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Same-sex marriage, affirmative action rulings all but certain next week

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:43+00:00 June 20th, 2013|Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s eagerly awaited decisions on same-sex marriage, affirmative action and voting rights will have to wait until next week, as the justices finished this week’s public session with three rulings of much more limited interest.

Read more in the Los Angeles Times.

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Exodus International says its anti-gay view was not ‘biblical’

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:43+00:00 June 20th, 2013|Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

A controversial Christian ministry that was devoted to changing people “affected by homosexuality” had become “imprisoned” by its own world view and judgment against the gay community and had to close, according to a statement posted on the ministry’s website.

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60K Sign Petition in Support of College Student Expelled for Being Gay

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:43+00:00 June 19th, 2013|Education, LGBTQ+|

In fall 2007, Danielle Powell enrolled in Grace University in Omaha, Neb., to pursue a degree in psychology. She chose to study at Grace, a Christian college, because her older sister lived in Omaha and she was “offered generous scholarships.” Powell played on the women’s volleyball team and did well in school.

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Same-sex marriage ‘inevitable,’ most Americans say

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:45+00:00 June 7th, 2013|LGBTQ+|

Even as they await rulings from the Supreme Court this month on the legal rights of gay and lesbian couples, supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage agree on one point — legal recognition has become inevitable.

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Colleges Can Help Transgender Students ‘Be Who They Are,’ Says Leading Doctor

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:45+00:00 June 3rd, 2013|Education, LGBTQ+|

In the early 1980s, a student at Harvard University who had been born a female but lived as a male gained the trust and support of a sympathetic university registrar. Each semester, the campus official would ask the student to provide a list of the classes he’d signed up for. The registrar made sure that

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Supreme Court might dismiss Prop. 8 case on a technicality

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:47+00:00 May 28th, 2013|LGBTQ+|

Lawyers for opponents of the ban on same-sex marriage are quietly preparing California officials for that possibility. What happens after that is uncertain.

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Boy Scouts End Longtime Ban on Openly Gay Youths

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:47+00:00 May 24th, 2013|Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

GRAPEVINE, Tex. — The Boy Scouts of America on Thursday ended its longstanding policy of forbidding openly gay youths to participate in its activities, a step its chief executive called “compassionate, caring and kind.”

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On Eve of Vote, Boy Scouts Are Divided Over Accepting Gay Youths

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:47+00:00 May 23rd, 2013|LGBTQ+|

GRAPEVINE, Tex. — Boy Scout leaders from around the country, engulfed in a culture war over homosexuality, gathered for a vote here Thursday on a landmark proposal that would permit openly gay youths — but not openly gay adult leaders — to participate in scouting.

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Assembly OKs bill allowing transgender students in sports

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:50+00:00 May 10th, 2013|Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

Students would be able to be on teams and use bathrooms that correspond to their gender identity rather than their sex.

Read more in the Los Angeles Times.

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Gay-Rights Advocates Describe Fafsa Changes as Progress Toward Equality

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:20:52+00:00 May 1st, 2013|Education, LGBTQ+|

Gay-rights advocates said on Tuesday that changes in the Education Department’s student-aid form represented a step forward in equality for same-sex couples.

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