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• Equality Florida launches national petition seeking apology from Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll

  News release from Equality Florida announcing a petition seeking an apology from Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll, who recently said she couldn't be a lesbian because "usually black women that look like me don't engage in relationships like that":

  (TAMPA) After provoking a national backlash with [...]

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• 'WINNERS: LGBT Athletics in America' featured exhibit at Stonewall Museum in Fort Lauderdale

  The Stonewall National Museum & Archives in Fort Lauderdale has launched its summer exhibition, WINNERS: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Athletics in America.

  The exhibit, which runs until September, celebrated an official opening Tuesday evening at the museum, 1300 E. Sunrise Blvd. Click here to view [...]

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• GOP House members challenge military march in San Diego gay parade; administrative action taken

  BY DONNA CASSATA, ASSOCIATED PRESS

  WASHINGTON -- Congressional Republicans challenged Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Tuesday to explain why the Defense [...]

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• Sherman Helmsley, TV's George Jefferson, dies

  Sherman Helmsley, George Jefferson to a generations of TV viewers, has died at 74, according to various news sources.

  The Jeffersons an All in the Family spinoff co-starring Isabel Sanford as wife Louise, ran on CBS from 1975 to 1985.

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• Chick-fil-A has 'voluntarily recalled all of the Jim Henson's Creature Shop Puppet Kids Meal toys'

  Muppets' Jim Henson Company drops partnership with Chick-fil-A after anti-gay marriage 'guilty' plea

  Now Chick-fil-A says it has 'voluntarily recalled all of the Jim Henson's Creature Shop Puppet Kids Meal toys due to a possible safety issue."

  Chick-fil-A continues that 'there have not been' [...]

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• Muppets' Jim Henson Company drops partnership with Chick-fil-A after anti-gay marriage 'guilty' plea

  Posted by The Jim Henson Company to its Facebook page:

  The Jim Henson Company has celebrated and embraced diversity and inclusiveness for over fifty years and we have notified Chick-Fil-A that we do not wish to partner with them on any future endeavors.  Lisa Henson, our CEO [...]

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• Equality Florida issues South Florida endorsements

  Equality Florida today released its endorsements in the Aug. 14, 2012, South Florida primary:

  Gwen Margolis (DEM)
  Florida Senate District 35
  (Miami Dade County)

  Equality Florida Action PAC is proud to endorse Gwen Margolis for her re-election to the Florida Senate. Gwen has been a [...]

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• U.S. religious right presses anti-gay laws in Africa

  ASSOCIATED PRESS

  CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- A new report says conservative U.S. Christian groups are setting up fronts in Africa to fight for anti-gay and anti-abortion legislation.

  It accuses evangelical stars Pat Robertson and Ricky Warren as well as Catholic and Mormon groups of setting up institutions [...]

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• Elton John at International AIDS Conference: 'I shouldn't be here today' (with video)

  BY STACY A. ANDERSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS

  WASHINGTON -- Elton John says he should be dead because of his self-destructive lifestyle decades ago.

  "By all rights, I shouldn't be here today,"' [...]

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• Sally Ride, first American woman in space, dies of pancreatic cancer; survived by partner of 27 years

  Sally Ride Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (Fund 4191)

  Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, has died at 61 of pancreatic cancer, according to her website.

  The Sally Ride Science foundation also announced that Ride is survived by her partner [...]

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