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Wyoming, USA: Marriage Equality Bill Gets Bipartisan Support
This week Wyoming lawmakers introduced two bills that could give more rights to same-sex couples–one is a marriage-equality measure, the other a civil-union bill. Democrat Cathy Connolly and Republican...
View ArticleKentucky/Texas, USA: Movement on Gay Rights Measures?
The cause of LGBT equality has really gripped the nation, from watershed victories in marriage equality last fall to President Obama’s historic mention of gay rights in his inaugural address. And in...
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Hawaii, USA: Marriage Equality Bills Introduced
Marriage equality legislation was introduced in Hawaii’s House and Senate this morning, HRC reports: If successful, Hawaii would be the 10th state in the union to allow the marriage for all couples,...
View ArticlePoland: Legislature Rejects Domestic Partnership Bills
Poland’s lower parliamentary house has voted today to reject three separate draft laws which would have given legal rights to unmarried couples, effectively preventing same-sex couples from receiving...
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Wyoming: Three Gay Rights Bills Coming to Vote in House Committee January 28th
According to a press release from the National Center for Lesbian Rights, three bills dealing with marriage equality and gay rights will be brought to a committee vote in the Wyoming House on Monday:...
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Wyoming, USA: Is Marriage Equality Winning Converts in Heavily Republican State?
LGBTQ Nation thinks so, reporting on the various anti discrimination and pro marriage equality bills floated this session: It remains to be seen whether gay rights supporters in the overwhelmingly...
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Hawaii, USA: House Considering Both Banning, Embracing Marriage Equality
Pink News says the Hawaii House is considering no fewer than four bills dealing with marriage equality. Two of the bills are from opposing sides: Democrat Faye P Hanohano is the sole sponsor of House...
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Poland: Civil Partnership Bills Defeated
What is it with Europe this week? First Finland blocks a marriage equality bill in committee, and now Poland blocks not one but three civil partnership bills too. Pink News reports: Proposed...
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Nebraska, USA: LGBT Bills Stalled
Nebraska’s legislature held hearings on three LGBT rights bills this week but took no action on any of them, Dot429 reports: Opposition for the LGBT bills bickered during the extensive questions by...
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Rhode Island, USA: Critical Senate Committee Vote Ahead
The next big test of the Rhode Island marriage equality bill is the Senate Judiciary Committee. Equality on Trial reports: The Senate Judiciary Committee is seen as a significant obstacle to the...
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Italy: Civil Union/Marriage Equality Bills Advance in Senate
from Google MapsJust got this from our friend Linda Giovanna Zambanini: Overview: Yesterday the Italian Senate Justice Committee met again (they also met last week and the week before) to discuss...
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Lithuania: Parliament Goes After LGBT Citizens With Five Bills
from Google MapsLithuanian legislators are considering no fewer than five anti-LGBT bills. Pink News reports: Five separate anti-gay and anti-trans bills are set to be considered in the Lithuanian...
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USA: Seven States Where Marriage Equality Could Move Ahead in the Next Two Weeks
We’ve mentioned before that October was shaping up to be a big month for marriage equality. Buzzfeed has a great article this morning o the fights coming to a head this month in Michigan, New Jersey,...
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USA, Virginia: As Marriage Equality Hearing Nears, Bill Introduced In...
We have two stories out of Virginia today on marriage equality. In the first, a hearing in a lawsuit for marriage equality in the state is fast approaching. The Washington Blade reports: The first...
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USA: As Colorado Tries to Make It Easier for Gay Couples to File Taxes, Idaho...
It’s a tale of two states. one state is moving to make it easier for married same-sex couples to file joint taxes, while the other is trying to make it more difficult. KDVR reports from Colorado: A...
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USA, Virginia: Two LGBT Bills Killed in Assembly
Two Virginia Assembly committees killed two Pro LGBT bills, including a marriage equality proposal. Metro Weekly reports: In the Senate, the Committee on General Laws and Technology took up SB248,...
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USA: More States Considering Allowing Christian Business Owners to Discriminate
Following in the footsteps of a proposed law in Arizona, at least two more states are considering laws that would let business owners discriminate based on sexual orientation. LGBTQ Nation reports on...
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USA: Anti Gay Bills Dead in South Dakota, Kansas, and Tennessee
Three states that were considering “Right to Discriminate” bills have killed them. The Times-Union reports on the South Dakota bill: A measure that sought to prevent lawsuits against businesses that...
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USA: Who Is Pushing These “Right to Discriminate” Bills?
These “right to discriminate” bills, which would let just about anyone discriminate against just about anyone because God, have been popping up all across the country, but is there someone...
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New York Senate Blocks LGBT Bills
The state Senate killed two LGBT bills by not allowing them to come up for a vote, although both were seen as likely to pass. Pink News reports: The New York Senate has blocked bills which banned ‘gay...
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