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• Activist Donna Milo endorsed by Log Cabin Republicans in Miami District 2 commission race

  

  Log Cabin Republicans of Miami has endorsed activist Donna Milo in the Miami District 2 commission race. Also running: incumbent Marc Sarnoff, Williams Armbrister, Kate Callahan and Michelle Niemeyer.

  Here's the Log Cabin group's letter to members:

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• Log Cabin Republicans: Thank Rep. Ros-Lehtinen for co-sponsoring Respect for Marriage Act

  

  An email I received today from Log Cabin Republicans:

  Thank You Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen!

  By becoming the first Republican to co-sponsor the Respect for Marriage Act, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen showed what it means to be a leader.

  Now, she is under attack from [...]

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• Janice Langbehn, whose partner died at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, among recipients of 2011 Presidential Citizens Medal

  Janice Langbehn, whose partner Lisa Pond's death in 2007 at Jackson Memorial Hospital helped lead to a federal revision of hospital visitation rights for same-sex couples, has received a 2011 Presidential Citizens Medal.

  A news release from the White House:

  President Obama Honors Recipients of the 2011 Citizens [...]

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• GLBT Business Enhancement Committee told fired Miami Beach police officers could get jobs back

  

  BY STEVE ROTHAUS, srothaus@MiamiHerald.com

  Miami Beach Assistant Police Chief Ray Martinez met with members of the city's GLBT Business Enhancement Committee on Tuesday to discuss the firing of two officers accused of beating and falsely arresting a gay [...]

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• California gay curriculum foes 'need a miracle' to qualify referendum

  BY TOREY VAN OOT, The Sacramento Bee

  With just one day left to circulate petitions, organizers of an effort to repeal a new law requiring that California students learn about the historical contributions of gay and lesbian individuals have told supporters that they "would need a miracle to qualify this [...]

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• Gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny dies at 86 (AP obituary)

  

  By JESSICA GRESKO, Associated Press

  WASHINGTON -- Frank Kameny, who became a pioneer in the gay rights movement after he was fired from his job as a government astronomer in 1957 for being gay, has died at his home [...]

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