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Mormon Support of Gay Rights Statute Draws Praise

Nov. 11, 2009
Gay rights groups commended the Mormon church for supporting a Salt Lake City ordinance banning discrimination in housing and at work.
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Michigan city extends protections to GLBT

KALAMAZOO, Mich., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Voters in Kalamazoo, Mich., approved extending anti-discrimination protections to gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders.
Serbia gay parade to protect human rights

Serbia gay parade to protect human rights

BELGRADE, Serbia, July 21 (UPI) -- Lesbian and gay groups said they plan a Belgrade parade to protest discrimination and human rights violations in Serbia.

Exhibit shows singer's sway on gay rights

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 4 (UPI) -- Organizers of an art exhibit focusing on Anita Bryant, soon to open in Florida, say the anti-gay singer galvanized both sides of the gay rights issue.

Ordinance expands gay-rights protection

SEATTLE, March 21 (UPI) -- The King County, Wash., Council may adopt an ordinance banning transgender discrimination along strict party lines, a report said.

Parade opposes county's anti-gay law

TAMPA, Fla., June 25 (UPI) -- Opponents of a county ordinance in the Tampa area that bars spending government money on gay events are taking their protest to the streets.

Cincinnati voters to decide anti-gay law

CINCINNATI, July 28 (UPI) -- Organizers of a campaign to repeal Cincinnati's infamous anti-gay law reportedly have secured enough signatures to put the issue on the November ballot.

Bishop opposes gay rights prohibition

CINCINNATI, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- The Catholic archbishop of Cincinnati has said that city's charter amendment prohibiting local gay anti-discrimination laws is morally wrong.

Golf club retains noted attorney

ATLANTA, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- An attorney for Atlanta's Druid Hills Golf Club, which faces possible discrimination charges, says the city's anti-discrimination ordinance is invalid.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch