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• Czech President Milos Zeman in gay-rights dispute

  ASSOCIATED PRESS

  PRAGUE -- Czech President Milos Zeman is being criticized for refusing to grant a university professorship - the nation's top academic title - to a critic of his, allegedly because the man is also a gay rights activist.

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  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 20, 2013, 12:41pm in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• Chinese police detain gay pride march organizer

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  BEIJING -- Police in central China have detained the 18-year-old organizer of a gay pride march in a sign of the government's nervousness over a growing civil society movement and demands for stronger individual rights.

  The man, identified only by his surname Xiang, was detained following the Friday [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 20, 2013, 8:54am in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• The road to immobility for older Miamians

  Written by Peter Smith

  Two summers ago, I attended a presentation on mobility at the Department of Transportation’s new headquarters in Navy Yard. My then-boss, Mariia Zimmerman, was speaking on our nation’s preparedness to deal with an aging population in an auto-centric culture, and she gave a startling statistic: eighty-five percent [...]

  From Transit Miami at May 20, 2013, 8:45am in News, Life

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• Happy National Bike Month

  May is National Bike Month. Biking is seeing a nationwide resurgence due to aggressive policies aimed to promote cycling, and as cities and towns in South Florida join the fold by increasing bike infrastructure, now is a particularly good time to bike in the Miami area. If you have a [...]

  From Transit Miami at May 20, 2013, 8:35am in News, Life

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• Gallery | Aqua Girl's Beach House Pool Party and Tea Dance in South Beach (with video)

  Hundreds of women (and a few men) on Sunday packed the pool area at the National Hotel in South Beach for the annual Aqua Girl festival.

  DJs Pride, Tracy Young and Tatianna kept the crowd on its feet for Sunday's Beach House Pool Party and Tea [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 20, 2013, 8:28am in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• Bike Tech Goldsprints in Broward

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  Thursday, May 30th
  8pm
  
  Bike Tech (Fort Lauderdale)
  2000 S Federal Hwy
  Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
  
  "Come one, come all for what promises to be a great Goldsprints! We will have our 500 meter sprints along with great food from The Health Nut on" [...]
  From Miami Bike Scene at May 20, 2013, 12:04am in Life

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• Suspect in hate crime slaying of gay man in New York City's Greenwich Village charged with murder

  BY VERENA DOBNIK, ASSOCIATED PRESS

  NEW YORK -- The man who police say hurled homophobic slurs at a gay man on a Manhattan street before firing a single fatal shot to his head has been charged with murder as a hate [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 19, 2013, 6:24pm in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• Video | Bullies attack teenage lesbian, chop her hair

  An ABC-TV affiliate in Sacramento, Calif., reports that bullies lured a 15-year-old lesbian into a remote area and cut off her ponytail, leaving her with a bald spot in the back of her head. The attack happened about 50 miles from Sacramento.

  Source: San Diego Gay & Lesbian [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 19, 2013, 7:45am in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• Gallery | 2013 Aqua Girl reception in South Beach

  Aqua Girl is underway in South Beach and hundreds of supporters gathered Friday night for a VIP reception at the Lincoln Road Garage to celebrate this year's event, which runs through Sunday.

  Honorees at the VIP party: Community Leader Alison Burgos (pictured top row center with her [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 18, 2013, 4:15pm in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth? Vote is Thursday

  BY DAVID CRARY, AP NATIONAL WRITER

  With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 18, 2013, 12:10pm in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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