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• Transgender Miss Universe Canada hopeful Jenna Talackova among final 12 contestants, loses

  BY CHARMAINE NORONHA, ASSOCIATED PRESS

  TORONTO -- The first-ever transgender contestant to compete in the Miss Universe Canada pageant has lost her bid to win the title.

  Jenna Talackova, 23, competed with 61 contestants Saturday night. [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 20, 2012, 9:50am in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• Read the NAACP news release: 'NAACP passes resolution in support of marriage equality'

  News release from the NAACP:

  Decision Affirms Opposition to Government Efforts to Codify Discrimination

  (Miami, Florida) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People today released a resolution supporting marriage [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 19, 2012, 7:21pm in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• National groups laud NAACP for national board decision in Miami to support marriage equality

  Several national groups have lauded the NAACP for its board decision in Miami [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 19, 2012, 7:12pm in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• NAACP backs same-sex marriage as civil right during national board meeting in Miami

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  MIAMI -- The NAACP passed a resolution Saturday endorsing same-sex marriage as a civil right and opposing any efforts "to codify discrimination or hatred into the law."

  The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's board voted at a leadership retreat in Miami [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 19, 2012, 6:57pm in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• Psychiatrist who supported 'cure' for gays and lesbians now apologizes to LGBT community

  "I owe the gay community an apology," writes Dr. Robert Spitzer, according to a New York Times report published Saturday, in which the psychiatrist, now nearly 80 and suffering from Parkinson's disease, repudiates his 2003 theory that gay people can be "cured" through reparative therapy.

  Wayne Besen, [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 19, 2012, 3:33pm in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• And then I Became a Slacker Bride

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  For a good chunk of days there, it was like I had no wedding to plan. I stopped all my planning, all my phone calls and emails and researching and ordering and confirming.  It was like I couldn't muster the time or energy or mental space to deal with any' [...]
  From A Mom, a Blog, and the Life In-Between at May 19, 2012, 9:30am in Personal, Life, Parenting

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• Malawi's president vows to repeal gay ban

  BY RAPHAEL TENTHANI AND DONNA BRYSON
  ASSOCIATED PRESS

  BLANTYRE, Malawi -- President Joyce Banda declared Friday she wants to repeal Malawi's laws against homosexual acts, going against a trend in Africa in which gays are being increasingly singled out for prosecution.

  [...]
  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 19, 2012, 8:05am in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• Gay marriage spawns big spike in online videos

  BY BETH FOUHY, ASSOCIATED PRESS

  NEW YORK -- President Barack Obama's May 9 announcement that he favors same sex marriage led to a huge spike on YouTube, according to data assembled by the popular video sharing site.

  Obama's endorsement of same-sex nuptials resulted in a record [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 19, 2012, 7:36am in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• Cuban president's daughter, Mariela Castro, to meet with gay groups in San Francisco

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  SAN FRANCISCO -- Cuban first daughter Mariela Castro is planning to meet with San Francisco's lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual community during a U.S. [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at May 18, 2012, 9:51pm in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• Rickenbacker Causeway Vibratory Edgeline

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  * Project has been rescheduled due to inclement weather
  
  On Tuesday, May 22, 2012 Wednesday, May 30, 2012 Miami-Dade County - Public Works And Waste Management will begin to add a new 6" vibratory edgeline to the left of the existing bike lanes on the William" [...]
  From Miami Bike Scene at May 18, 2012, 2:52pm in Life

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