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• Video | Bullies attack teenage lesbian, chop her hair

  An ABC-TV affiliate in Sacramento, Calif., reports that bullies lured a 15-year-old lesbian into a remote area and cut off her ponytail, leaving her with a bald spot in the back of her head. The attack happened about 50 miles from Sacramento.

  Source: San Diego Gay & Lesbian [...]

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• Gallery | 2013 Aqua Girl reception in South Beach

  Aqua Girl is underway in South Beach and hundreds of supporters gathered Friday night for a VIP reception at the Lincoln Road Garage to celebrate this year's event, which runs through Sunday.

  Honorees at the VIP party: Community Leader Alison Burgos (pictured top row center with her [...]

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• Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth? Vote is Thursday

  BY DAVID CRARY, AP NATIONAL WRITER

  With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should [...]

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• French president signs gay marriage into law

  ASSOCIATED PRESS

  PARIS -- French President Francois Hollande has signed a law authorizing gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, after months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate.

  His signature means the first gay marriages may be [...]

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• French president signs gay marriage into law (updated with euronews video)

  ASSOCIATED PRESS

  PARIS -- French President Francois Hollande has signed a law authorizing gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, after months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate.

  His signature means the first gay marriages may be celebrated in [...]

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• All welcome: South Florida Mustangs gay square dance club to resume classes June 6 in Wilton Manors

  The South Florida Mustangs became popular in the 1980s and 1990s with gay square dancing. The group is back, with classes to be held in June in Wilton Manors.

  Here's the news release:

  EVER WANT TO TRY SQUARE DANCING?

  The South Florida Mustangs, the first GLBT' [...]

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• Video message | Ambassador Susan E. Rice speaks out on International Day Against Homophobia

  News release from the White House:

  Video Message by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on International Day Against Homophobia, May 17, 2013

  Today, as we commemorate International Day Against Homophobia, we rededicate ourselves to a basic but essential truth – that human rights [...]

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• Gay pride rally in Georgia derailed (with video of antigay violence in streets of capital)

  BY MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI, ASSOCIATED PRESS

  TBILISI, Georgia -- Thousands of anti-gay protesters, including Orthodox priests, occupied a central street in Georgia's capital Friday, with some threatening to lash with stinging nettles any participant in a gay pride parade which was to take place there.

  Police in Tbilisi guarded several dozen [...]

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• GLAAD President Herndon Graddick suddenly quits

  GLAAD President Herndon Graddick suddenly resigned Friday afternoon. Graddick became president 13 months ago, succeeding Jarrett Barrios, who resigned in 2011 along with six board members following a scandal involving AT&T and support for a proposed merger with T-Mobile.

  Here's GLAAD's news release about Graddick's resignation:

  STATEMENT [...]

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• European Union survey: Many gays live in fear

  ASSOCIATED PRESS

  THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The European Union is calling for action to [...]

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