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BRITAIN: House Of Commons Set To Approve Gay Marriage Bill Today
UPDATE: Bill Passes By 366-161 Vote!!!

Via the Telegraph: The legalisation of gay marriage is poised to be approved by MPs today after surviving a Tory backbench bid to derail it. The Coalition avoided embarrassment after a last-minute deal with Labour to save the bill. Some 56 Conservative backbenchers – half the number predicted – backed a backbencher’s amendment the Government warned could fatally delay the …

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NEW YORK CITY: Gay Bashing In Soho

The bad news keeps coming. A gay couple was attacked early Tuesday in SoHo, hours after thousands marched to protest the killing of a gay man and several other bias attacks that have shaken the community, NBC 4 New York has learned. Law enforcement sources said the two men, 41 and 42, were walking on Broadway between Prince and Houston …

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NYPD Steps Up Patrols In Gayborhoods

In reaction to the continuing spree of anti-gay hate crimes, the NYPD announced today that they have increases patrols in the West Village, Chelsea, and Hell’s Kitchen. The patrols — which will feature mobile command units — were announced in response to the shooting death of Mark Carson, 32, Saturday, allegedly by a man spewing homophobic slurs. The increased police …

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FRANCE: Anti-Gay Marriage Activist Commits Suicide Inside Notre Dame

An elderly anti-gay activist shot himself in the head today after placing a letter on the altar of Paris’ famed Notre Dame Cathedral. It’s the first suicide in decades at the landmark site, Monsignor Patrick Jacquin told The Associated Press. “It’s unfortunate, it’s dramatic, it’s shocking,” Jacquin said. The motives for the suicide, and the contents of the man’s letter, …

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Peace Corps Seeks Gay Couples

The Peace Corps has issued a press release that invites same-sex couples to apply to serve overseas together. Peace Corps Deputy Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet today announced that the agency will begin accepting applications from same-sex domestic partners who want to serve together as volunteers overseas. Same-sex couples may begin the application process starting Monday, June 3.  “Service in the Peace …

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Another Gay Bashing In New York City

There has been yet another gay bashing in New York City, this time in the East Village. Bruce Yelk reports at Nightlife Gay: Shock, outrage, anger sums up how I am feeling today as one of my very good friends was gay bashed last night in New York City. Dan Contarino, former promoter of Shampoo Nightclub’s “Shaft” Fridays, was jumped …

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Gay Man Appointed Head Of APA

In move that will surely inflame the religious right, the American Psychiatric Association has appointed an openly gay man as its new CEO. Dr. Saul Levin, who last year became the first openly gay head of the D.C. Department of Health, was named on May 15 as the new chief executive officer and medical director of the American Psychiatric Association. …

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