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Gay marriage foe’s argument seems to leave Supreme Court justices puzzled

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:24+00:00 May 1st, 2015|LGBTQ+|

Many people think they know what marriage is about: love, fidelity and the forming of stable families to raise children.

But to hear the legal opponents of same-sex marriage, that represents flawed thinking.

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Gender Bias Issue Could Tip Chief Justice Roberts Into Ruling for Gay Marriage

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:24+00:00 April 29th, 2015|LGBTQ+|

WASHINGTON — In a telling moment at Tuesday’s Supreme Court arguments over same-sex marriage, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.

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Supreme Court weighs gay marriage; Justice Kennedy unexpectedly expresses doubt

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:24+00:00 April 29th, 2015|LGBTQ+|

Gay rights lawyers went to the Supreme Court hoping to find a majority of justices ready to support a historic ruling that would declare same-sex couples had an equal right to marry nationwide.

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Supreme Court Hears Same-Sex Marriage Arguments: Latest Updates

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:24+00:00 April 28th, 2015|LGBTQ+|

The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments on whether there is a constitutional right to gay marriage, the last public step before a decision, expected in June, that will resolve

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Lawyers Seek Sea Change on Gay Rights at Supreme Court

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:24+00:00 April 27th, 2015|LGBTQ+|

WASHINGTON — In the months leading up to Tuesday’s Supreme Court arguments on same-sex marriage, teams of gay rights lawyers and their allies have held countless strategy sessions, drafted scores of briefs and participated

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Bruce Jenner and the shifting dynamics of TV’s transgender moment

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:24+00:00 April 24th, 2015|LGBTQ+|

The stakes are high for Bruce Jenner, who in a highly anticipated interview airing Friday night is expected to reveal to Diane Sawyer what many have long speculated — that the 1976 Olympic champion is now identifying as a transgender women.

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In Brief to Justices, Former Military Officials Support Same-Sex Marriage

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:25+00:00 April 20th, 2015|LGBTQ+|

WASHINGTON — The most influential friend-of-the-court brief in living memory was filed by a group of retired military officers in a 2003 affirmative action case.

When the case was argued, the justices echoed the brief’s argument that military preparedness would be threatened if service academies

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Obama to Call for End to ‘Conversion’ Therapies for Gay and Transgender Youth

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:25+00:00 April 9th, 2015|LGBTQ+|

WASHINGTON — A 17-year-old transgender youth, Leelah Alcorn, stunned her friends and a vast Internet audience in December when she threw herself in front of a tractor-trailer after writing in an online suicide note that religious therapists had tried to convert her back to being a boy.

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Transgender Woman Cites Attacks and Abuse in Men’s Prison

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:25+00:00 April 6th, 2015|LGBTQ+, Police & Community|

ROME, Ga. — Before she fell on hard times and got into trouble with the law, Ashley Diamond had a wardrobe of wigs named after her favorite divas. “Darling, hand me Aretha” or Mariah or Madonna, she would say to her younger sister when they glammed up to go out on the town.

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Officials powerless to stop proposed anti-gay initiative

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:26+00:00 March 24th, 2015|LGBTQ+|

Over the decades, California has chiseled out some of its most colorful laws at the ballot box.

There have been proposed initiatives seeking to allow public school children be able to sing Christmas carols, to require drug testing of state legislators, to outlaw divorce and to divide California into six states.

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