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Why Mark Carson matters
Leonard PittsMark Carson was shot in the face because he's gay. His alleged killer, 33-year-old Elliot Morales, is said to have confronted Carson, 32, and a companion, in New York's Greenwich Village last Friday night, yelling antigay slurs. When Carson walked away,...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Greenwich Village, Gays and Lesbians, Justice and Rights, Minority Groups
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Even now, being gay is dangerous
Mark Carson was shot in the face because he's gay. His alleged killer, 33-year old Elliot Morales, is said to have confronted Carson, 32, and a companion, in New York's Greenwich Village last Friday night, yelling antigay slurs. When Carson walked away,...Tags: Greenwich Village, Gays and Lesbians, Justice and Rights, Minority Groups, Ellen DeGeneres
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U.S. Boy Scouts to vote this week on lifting ban on gay youth
ReutersBy Marice Richter DALLAS, May 21 (Reuters) - Leaders of Boy Scout groups across the country will vote this week on a controversial proposal that would remove the organization's ban on gay scouts but not gay adult leaders. Hundreds of champions and...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Social Organizations, Lobbying, Gays and Lesbians, Youth Organizations
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Liberace film throws spotlight on gay rights at Cannes festival
ReutersCANNES (Reuters) - The relationship between the flamboyant pianist Liberace and his young lover dazzled at the Cannes film festival on Tuesday and threw the spotlight on gay rights at the movie industry's largest annual gathering. Director Steven...Tags: Arts and Culture, Celebrities, Throat Cancer, AIDS, Gays and Lesbians
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Boy Scouts to vote this week on lifting ban on gay youth
ReutersDALLAS (Reuters) - Leaders of Boy Scout groups across the country will vote this week on a controversial proposal that would remove the organization's ban on gay scouts but not gay adult leaders. Hundreds of champions and opponents of the proposed change...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Gays and Lesbians, Lobbying, Social Organizations, Youth Organizations
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Mid-South voices weigh in on eve of vote to allow gay youths in Boy Scouts
Commercial AppealFor most Boy Scouts, their Eagle Scout badge is a mark of honor. But for Ijpe Dekow, a gay former scout living in Memphis, it became a mark of intolerance. In 1999, when he was an 18-year-old in Rhode Island, Dekow returned his Eagle Scout badge after...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Opinion Research Corporation, Social Organizations, Gays and Lesbians, Youth Organizations
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Shooting death of gay man rocks New York's cradle of gay rights
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Greenwich Village, the birthplace of the U.S. gay rights movement, remained in shock on Sunday over the shooting death of a gay man by a gunman who police said uttered anti-gay slurs before targeting the victim. Mark Carson, 32,...Tags: Greenwich Village, Gays and Lesbians, New York City, Mark Dayton, Justice and Rights
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Rally-goers: Keep sexuality out of Boy Scouts
The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa.Eagle Scout Zachary Brillhart says scouts are caught in the middle of a political debate that has nothing to do with scouting. "The majority of boys are fine with the current 'don't ask, don't tell' policy," Brillhart said. "Unfortunately, gay rights...Tags: Arts and Culture, Clubs and Associations, Social Organizations, Youth Organizations, Will Tallman
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Gay rights activists in Mexico City accuse police of abuses
MEXICO CITY -- Same-sex marriage is legal in this city. Gay and lesbian couples can adopt children, and the government touts tolerance and respect for "sexual diversity" in messages posted on subway platforms and bus billboards. Yet, according to...
Tags: Human Rights, Gays and Lesbians, Justice and Rights, Minority Groups, Same-Sex Marriage
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Crowds break up gay rights rallies in Georgia, Russia
ReutersTBILISI/ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Large crowds of anti-gay protesters broke up homosexual rights rallies in Georgia and Russia on Friday, underlining deep hostility in the former Soviet bloc. Priests and thousands of Georgians pushed their way...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Russia, Christian Orthodoxy, Homophobia, Justice and Rights
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Crowds break up gay rights rally in Georgia
ReutersBy Margarita Antidze TBILISI, May 17 (Reuters) - Priests and thousands of other Georgians broke through police barricades and forced gay rights activists to flee on Friday, cutting short their rally to mark the international day against homophobia....Tags: Georgia, Tbilisi (Georgia), Gays and Lesbians, Christian Orthodoxy, Justice and Rights
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Gay South Korean film director to marry in bid to pry open closet
ReutersSEOUL (Reuters) - A gay South Korean film director is set to symbolically marry his long-term partner, saying he aims to pry open the closet in this conservative Asian country where homosexuality is still taboo and gays have been subjected to hate crimes....Tags: Politics, Seoul (South Korea), Celebrities, Human Rights, Gays and Lesbians
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