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• C.J. Ortuño of SAVE Dade resigns to become CUNY law school's executive director of development

  BY STEVE ROTHAUS, srothaus@MiamiHerald.com

  C.J. Ortuño, the straight, married dad who for five years has run Miami-Dade County's leading gay-rights group, has resigned to take a development job with City University of New [...]

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• Unity Coalition: Call Sen. Marco Rubio regarding immigration reform and demand 'equal rights'

  From Unity Coalition:

  "Are YOU killing Immigration Reform? ... NO! We all deserve EQUAL RIGHTS. TELL Senator RUBIO! CALL (305) 418-8553.

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• Equality Florida to Twitterbomb U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio 3 p.m. Tuesday with hashtag #outoftouch

  Equality Florida is planning to Twitterbomb U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio at 3 p.m. Tuesday after he said last week he's 'done' with immigration reform if gay and lesbian couples are included and that he's not for employment non-discrimination protections "based on orientation."

  From Equality Florida's website:

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• Pew study: News stories about gay-marriage support outnumbered those opposed by 5-1 margin

  News release from Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism:

  News stories focused on support for same-sex marriage outnumbered those opposing it by roughly 5-to-1 in the two months marked by Supreme Court deliberations on the issue, according to [...]

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• Gallery | Well-Strung quartet performs during Art in the Tropics at Colony Theatre in Miami Beach

  An enthusiastic audience attended the Well-Strung quartet's performance Sunday night at the Colony Theatre in Miami Beach, closing night of this year's Art in the Tropics LGBTQ performance festival..

  The all-gay, all-male quartet performed a 70-minute show featuring music including compositions by Bach, Vivaldi, Adele and [...]

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• Video | Rome's Gay Pride 2013 gets underway

  On YouTube:

  Rome's annual Gay Pride has gotten underway with calls for equal rights and same sex marriage. Report by Jane Witherspoon / ITN.

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• 'M' or 'F'? Outdated IDs worry transgender people

  BY LISA LEFF, ASSOCIATED PRESS

  SAN FRANCISCO -- Lauren Grey didn't think much about the gender recorded on her Illinois driver's license until she went to test-drive a new car. Although she had been living as a woman for months and easily obtained a license with her new name and' [...]

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• Gallery | Gay baseball fans at Marlins Park in Miami; fundraiser called off, though, for lack of ticket sales

  A few dozen LGBT baseball fans from throughout South Florida attended Friday night's game at Marlins Park between the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals. The Marlins won 5-4.

  The event originally was planned as an LGBT and Allies Youth Night to benefit to benefit The [...]

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• Christian college expels lesbian, charges tuition

  BY MARGERY A. BECK, ASSOCIATED PRESS

  OMAHA, Neb. -- Danielle Powell was going through a hard time in the spring of 2011, just months away from graduating from a conservative Christian college in [...]

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• Equality Florida 'condemns Marco Rubio's bigoted comments on immigration reform and ENDA'

  From Equality Florida:

  MEDIA STATEMENT BY NADINE SMITH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF EQUALITY FLORIDA
  
  EQUALITY FLORIDA CONDEMNS MARCO RUBIO’S BIGOTED COMMENTS ON IMMIGRATION REFORM AND EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT

  Rubio on Immigration Reform:  "If this bill has something in it that gives gay couples immigration rights [...]

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