USA
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26 June 2012Video: Cyndi Lauper launches organisation for homeless LGBT youth in the US 9 Cyndi Lauper has launched a new project in the US aimed at empowering and advocating on behalf of homeless gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth, and raising awareness of the problems they face. -
26 June 2012Scotland could learn from California’s experience on equal marriage, state governor says 43 The Governor of California has reportedly called on Scotland to lead on marriage equality legislation and to benefit from the experiences of California. -
26 June 2012San Francisco: Missing man returns a week after social networking app meeting 24 A 22-year-old man in San Francisco has resurfaced having been missing for a week after meeting a stranger on a social networking app before the city's pride celebrations. -
26 June 2012Texas: Teenage lesbian couple shot in possible hate crime 10 Two teenage girls in the US state of Texas have been shot in a possible hate crime, with one being fatally wounded. -
25 June 2012Proposition 8 trial witness to stop opposing marriage for gay couples 22 David Blankenhorn, founder the Institute for American Values and a witness at the trial of the ballot which led to California's gay marriage ban says he will no longer fight against marriage rights for gay couples. -
22 June 2012Poll: Obama’s equal marriage support not moving divided public 5 US President Barack Obama's recent declaration in favour of marriage equality for gay couples has not tipped public opinion towards or against the move or his handling of the issues, a recent poll shows. -
21 June 2012Republicans won’t reintroduce ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ if elected, one lawmaker says 22 The Republican chairman of the House Armed Services Committee announced today that the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) was a settled issue, which neither a Romney presidency nor a Republican-majority Senate would reverse. -
21 June 2012Washington state looks set to back equal marriage in referendum 13 In a sign that Washington may be one of the first states to buck the trend on equal marriage referenda, a new poll suggests that voters in the state might approve the measure during the presidential elections this November. -
21 June 2012Illinois: State refuses to defend ban on equal marriage 6 Twenty-five gay couples in Illinois who filed a lawsuit against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which outlaws a string of federal benefits for same-sex partners, were told today that the state would no longer defend it. -
21 June 2012Maine: Equal marriage advocates seek to amend ballot question 6 Supporters of marriage equality rights for gay couples in Maine have said they will ask for the ballot question on marriage to be put to voters later this year to be amended before it is finalised. -
21 June 2012Southern Baptists opposed to viewing equal marriage as a civil rights issue 26 The US Southern Baptist Convention has adopted a resolution at its annual conference criticising marriage equality advocates who have adopted the 'rhetoric of the civil rights movement' and drawn comparisons between discrimination against gay couples and racism. -
20 June 2012Study: Absence of male role-models not affecting teenage children of lesbian parents 16 The absence of male role models did not adversely affect the psychological adjustment in a group of nearly eighty 17-year-olds raised in lesbian-headed households, the Williams Institute said today. -
19 June 2012Gay rights activists decry Dharun Ravi’s early release from jail 21 Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers University student who was sentenced to 30 days for spying on his gay roommate, who later killed himself, has been released from prison ten days early -- a move that has prompted sharp criticism from local gay rights activists. -
19 June 2012Video: White House unveils Pride month video challenge finalists + The White House Office of Public Engagement has unveiled six finalists for its LGBT Pride Month Video Challenge to honour local community leaders in the US. -
16 June 2012General Mills opposes ban on equal marriage, angers anti-equality groups 17 The international food giant, General Mills, has publicly declared it opposes a proposed constitutional amendment to ban equal marriage in Minnesota, and has consequently angered anti-equality groups in the state. -
16 June 2012Video: President Obama’s speech for LGBT Pride Reception 9 During a reception to mark LGBT pride month, President Obama tells gay and trans supporters that he will have a 'friend' and 'fellow advocate' in him as long as he remains at the White House. -
15 June 2012New York: Fifth grade student’s pro-equality speech censored 30 A fifth-grade student in New York who wanted to deliver a speech for marriage equality had his opportunity censored, but later reinstated due to immediate backlash, US media organisations say. -
15 June 2012Video: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton marks LGBT pride month 3 In another step demonstrating the Obama administration's self-professed commitment to gay and trans rights, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has released a video to mark LGBT pride month. -
15 June 2012Video: US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta praises gays in the military 9 In a video released to mark Pride month, the US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta praised the contribution of gay men and women in the forces both before and after the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell. -
14 June 2012Apple adds gay couples to emoji icons for iPhones and iPads in iOS6 18 Apple has continued to associate itself with LGBT people with the introduction of same-sex couple related icons or emojis for the next version of its iPhone and iPad operating system, iOS 6.
