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• LGBT activists in Doral protest U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio after gay couples left out of immigration plan

  BY ALFONSO CHARDY and STEVE ROTHAUS, srothaus@MiamiHerald.com

  Gay activists gathered Wednesday in front of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s Doral office to protest the Senate Judiciary Committee’s failure to include [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 22, 2013, 5:03pm in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• Video | Gay former Eagle Scout James Dale: Change your profile pic to 'show your support for equality'

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  [Thursday], 1400 members of the Boy Scouts' National Council will converge in Dallas to vote on a resolution critical to the Boy Scouts' longstanding ban on gay members. James Dale —an openly gay former Eagle Scout whose membership was revoked by the [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 22, 2013, 3:22pm in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• Immigration bill without protections for gay and lesbian couples heads to full Senate

  BY ERICA WERNER AND DAVID ESPO, ASSOCIATED PRESS

  WASHINGTON -- A far-reaching bill to remake the nation's immigration system is headed [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 22, 2013, 7:28am in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• Texas judge: Lesbian couple can't cohabitate

  ASSOCIATED PRESS

  MCKINNEY, Texas -- A judge has ruled that a North Texas lesbian couple can't live together because of a morality clause in one of the women's divorce papers.

  The clause is common in divorce cases in Texas and other states. It prevents a divorced parent from having a' [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 22, 2013, 6:50am in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• Moroccans tried for homosexuality get four months

  BY SMAIL BELLAOUALLI, ASSOCIATED PRESS

  RABAT, Morocco -- A Moroccan court has convicted two men of homosexuality and public indecency, and sentenced each to four months in prison, in the latest case against gays in this North African nation.

  Prosecutors at the Temara court near Rabat, the capital, said at [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 21, 2013, 4:03pm in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• AP Sources: Obama OK punting gay immigration idea

  BY JULIE PACE, AP WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT

  WASHINGTON -- Two people familiar with the Senate immigration deliberations say the White House has suggested to Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy that it would be best to put off a controversy over gay marriage until a bill goes before the full Senate.

  President [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 21, 2013, 3:58pm in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• Tunes for Tuesday: On Our Way, by The Royal Concept

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  This is one of those SoundHound songs, where I'm at a store or coffee shop and go "What is that?" and grab my phone to ID it. Super high energy, good for a HIIT workout:

  ' [...]
  From Shrinking Sisters at May 21, 2013, 1:39pm in Life, Health

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• Killing of gay man in New York City's Greenwich Village draws thousands of protesters (with video)

  BY JENNIFER PELTZ AND TOM HAYS, ASSOCIATED PRESS

  NEW YORK -- The killing of a gay man who police say was taunted with homophobic slurs drew thousands of people to the scene of the crime to restore a sense of safety to [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 21, 2013, 11:18am in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• Sally Ride to get posthumous Medal of Freedom

  ASSOCIATED PRESS

  WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will bestow the Medal of Freedom posthumously on Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space.

  Obama says Ride was a role model to young women and showed that achievement has no limits. [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 21, 2013, 8:41am in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• Pompano Beach Band Retrocities Unveil A Trio Of Songs

  Retrocities is a post-punk trio from Pompano Beach, the city with apparently “Florida’s Warmest Welcome” (surprisingly not listed on our impossible Broward nicknames quiz post from 2010).  And while the city’s controversial claim might describe the friendliness of...
  
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  From FTLCollective.com at May 21, 2013, 12:39am in Life, Communities

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