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Chile leader proposes civil unions, including gays

By EVA VERGARA, Associated Press
SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chile's conservative president proposed civil unions legislation Tuesday that would give unmarried partners many of the rights now enjoyed only by married couples in the South American nation.

Gays and lesbians lauded Sebastian Pinera's signature on the proposal that he is sending [...]

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Australian minister's lesbian partner is pregnant

Associated Press
CANBERRA, Australia -- A senior government minister in Australia has announced that her lesbian partner is pregnant.

Finance Minister Penny Wong said in a statement Tuesday that her partner, Sophie Allouache, had conceived through in-vitro fertilization and is expecting her first [...]

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Gad Beck, profiled in Miami Herald a decade ago, now the last known gay survivor of Holocaust

Last week, news outlets including The New York Times reported the death of Rudolf Brazda, the last remaining gay survivor of the Holocaust.

Today, Dallas Voice reports that another gay survivor remains: Gad Beck, who wrote an autobiography, An Underground Life: Memoirs of a Gay Jew in Nazi [...]

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About 125 gay, Democratic activists turn out in Wilton Manors to protest Congressman Allen West

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Political writer Anthony Man of The Sun-Sentinel reports that about 125 gay and Democratic activists turned out in Wilton Manors Monday night to denounce conservative Congressman Allen West.

Two weeks ago, liberal gays and lesbians became outraged to learn that [...]

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Diana Nyad ends second attempted swim from Cuba to Florida

By PETER ORSI, Associated Press
HAVANA -- Wind conditions and "less than ideal currents" prompted marathon swimmer Diana Nyad to end her second bid to [...]

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Seven years after coming out, ex-New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey finds niche mentoring inmates

By ANGELA DELLI [...]

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