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First Gay Marriages in Mexico City
ACLU Sues After School Cancels Prom Over Lesbian Student
GLAAD Alleges Johnny Weir Deemed Too Gay For Stars On Ice

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GLAAD has learned from a source that wishes to remain anonymous that sponsors of the Stars on Ice Tour, which include Smuckers and IMG Entertainment, have refused to allow 3-time US National Champion and 2-time Olympian Johnny Weir to participate because they claim that he is “not family friendly.” To say that Weir is “not family friendly” would be a clear jab at his perceived sexual orientation. Weir is extremely involved with his family. He is putting his younger brother through college, and supports the family financially because his father’s disability prohibits him from working.

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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is seeking a court order to force a Mississippi high school to hold its senior prom. On Wednesday, school officials cancelled the event after a female student asked to bring her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann reports that, in Fulton, Miss., charges of discrimination and violation of a teenager’s rights have derailed the prom plans.

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Two glowing brides in matching white gowns and four other same-sex couples have made history in Mexico City as they wed under Latin America’s first law that explicitly approves gay marriage. Mayor Marcelo Ebrard was a guest of honour at the weddings of Judith Vazquez and Lol Kin Castaneda and the other couples who tied the knot in a city building, despite harsh criticism from the Roman Catholic Church and a campaign against the measure by President Felipe Calderon’s conservative National Action Party.

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Virginia Gov. Says Gay Discrimination Won’t Be Tolerated, Even If It’s Legal
Mississippi Prom Canceled Over Lesbian Student
Cyberbullying Rampant for Lesbian and Gay Teens
Trial From Controversial Gay Bar Raid Begins

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Hoping to quell a growing uproar on Virginia’s college campuses over gay rights, Gov. Robert F. McDonnell issued a directive to all 102,000 state employees Wednesday that prohibits discrimination in the state workforce, including on the basis of sexual orientation, and warns he will reprimand or fire anyone who engages in it. McDonnell’s directive comes a week after Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II (R) distributed a letter to the state’s public colleges and universities asking them to remove references to sexual orientation from their campus nondiscrimination policies. Cuccinelli says that only the General Assembly has the authority to extend legal protections to gays.

Read the full story from the Washington Post.

Four employees and four dancers arrested in the controversial raid of the Atlanta Eagle gay bar are on trial for city ordinance violations Thursday in Atlanta Municipal Court. The employees face business license charges, while the dancers are accused of providing adult entertainment without a license. Up to 10 witnesses are expected to testify. Attorney Alan Begner, representing the defendants, said charges should not have been filed.

Read the full story from the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

A Mississippi county school board announced Wednesday it would cancel its upcoming prom after a gay student petitioned to bring a same-sex date to the event. “Due to the distractions to the educational process caused by recent events, the Itawamba County School District has decided to not host a prom at Itawamba Agricultural High School this year,” school board members said in a statement.

Read the full story from USA Today.

Cyberbullying is on the rise: Children and teens are being bullied through the Internet in chat rooms, on social networking websites, via email and even through mobile phones. New research has found that approximately one out of every two lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youths are regular victims of this new form of bullying. It is thought that such cyberbullying causes psychological and emotional distress to victims — producing thoughts of suicide in some who are repeatedly victimized.

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San Francisco LGBT Center Asking City for $1M
Circumcision May Not Cut HIV Spread Among Gay Men
Dozens Drop Washington Post Over Front-Page Gay Kiss

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San Francisco’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center is asking the city for some big financial help to stay afloat. Since opening in 2002, the $12.3 million, city-subsidized center has struggled to pay its mortgage and is now on the verge of foreclosure. Officials are now asking the city for a $1 million line of credit.

Read the full story from the San Jose Mercury News.

Although studies in Africa have shown that circumcision can lower the spread of HIV among heterosexuals, it may not do much to prevent infections among gay and bisexual men in Western countries, a new study suggests. A number of studies in African nations have found that circumcised heterosexual men were up to 60 percent less likely than uncircumcised men to contract HIV during the study periods.

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A photograph of two men kissing that ran on the front page of The Washington Post has caused at least two dozen people to cancel their subscriptions. The photo was taken last Wednesday, the day same-sex couples could apply for marriage licenses in Washington, and ran in the paper the next day. The paper’s ombudsman, Andrew Alexander, reported on his blog that 27 subscribers canceled their subscriptions, specifically citing the photo.

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Anti-Gay Protesters Under Supreme Court Scrutiny
Supporters of Ousted NY State Senator Says Opponent is Puppet of ‘Rich Gay Fanatics’
Phony Utah Anti-Gay Resolution Causes Stir
Mississippi Lesbian Fights to Take Girlfriend to Prom

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High school senior Constance McMillen knows the rule: no same-sex date at the senior prom. But the 18-year-old lesbian student is challenging the Itawamba County school district policy, saying she is worried she’ll end up missing the last major social occasion of her school years.

Read the full story from the Clarion Ledger.