he “prevented Massachusetts from becoming the Las Vegas of gay marriage.” More >

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• News The Real Risks of Glitter Bombing February 10, 2012 By Lucas Grindley With the Secret Service dispatched to protect Mitt Romney, and perhaps other candidates soon, glitter bombing is quickly getting treated like a potential assault on a potential president. More >

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• News Santorum's Appeal to Social Conservatives at CPAC February 10, 2012 By Andrew Harmon Just days after three presidential contest wins helped revive his flagging campaign, Rick Santorum made a fresh appeal for GOP support at the Conservative Political Action Conference Friday in Washington, D.C. More >

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• News WATCH: Washington Republican's Honest Path to Marriage Equality February 10, 2012 By Andrew Harmon For one Washington state lawmaker, the question of whether to approve a marriage equality bill boiled down to a devastatingly honest answer — one accompanied with touching humor so rarely seen in politics. More >

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• News Obama LGBT Event Raises $1.4 Million February 10, 2012 By Andrew Harmon President Barack Obama met Thursday evening with high-flight LGBT Democratic donors, pushing the case for his reelection at a Washington, D.C. dinner that netted more than $1.4 million for the campaign. More >

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• News State Dept. Denounces Russian Antigay Bill February 09, 2012 By Trudy Ring U.S. State Department officials today expressed opposition to a proposed law in St. Petersburg, Russia, that would prohibit LGBT events or public discussions. More >

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• News Md. Religious Leaders Want Marriage Equality February 09, 2012 By Winston Gieseke A group of Maryland clergy is speaking out in favor of marriage equality. More >

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• News Tenn. Axes Planned Parenthood Funds, Center Ends HIV Testing February 09, 2012 By Michelle Garcia A program to provide HIV tests in Memphis, Tenn. has been terminated because the state of Tennessee has cut off funding to Planned Parenthood.
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• News Gay Service Member Questions Boehner's Staff on DOMA February 09, 2012 By Andrew Harmon Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan has late-stage breast cancer and told Speaker Boehner's staff that she doesn't have time to wait for repeal of DOMA to protect her family. More >

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• News Obama LGBT Dinner Expected to Raise $1.5 Million February 09, 2012 By Andrew Harmon The president will meet Thursday evening with LGBT donors at a high-ticket fundraiser in Washington, D.C. More >

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• News Maryland Governor Hails Passage of Washington Marriage Bill February 09, 2012 View at Associated Press Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, who is working to pass marriage equality legislation in his state, hailed the passage of marriage equality legislation in Washington on Wednesday. More >

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• News Ugandan Govt: Debate on Antigay Bill Will Go Forward February 09, 2012 By Nick Visser Parliamentary debate on the Ugandan “Kill the Gays” bill is moving forward, though government officials said Wednesday that they do not support reintroduction of the antigay measure. More >

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• News Features WATCH: Son Defends Two Moms in Prop. 8 Case February 08, 2012 By Lucas Grindley Seventeen-year-old Spencer Perry is the latest of a number of young people who are standing up for their gay and lesbian parents and showing that the kids are all right, no matter what politicians might say.
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• News Fargo Gay Couple to Apply for Marriage License February 09, 2012 By Julie Bolcer Inspired by a federal appeals court ruling that declared Proposition 8 unconstitutional, Lenny Tweeden and Wayne Rosell plan to apply for a marriage license in Fargo, North Dakota, although they know denial is guaranteed. More >

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• News A Minnesota Welcome From Gay Rights Protesters to GOP February 08, 2012 By Lucas Grindley Gay rights protesters were particularly active in Minnesota as candidates passed through, leaving each of the Republicans with a message in the form of glitter or heckling. More >

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• News Myth or Fact: Gay People Get Paid More Than Straights? February 08, 2012 View at Washington Post The Washington post's Jonathan Capehart rebuts the old assertion that gay people are just rolling the cash, but he points out that the myth is sort of our own making.
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• News Al Sharpton Campaigns for Marriage Equality February 08, 2012 By Julie Bolcer The Rev. Al Sharpton appears in a marriage equality video for the Human Rights Campaign that speaks to clergy members and African Americans, two groups who will be critical to passing legislation in Maryland this year. More >

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• News Are Bigoted Air Marshals Also Failing to Protect The Skies? February 08, 2012 By Michelle Garcia If you're gay, female, or a person of color working for the federal air marshals, there's some likelihood that you have been the target of discrimination and mockery from some of the higher-ups at the Federal Air Marshal Service. More >

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• News Fed Government Helps Gay Couples Find Health Coverage February 08, 2012 By Michelle Garcia Same-sex couples now have the same government-backed resource as heterosexual married couples when it comes to finding health insurance coverage. More >

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• News Marriage Equality Bill Introduced in Illinois February 08, 2012 By Trudy Ring The Illinois legislature will consider a marriage equality bill introduced today by state representatives (pictured, from left) Kelly Cassidy, Greg Harris, and Deborah Mell. More >

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• News HOUSE VOTES YES; MARRIAGE READY IN WASHINGTON February 08, 2012 By Lucas Grindley Following the Senate, the Washington House voted today to approve marriage equality and send the bill to the governor, who has said she will sign it. More >

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• News Russian City Advances Antigay Measure February 08, 2012 By Trudy Ring St. Petersburg, Russia, has moved closer to outlawing “public activities promoting homosexuality,” including LGBT pride events. More >

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• News SUSPENDED: CNN Says Roland Martin's Words Are Intolerable February 08, 2012 By Lucas Grindley CNN has suspended contributor Roland Martin for a pair of tweets that LGBT rights activists said advocated violence against gay people. More >

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• News Video: Ted Olson on The Rachel Maddow Show February 08, 2012 By Advocate.com Editors Olson, a former U.S. solicitor general and co-lead plaintiff’s attorney in the Prop. 8 case, called Tuesday’s Ninth Circuit ruling “very broad,” despite the court's narrow application of its decision to California and not other states over which it has jurisdiction. More >

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• News WATCH: Dustin Lance Black on Prop. 8, Election 2012 February 08, 2012 By Neal Broverman Dustin Lance Black, the screenwriter and founding board member for the American Foundation for Equal Rights, spoke to The Advocate after an appeals court called Prop. 8 unconstitutional. More >

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• News Washington House to Vote on Marriage Today February 08, 2012 By Andrew Harmon Lawmakers are set to begin debate Wednesday afternoon on a marriage equality bill already passed by the Senate. More >

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• News Santorum on the "Rogue" Prop. 8 Ruling February 08, 2012 By Andrew Harmon As he coasted to victory in three GOP primary elections Tuesday, Rick Santorum still managed to score (or attempted to score) political points by slamming a court's ruling against Proposition 8. More >

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• News Uganda's Kill the Gays Bill Revived February 08, 2012 Read at CNN.com Ugandan MP David Bahati has reintroduced the bill, saying, "Every single day of my life now I am still pushing that it passes." More >

• News Komen Executive Resigns After Planned Parenthood Controversy February 07, 2012 View at Associated Press Karen Handel has resigned from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer foundation following the dispute over whether to fund Planned Parenthood. More >

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• News WaPo Weighs In on Nondiscrimination Executive Order February 07, 2012 Read at Washington Post In an editorial, the Post takes a look at the prospect of a presidential executive order barring federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT employees.
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• News An LGBT Law Expert's Take on Tuesday's Prop. 8 Decision February 07, 2012 By Advocate.com Editors Though expert analyses of the Ninth Circuit’s Prop. 8 ruling Tuesday have been legion throughout the day, one from Williams Institute legal director Jennifer Pizer stands out as particularly thoughtful. More >

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• News New Jersey Lawmakers to Vote on Gay Marriage Next Week February 07, 2012 By Julie Bolcer Legislative leaders in New Jersey expect to pass the marriage equality bill next week, although Governor Chris Christie has vowed to veto the measure and a new poll shows that a majority of voters support his call for a referendum. More >

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• News Prop. 8 Decision Coming Tuesday February 06, 2012 By Michelle Garcia The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will rule Tuesday on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, possibly bringing the case challenging the public vote on marriage equality one step closer to the U.S. Supreme Court. More >

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• News Obama Appoints Gay Man to Board of Advisors on HBCUs February 06, 2012 By Winston Gieseke On Friday, President Obama announced his intent to nominate the Reverend George B. Walker Jr. to the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. More >

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• News Gay Finnish Presidential Candidate Defeated February 06, 2012 By Trudy Ring Pekka Haavisto, Finland’s first openly gay presidential candidate, lost a runoff election Sunday to former finance minister Sauli Niinisto. More >

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• News Washington Marriage Bill's Passage Could Come This Week February 06, 2012 By Andrew Harmon The Washington legislature is poised to send a marriage equality bill this week to the desk of Gov. Chris Gregoire, who has vowed to sign it. More >

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• News Advocates Push for Executive Order on Employment Nondiscrimination February 06, 2012 Read at Metro Weekly The Center for American Progress and the Williams Institute detailed the case for the order, which would protect LGBT employees of federal contractors from discrimination, Metro Weekly reports. More >

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• News N.J. Assembly Leader Plans Marriage Vote Head Count February 06, 2012 View at Associated Press New Jersey Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver plans to poll her Democrats today on how many of them support the marriage equality bill, which is expected to pass when it comes to a floor vote on February 16. More >